As of 11 a.m. on Thursday, the Grants Pass Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Anthony Teal, 36, after he fled on foot from the Leonard Road area in south Grants Pass before police arrived.

On Tuesday, workers were setting up carnival rides, a circus tent and inflatable bounce houses around the Josephine County Fairgrounds.

Habitat for Humanity Rogue Valley is moving. The nonprofit that helps families settle into affordable housing is moving into a newer, more functional location just down the road from its current facility in Medford.

Grants Pass Police Department

Lois McManus died peacefully on July 20, 2026. She was born on April 18, 1937, in Waterloo, Iowa.

Something is happening with reading in Josephine County, and it doesn’t look quite the same as what is happening across the country.

A lifetime ago when I reported aboard my ship as a newly minted U.S. Navy ensign, the executive officer asked me what I had studied in college. I replied I had just completed a master’s degree in ethics. He said, “What’s ethics?” and assigned me to the engineering department, presumably because it started with the letter E.

Markets and farmstands are loaded with summer vegetables right now — fresh and (hopefully) locally grown.

The Horny Goat has ambled over to a much bigger home and greener pastures where Elk once roamed.

ASANTE ROGUE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

The general rule in medicine is that healthy aging depends on eating well, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep. These factors are important, but research suggests there may be another powerful factor that influences how long and how well we live: having a sense of purpose.

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While doing some pruning of my containerized lemon trees this past week, I noticed a bunch of ants crawling along the tree stems. Then I noted the sticky sweet honeydew and brownish bumps along the stems. Scale insects had attacked my small trees!

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 »