Local News

The appearance of a 40 foot tall fuel tank on the south side of the Pilot Travel Center in Central Point signals the future availability of liquid natural gas.

 

Firefighters and logging crew members braved 500 feet of steep, uneven terrain late yesterday morning while rescuing 50-year-old Rob McKenzie after he had been injured by a rolling log near the bottom of an embankment.

 

Josephine County Fairgrounds Manager Wes Brown has resigned from his position and the County Commissioners have chosen an interim replacement.

 

Sources indicate that Fairgrounds Manager Wes Brown has resigned from his position. This information hasn’t been confirmed yet by Brown.

 

The Josephine County Jail is authorized to house 99 inmates but only 72 are jailed today and Friday the Supervisory Authority, an organization comprised of local justice system organizations, will discuss how to best utilize and fill those remaining beds.

 

Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Pat Wolke sentenced a woman involved in a gunpoint robbery today to three years and three months in prison.

 

The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety is searching for a suspect who staged a carjacking this morning just before 1:00 a.m.

 

Jeremy L. Pippin, 35, of Rogue River, died Wednesday afternoon when the southbound 1957 Green Chevy pickup he was driving went off Redwood Avenue in the 4000 block and hit a tree.

 

A search warrant served Wednesday morning at 1251 Oak View Drive by the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, supported by the SWAT Team and R.A.D.E. resulted in 4 arrests and the seizure of black tar heroin, marijuana, prescription medications and several firearms.