JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Pacific Power started installing smart meters in Jackson County in July and since then, they’ve received a lot of push back. Some people are against the meters because of the radio frequency that the meters produce, ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine County Commissioners Office is looking to make it easier for people to access their county codes and ordinances online. Commissioner, Simon Hare, has been working on this for the last eight years that he’s ...
Grants Pass, Ore.- Josephine County Commissioners says they’ve heard many complaints about panhandlers off Exit 61 on I-5. “There’s always panhandling going on over there,” Josephine County Commissioner Dan DeYoung said. “The people of Merlin were really concerned about that, ...
Merlin, Ore.- Residents in Merlin could start seeing construction on a main road as early as next week. Wednesday, Josephine County Commissioners voted to add sidewalks on both sides of Merlin Road. Commissioners say the sidewalks are meant to improve ...
Grants Pass, Ore.- Josephine County gun supporters want to make sure their Second Amendment rights are safe. “I don’t aim to hurt anybody with guns. It’s there for my protection, my support, the type of gun doesn’t make it bad,” ...
Josephine County, Ore.- The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, or LUBA, has rejected a Josephine County marijuana ordinance. The ordinance was meant to regulate marijuana grows in rural residential zones, but many growers said the new rules would violate ...
Grants Pass, Ore. – Starting Wednesday commercial marijuana growers in Josephine County will have new rules to follow after county commissioners passed changes to an old ordinance. The changes impact commercial growers in rural residential zones. The old ordinance stated ...
Josephine County, Ore. — Josephine County Commissioners are continuing to look at ordinances relating to pot grows in rural areas of the county. They held a public hearing Wednesday which resulted in heated debate from both sides. Josephine County Commissioners ...
Grants Pass, Ore.- The future of the Josephine County Fairgrounds has been on the Josephine County Commissioners agenda for a while. As a of recently, that discussion has made its’ way into talks with Grants Pass City Council. One Grants ...
Grants Pass, Ore.- The Josephine County Commissioners are fleshing out the details for a ‘pot patrol’ group, that would monitor residential grows in the county. Josephine County Commissioner Dan Deyoung says it’s important to establish the ‘pot patrol’ considering the amount ...