With chalk artists starting work on their creations for this weekend’s Art Along the Rogue festival, officials with the city of Grants Pass and the Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce ceremonially “cut the ribbon” on Friday afternoon for the new Owl Plaza at the intersection of Fifth and H streets downtown.

The Merlin Park Board will host its monthly business meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday at the Merlin Community Center.

Grants Pass Police Department

Terry Ray Foreman, age 71, died March 13, 2026, in Madras, Oregon. Born on October 16, 1954, in Grants Pass, Oregon, Terry was the youngest child of Harold and Edith Foreman.

A new ticketed event will kick off this year’s Forks & Friends Restaurant Week in downtown Medford.

Wandering through my garden this past week provided a good time to take note of what perennials need be divided and replanted before winter arrives.

Saying “My country, right or wrong” is like saying “My mother, drunk or sober.” That’s roughly what British wit G.K. Chesterton said, and it is apropos of Trump’s recent order banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House grounds. Politics in a democracy requires a vigorous exchange of ideas, and no official, high or lowly, can censor that speech.

How many of you have experienced the deterioration of the roadway next to the railroads on Sixth and Seventh streets in Grants Pass? The crossings have become a nightmare.

Noah Miramontes remembers going to the fall festival at Fort Vannoy Farms as a boy, wandering through the corn maze and picking out good jack-o’-lantern material in the pumpkin patch.

Asante Three Rivers Medical Center

Germans celebrate the harvest — and their great beer — with Oktoberfest every year, starting in late September.

ASANTE THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER

All events listed are subject to last-minute changes or re-scheduling. Call or check online before heading out.

Vacation Bible school sessions are underway:

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