Grants Pass News

By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.

This winery was born in a barn. A barn that was used on an old cattle ranch in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley has been turned into an elegant wine tasting room and art gallery at Red Lily Vineyards .

Gil Gilbertson sighed deeply as his eyes scanned the preliminary results of a Josephine County criminal justice tax measure Tuesday evening.

Nightmare scenario: Michael Bellah was arrested in Oregon last August after he broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, choked and raped the woman, who was unable to get police to come A terrified woman from Josephine County, Oregon, dialed 911 last August to report that her violent ex-boyfriend is trying to break into her home, but in response she ... (more)

A yard sign opposes a local tax increase to fund public safety in Josephine County, Oregon.

In this April 24, 2013 photo, retired logger Jim Ford stands in his shop in Grants Pass, Ore.

Bear Camp Road between Grants Pass and Agness, near the southern Oregon Coast, has reopened a week earlier than usual because the snow melted early.

Three core members - lead guitarist Joe Ginet, keyboard player Erik Vestnys and bassist Ryan Redding - make up State of Jefferson.

Today in Josephine County, Oregon 6 sheriffs' deputies patrol an area with a population of 80,000. Their territory stretches from Grants Pass to the California border.

Alyn Ashleigh Brock was born March 31, 2013, in Grants Pass, Ore. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19 inches.

A horse driven by W.D. West of Applegate, frightened by a passing automobile, ran away on West Main Street yesterday morning and completely demolished the carriage.

State Rep. Gail Whitsett recently reported on a May 1 informational hearing on the Barry Point fire of 2012 hosted by the senate Committee on Rural Communities and Economic Development.Details of the hearing were provided in her May 8 legislative update.Chairing the hearing was Sen.

Walking into Darrell Hanks' bow-making studio is like walking into a different time, when instruments were painstakingly handmade using techniques passed down by generations of craftsmen.

Authorities say the man who crashed his log truck Monday afternoon south of Roseburg was driving drunk.

Takelma elder Agnes Baker-Pilgrim of Grants Pass sat on the Dalai Lama's interfaith panel and gave the opening prayer for his three-day visit to Oregon last week.

Although the weather was a little cool and drizzly on Sunday, that didn't stop folks from taking advantage of some closed streets to spend time out and about in their community.

Troy Anthony Jones, 42, of the 7100 block of Wagner Creek Road, Talent. Medford police arrested Jones late Saturday on charges of possession of methamphetamine and failure to appear on a theft charge.

Grants Pass Police say they are looking for a man who robbed a Best Western in at gunpoint early Sunday morning.

In Grants Pass last month, officials locked down an elementary school while police searched for a burglar with a stolen rifle.

The rapper will perform Saturday, May 11, at the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland.