Today’s conversation is with Trever Yarrish, tech entrepreneur, owner of The Hivve event space in downtown Grants Pass and co-founder of the Rogue Leadership Training Experience. On Friday, Yarrish was named “Person of the Year” by the Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce.

The second time was the charm for Crater in a matchup of Midwestern League girls’ basketball heavyweights.

Led by senior guard Taylor Young’s game-high 39 points, fourth-ranked Crater avenged last month’s loss to No. 2-ranked Springfield with a 62-56 victory on Friday night in Central Point, clinching the Comets a share of the MWL title.

The Grants Pass City Council has a busy week of meetings ahead, with topics including pay raises for department heads and other nonunion city staff, and motorcycles on Dollar Mountain.

The meetings are both in the City Hall Council Chambers, 101 N.W. A St.

A workshop at 11:45 a.m. Monday will open with a budget committee orientation, then move to a discussion of controversial pay raises for nonunion staff, including City Manager Aaron Cubic and department heads.

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the campus theme for Southern Oregon University this academic year and next is "Pursuit of Happiness."

It is also the theme for the winter art exhibition at SOU's Schneider Museum of Art.

On display through March 14, the exhibit features the work of the faculty and staff behind SOU's creative arts program.