Grants Pass

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Public Safety officially has a new director. Warren Hensman was sworn in as the city’s new public safety chief and Director at a Grants Pass City Council meeting Monday. Hensman spent the past 9 years with …

 GRANT PASS, Ore. – Riverside Elementary is adding skateboarding lessons into the gym curriculum. Gym teacher Jordan Werner said it is a chance for kids to learn new skills. “The skater kid that might not like basketball gets a chance to demonstrate …

GRANTS PASS, Ore.– A zoo in El Paso, Texas is letting you name a cockroach after your ex this year and then feed it to a meerkat for Valentine’s Day. The Bronx Zoo has been doing a similar program since 2011 but …

Grants Pass, Ore. — The City of Grants Pass is trying to recruit citizens for public service with a monthly stipend. On Wednesday night, city councilors voted to approve a $1,000 a month stipend for both the mayor and city councilors. The …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – An exhaustive list of Josephine County ordinances and guidelines are now available online. “A project years in the making, the Josephine County Code is a codification of the county’s general ordinances from its founding in 1856 through 2017 …

GRANTS PASS, Ore.— Homelessness is a serious issue in southern Oregon, but there are services and ways to escape it. NBC5’s Blakely McHugh spoke with people who work at the St. Vincent de Paul mobile on how they help out their homeless community.  …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Hundreds gathered in front of the Josephine County Courthouse in Grants Pass on Sunday to show their support for the pro-life movement. The annual March for Life saw demonstrations across the country with participants marching and protesting against legalized …

MEDFORD, Ore. — Across southern Oregon, women’s marches took place in Medford, Grants Pass, and Klamath Falls.  Women and their allies turned out in Medford to join the Women’s March Southern Oregon group to march for the purpose of equality and respect for women. Hundreds were …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A family who lost everything they owned in Paradise, California is starting a new journey in southern Oregon. The Powell family lost both their home and their business when the Camp Fire tore through the small town last November. …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. —  A man is arrested after firing a gun at a group of people in downtown Grants Pass. No one was hurt, but police say there’s still more investigating to do. They say it happened just after 10 pm on …