Divers were called in Friday to recover a body from the Rogue River in Grants Pass near Baker Park.

A group led by the chair of the Josephine County Republican Party is asking the county Board of Commissioners to repudiate an Oregon law dating from nearly 40 years ago that prohibits local authorities from cooperating with federal officials for immigration enforcement.

After last week’s column focused on a book by an author friend who lives some 3,000 miles away in Virginia, I figured it only fair to balance it this week by visiting with an author friend in the Rogue Valley.

Grants Pass Police Department

Feb. 25, 1935 – July 3, 2026

The first sentence of the Supreme Court’s opinion allowing continued construction of Trump’s ballroom is disingenuous to the core. In a 5-4 decision, the majority wrote: “In October 2025, the federal government started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House.” They then write, “…the government completed [demolition of the existing East Wing] in December 2025.”

First of all, I would like to say RIP to Mr. Stoddard. He was a great editor, and he would be proud of how the newspaper is doing since his medical retirement.

The all-volunteer Three Rivers Community Orchestra is looking for accomplished, intermediate to advanced musicians to join their ranks.

The demise of one Grants Pass business and the relocation of another gave Kayla Wilhelm the push she needed to start her own business and open her own shop.

ASANTE ROGUE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Tomatoes have been at their peak in the past couple of weeks, but with the cooler weather, you might be looking at a large number of harvested tomatoes and wondering what to do with them.

ASANTE THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER

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As summer winds down into autumn, so do our gardens go from full production into dwindling harvests. That makes now the perfect time to assess how your garden fared this season and which crops were the winners to repeat next year.

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 »