All 2024 Britt Music & Arts Festival Summer Concerts Announced and Now on Sale
Britt Music & Arts Festival has announced its full lineup for the 2024 season and all shows are now on sale to the general public. Shows newly added to this final general public on-sale include legendary hip-hop duo Atmosphere, folk artist Ray LaMontagne and Gregory Alan Isakov, and award-winning soul artists Michael Kiwanuka and Brittany Howard. Britt will also be welcoming Dog Star, a star-studded band that includes actors Keanu Reeves on bass, Robert Mailhouse on drums, and Bret Domrose on guitar and vocals. Those acts are in addition to Britt performances by Pink Martini, Judy Collins, Nickel Creek, The California Honeydrops, Ziggy Marley, Willie Nelson & Family, Shaggy, Colbie Callat & Gavin DeGraw, Rick Springfield & Richard Marx, Jason Mraz, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening and Chis Izaak. The Britt Festival Orchestra season is just one month away and tickets are still available to all concerts including the two-night run of "Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope in Concert." All tickets are available at "brittfest.org." ...Read more

Grants Pass Police & Firefighters Logged Busy Week of Activity Protecting Community

Grants Pass police officers and firefighters logged a busy week of activity while protecting citizens and structures. According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 592 calls for service along with 253 officer-initiated calls last week that resulted in 41 arrests, 30 citations, 35 warnings and five highly-intoxicated people being lodged at the Sobering Center. Cubic also reported that officers conducted a total of 55 traffic stops in the city and made 24 referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services. The GPPD Community Response Team (CRT) contacted a total of 182 potential trouble-makers while arresting six people, citing 12 more and warning 38 others. The CRT unit also trespassed six individuals, posted 110 transient camps and removed trash from five campsites. Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 113 calls last week including 67 for emergency medical service, one report of fire or smoke, 15 lift assists, 10 rescue situations, five assists to other agencies and seven false alarms. The 9-1-1 Dispatch Center fielded a total of 1,120 emergency calls in addition to 739 non-emergency calls for service. ...Read more

Law Enforcement Agencies to Honor Officers Lost in Line of Duty at Courthouse on Tuesday

May 12th through May 18th is "National Police Week," which honors all law enforcement officers throughout the United States who have given their lives to safeguard our rights and freedoms. Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel invites citizens to join him in remembering those officers and showing appreciation for the sacrifices they and their families have made. Please join the Sheriff's Office, Grants Pass Police Department and Oregon State Police to salute their memory on the steps of the Josephine County Courthouse at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Roll call of local law enforcement personnel who have paid the ultimate price and lost their lives in the line of duty include Trooper Burrell Baucom in July 1933, Search and Rescue Captain Emmett Blackmun in September 1968, Deputy Alice Moran and Deputy Glenn Allen in November 1971, Sergeant Marvin Brewster in April 1972, and Deputy Thomas Rice in May 2002. For those wishing to attend the ceremony but are unable to make it, Sheriff Daniel said it will be live-streamed on their social media platforms. ...Read more