Twenty-five years later, Grants Pass residents still remember where they were on Sept. 11, 2001.

Divers were called in Friday to recover a body from the Rogue River in Grants Pass near Baker Park.

Grants Pass Police Department

Jose Juan Corona, 47, died Aug. 12, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. A graveside service will be at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m., at Edgewater Christian Fellowship. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.

Asante Three Rivers Medical Center

Pulling weeds in the garden is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

The first sentence of the Supreme Court’s opinion allowing continued construction of Trump’s ballroom is disingenuous to the core. In a 5-4 decision, the majority wrote: “In October 2025, the federal government started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House.” They then write, “…the government completed [demolition of the existing East Wing] in December 2025.”

First of all, I would like to say RIP to Mr. Stoddard. He was a great editor, and he would be proud of how the newspaper is doing since his medical retirement.

The demise of one Grants Pass business and the relocation of another gave Kayla Wilhelm the push she needed to start her own business and open her own shop.

Tomatoes have been at their peak in the past couple of weeks, but with the cooler weather, you might be looking at a large number of harvested tomatoes and wondering what to do with them.

ASANTE THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER

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Vacation Bible school sessions are underway:

With temperatures cooling and rain falling in the Rogue Valley, it seems like soup weather has arrived. Read More »