GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Saturday was Safety Awareness Day in Grants Pass. Residents young and old came down to the Grants Pass shopping center for the town’s safety day event. Visitors climbed aboard equipment and vehicles from Grants Pass Fire and Josephine County Search and Rescue. The Caveman Kiwanis club fitted people for free bike … Continue reading »
Homeowner Gets Burglar on Surveillance
COPCO, Calif. — This past Wednesday, officials arrested a 22 year-old Grants Pass man after a Copco resident reviewed surveillance footage of the suspect robbing his home. Officials were then able to issue a search warrant for the suspect’s, Jonathon Robert Davis, home. Several items related to the home owner’s burglary were recovered. Throughout the … Continue reading »
Grants Pass Loses Notable Art This Week
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass streets will lose some art as the city decides to focus on safety. Until now, the city has allowed fire hydrants to be painted by local artists. This week they will be repainted the standard bright yellow to increase visibility during an emergency. A team went out Wednesday morning … Continue reading »
Meth Distributor Arrested in Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A Grants Pass man was arrested this past Sunday by the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) after detectives found roughly one pound of methamphetamine in his backpack. Sergeant Jim Johnson of the Oregon State Police said RADE detectives received information about an individual possibly transporting illegal drugs into Josephine County. This … Continue reading »
Sex Predator Sentenced to 90 Days
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Grants Pass man will serve time for sexually abusing three children at a day-care facility. In March 2012, police arrested 61 year-old Tommy Dunn for abusing those three female victims who were all five years of age or younger. They say the abuse happened at the day-care facility his wife … Continue reading »
Class Begins for Local Search and Rescue
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Josephine County is training its next class of search and rescue volunteers this weekend. About 60 people met today in Grants Pass to learn the latest in survival and life saving techniques. The course lasts about a month every year. By the time it ends late April, volunteers will have 60 … Continue reading »
Police Look for Bank Robber in GP
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass police are looking for a man who robbed a bank inside the Fred Meyer store yesterday. Police say the man entered the bank, demanded cash and ran on foot. He’s believed to be white, in his early to mid 50′s and about 180 to 200 pounds. He was last … Continue reading »
Changes Coming To Signal On U.S. 199
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Owner of Fairgorunds Towing and Shell, Randy Harris knows access to customers is one of the key factors in running a business. “If you have a bad location, if you’re hard to get to, if you’re hard to get out of, it impacts your business,” said Harris. A new project by … Continue reading »
Relay for Life Saturday in Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — “Relay for Life” in Grants Pass is holding a fundraiser for the first time at a popular neighborhood bar and grill. “Our goal is 150 thousand dollars this year, so we’ve got a pretty large goal to accomplish but its something this community can do,” says event chairman Ben Allen. “We … Continue reading »
