Grants Pass News

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An attempt by Grants Pass City Council to introduce a 3% food and beverage tax without a public vote has failed. The City Council plans to place the contentious issue on the November general election ballot when the…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Rogue Valley’s proposal for an OnTrack facility at plots 688 and 690 Rogue River Highway was approved at a Grants Pass city council meeting held on Wednesday night. Residents, council members, and an engineer at the…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass restaurants and bars must pay a 3% food and beverages tax to help fund public safety. The proposal was approved last night at a city council meeting, when a public safety utility tax was also approved. The…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The food and beverage tax proposed by Grants Pass City Council is being opposed by the Grants Pass-Josephine County Chamber of Commerce after many businesses raised concerns. Grants Pass needs at least an additional…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — In Merlin- 9 miles northwest of Grants Pass, a drug-related search warrant was executed at around 4 pm on Monday, February 5th. Officers from the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) team, together with the Grants Pass…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The onus may soon no longer fall on Josephine County property owners to prove they have fire protection measures to obtain building permits. If the proposed changes to the county code are approved, only property owners…

GRANTS PASS Ore. — Grants Pass is sitting with an estimated $4.5 million shortfall in funding to maintain public safety services. A local sales tax of 1.5% will be sufficient to cover the county’s safety needs but efforts to raise the cash…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Education reported today that the graduation rate of the class of 2023 is 81.3%. It is the second-highest in the state’s history. Bret Champion, the superintendent of the Medford school district,…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — It has come to light that Dutch Bros. Corporate intends to move forty percent of its company to Phoenix, Arizona. According to NewsWatch 12, the company intends to expand into Arizona by January 1, 2025. Its headquarters…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A lower court ruling recently determined that punishing people for sleeping in public places when it was not practically possible to find space in a shelter should be regarded as cruel and unusual punishment as set out…