Local News

Fire crews successfully completed a line around the Goff Fire late Monday making that troublesome fire completely contained. Contained does not mean controlled, but that a fire line is complete around the entire burn.

 

The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian tribe that runs the Seven Feathers casino says it will block the attempt by the Coquille Tribe to build a casino in Medford.

 

18-year-old Eric Bryan Weldon was arraigned in Josephine County Circuit Court today for an alleged kidnapping and assault.

 

The Grants Pass City Council utilized their Monday workshop to prime for the Urban Growth Boundary expansion hearing to be held jointly with the Josephine County Commissioners with the goal of reaching an agreement at that meeting.

 

Oregon Department of Forestry and Jackson County Fire District 3 crews quickly extinguished a grass fire near I-5 in the Tolo area this morning.

 

The Slate Creek Bridge is receiving repairs beginning Tuesday and construction will cause intermittent single lane traffic.

 

A man was taken to the hospital after a fight left him with some broken ribs at 2:54 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of N.W. Clark and N.W. A streets.

 

The Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation is holding a meeting from 9:00 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Grants Pass City Council Chambers located at 101 N.W. A Street.

 

The Grants Pass School District Seven Board is reviewing the Next Generation Accountability Summary at their Tuesday meeting at 5:00 p.m. in the Administration Building located at 725 N.E. Dean Drive.