Crews were hammering the Evans Creek Road Fire with air tankers, helicopters and ground firefighters as of 4:45 p.m. Friday.

Authorities on Thursday remained tight-lipped as to the whereabouts of a well-known Grants Pass fishing guide whose disappearance is feared to be the result of foul play.

Whenever someone asks me where I hail from and I answer proudly that I grew up in Kerby, they sometimes respond with a sad expression while offering their sympathy. It never ceases to get my goat.

Grants Pass Police Department

I have taken the Grants Pass Daily Courier since moving back to Oregon in the early ’90s after being a “Navy Wife” for over 16 years. Your article regarding the Historical Society acquiring the archives of the Medford Mail Tribune sparked some nostalgia in me.

Bette June Mace, 99, of Grants Pass died on July 3, 2026. Arrangements with Chapel of the Valley. There will be no services.

NOW an Annual Tradition, the Daily Courier will forgo a conventional editorial today and instead make a simple request: Take a moment and read the document below. The Declaration of Independence, constructed 248 years ago in Philadelphia, announced to the world that the 13 American colonies — who were already at war with Great Britain — regarded themselves as "Free and Independent States."

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

ASANTE ROGUE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Last month I wrote about the stress so many of us are experiencing. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were something that could actually help us through it all?

Unless you have a crowd coming, or a dozen children, you might be on the lookout for some tasty treats that come in a smaller package — such as what’s in a square baking pan.

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 »