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The doors open at the Josephine County Jail, and dozens of inmates are back on the streets.

Budget may cuts close animal shelter: Stray dogs without tags will be killed after 3 days, dogs with tags get 5 days to live GRANTS PASS - The Josephine County sheriff's Office started shutting down departments Friday after voters turned down a $12 million a year levy to make up for the demise of a federal subsidy for timber counties.

Dozens of inmates ran whooping from a small town jail into the sunshine Wednesday after a cash-strapped county in Oregon's timber region was forced to release them amid budget cuts.

Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career.

The Josephine County sheriff's office says it's releasing 36 inmates Wednesday from the jail at Grants Pass, including people charged with robbery, assault, rape and other sex crimes.

For five days now, Riverside Park in Grants Pass, has served as the location for all things Boatnik.

Champions were crowned in 26 competition categories in the third annual cross-country mountain bike race, staged on a mainly singletrack course on the Peterson Ridge Trail system south of Sisters.

Students at North Middle School in Grants Pass spent the morning remembering a former student who died while serving in Iraq; they now have a memorial wall to honor Manuel Garcia.

The Josephine County sheriff's Office started shutting down departments Friday after voters turned down a $12 million a year levy to make up for the demise of a federal subsidy for timber counties.

The Fifty-Third Annual Boatnik festivities kicked off today in Riverside Park in Grants Pass.

Robert Earl Keen's 16th studio album, "Ready for Confetti," released last fall, peaked at No.

Josephine County has tapped a one-time source of federal funds to keep three deputies on patrol for the time being after the failure of a public safety levy forced the sheriff to make deep cuts.

I'm driving to Gold Beach for Memorial Day weekend. Will Bear Camp Road be open, or do I need to take the long way around? You're in luck, Victoria - the shortest route between Grants Pass and Gold Beach just opened for the recreation season Monday.

Smoke from controlled burns blew into the valley for the second weekend in a row, obscuring visibility and bringing with it unhealthy air for people with sensitive bronchial conditions.

The Medford-based business will move into a 7,000-square-foot space and employ four in Grants Pass Shopping Center, 1100 N.E. E St.

Baldie Road. Police say around 9:25 a.m. this morning, an armed robbery took place at a home on the 200 block of Rogue River Avenue in Grants Pass.

Officials are handing out pink slips and cutting law enforcement to the bone in an Oregon County where voters have rejected a levy to plug a $12 million budget gap.

In this March 18, 2011, unidentified inmates play cards in the Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass, Ore.

Erica Baker and Luke Satern of Grants Pass, Ore., are engaged to be married on July 21, 2012, in Gasquet.