Medford Motorist May Encounter Different Parking Angles
Medford motorists shopping downtown may soon have to back their cars into diagonal parking spaces if the concept from that city’s parking commission is adopted by the city council.
City Council raises water rates to offset increasing deficit in funding
The Grants Pass City Council voted to raise water rates for the average customer by $3.60 per month beginning in 2013 and another $3.60 beginning in 2014 to offset an annual $738,000 budget shortfall.
The Oregon Department of Forestry is attacking a one acre fire near Seats dam, about six miles southwest of Cave Junction, west of Highway 199, about a half mile up Rough and Ready Creek.
The Josephine County Commissioners have scheduled to sign an order at Thursday’s administrative meeting that will increase the jail bed capacity by 39 beds allowing for a total of 99 inmates.
The Josephine County Jail was set to increase the inmate capacity by 39 beds today but it appears that will not likely happen until Wednesday of next week.
Council & Commissioners get Halfway through UGB Agenda
The Grants Pass City Council and The Board of County Commissioners convened a joint meeting in the Fairgrounds Pavilion to consider the approval of the proposed new urban growth boundary as submitted by the steering committee.
Armed Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the High Hopes farm, operated by 52-year old James Bowman, Tuesday and removed dump truck loads of mature marijuana plants.