CENTRAL POINT — The Central Point City Council unanimously approved a 3.75% raise for police department staff, plus additional raises over the next two years, that will cost the city over $1.1 million.

Admittedly, this long-of-tooth Kerby expat was never a whiz in his younger years when it came to the correct use of proper English. Back in the day, our English teacher Don Orton at Kerby Elementary School continually shook his head in dismay at my repeated butchering of the language.

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John Leroy Taylor passed away on May 14, 2026, at 91, in his Wilderville, Oregon, home. He was born on February 2, 1935, in Grandfield, Oklahoma, to William and Frances Taylor. John was raised in Oklahoma and attended Midwestern university. He began playing violin early, and played for orchestras and dance bands in Oklahoma, Texas, California, and Oregon. John joined the US Army where he played violin in the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, traveling throughout Central Europe.

Community orchestra to perform spring concert

“This isn’t about a university failing — it is about an entire community failing and falling apart.” That was one of the comments in a two-and-a-half-hour community meeting at the public library in Medford last week. In attendance were about 230 people, filling the chairs and standing around the walls.

The Horny Goat has ambled over to a much bigger home and greener pastures where Elk once roamed.

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Summer brings the all-American type holidays and weekend meals on the back deck.

There have been many stressful events unfolding in our country lately. Regardless of individual politics, the near-daily news about the economy, global conflict and uncertainty is taking a toll.

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When pruning Japanese maples, let their structure guide you

An award-winning short film exploring the sacred feminine, the goddess archetype in all faiths and their place in the modern world is being screened at a Grants Pass church next month. Read More »

With temperatures cooling and rain falling in the Rogue Valley, it seems like soup weather has arrived. Read More »