Local News

The Guardians of the Ribbon, a non-profit consisting of firefighters who travel the country to raise breast cancer awareness, will be holding a meet and greet at the Redwood Motel located at 815 N.E. 6th St. from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. today.

 

A vehicle performing an abrupt stop caused a two-vehicle accident on Redwood Highway Sunday blocking one lane for an hour.

 

Police are seeking an arsonist after two vehicles burned in Medford this morning.

 

A 36-year old Medford father and his 8-year old daughter escaped with minor injures Sunday evening after Kris Garbutt suffered a seizure and lost control of their Ford pickup that struck a power pole next to the Black Bird Shopping Center, plowed through two parked cars, mowed down a fence and rolled over ten feet from an apartment building.

 

Emergency 911 phone service has been restored to approximately 472 customers in the Provolt area according to Frontier Telephone Service.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested, charged and jailed Kyle Lowell Winn Friday night just before eleven in connection with the burglary, theft and arson of the Hawaiian Sisters Business on Rogue River Highway early Friday morning.

 

An elderly man lost his life Sunday morning at about 11:49 when the 2000 GMC Safari van he was driving left Oregon Route 260 six miles west of Grants Pass and hit a tree head on.

 

Frontier Telephone Services has notified Josephine County 911 service provider regarding a disruption in telephone service to 472 customers in the Provolt area at this time. Frontier customers in that area are getting a dial tone and are unable to call out or contact 911.

 

Securing our Safety, a group of local citizens exploring ways to better fund the county’s criminal justice system, are scheduled to make presentation to the City Council at the Monday Workshop at 11:45 a.m. in council chambers on northwest “A” Street.