Josephine County has eliminated six vacant positions across the county’s corrections department and sheriff’s office for the current fiscal year after collective bargaining agreements with union employees raised costs.

Herbalist, author and natural beauty expert Janice Cox is the guest speaker at this month’s meeting of the Medford Garden Club. Her topic is “In Full Bloom: Celebrating Herbs and Roses in the Garden.”

Grants Pass Police Department

Juli Heath Mimnaugh died on August 18, 2026, at age 80. She was born on March 19, 1946, in Grants Pass, Oregon, to William H. Heath and Olga Lanier “Pinky” Heath. She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1964 where she was a majorette and the first girl to letter in a boys’ sport, playing on the golf team. She won the Grants Pass Women’s Club Golf Championship in 1964, 1966, and 1969, amongst other awards and tournament placings.

We are now over half a year into an illegal, expensive, and unnecessary war that our president thought would be a quick in-and-out excursion — sort of like playing a video game.

ASANTE THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER

When you look online or watch television, you are bombarded with products promising to be “anti-aging.”

Black artists, creators and storytellers are invited to submit their individual forms of artistic expression for the annual Black History Month exhibit at the Rogue Galley & Art Center in Medford.

With the seeds of my sunflowers long ago consumed by the birds, I opted to take advantage of last week's summer-like temperatures to tackle the first chores of my summer garden cleanup.

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.

In October 2024, Taprock Northwest Grill, the iconic, rustic Grants Pass restaurant at the confluence of Seventh Street and the Rogue River, became Cartwright’s Northwest Grill, after Jamie and Elvie Cartwright of Cartwright’s Markets bought the business from Thomason Hospitality Group.

Cookbook author and James Beard awardee Diane Rossen Worthington this week is sharing her favorite butternut squash recipes — right on time.

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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 »