Contractor Myles Hook places a pallet into a truck while cleaning up what remains of the authorized but unmanaged homeless campsite at 712 N.E. Seventh St., near the Grants Pass Police headquarters. The city of Grants Pass now has closed two of its three homeless camps as Parker’s Place Village, an authorized and managed homeless village made of converted shipping containers, has started opening beds. City Manager Aaron Cubic says the city intends to close the third camp too.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
Two of the three homeless camps authorized by the Grants Pass City Council in response to litigation are now closed and empty.
On Tuesday morning, contractors were removing leftover wood pallets from a former tent site at 712 N.E. Seventh St., adjacent to the headquarters of the police department.
Thompson was on a tear at the plate in the month of June for the Cleveland Guardians' High-A affiliate. The former South Medford and University of Oregon catcher hit .339 in June and had at least one hit in 13 of his 17 games during the month.
The owner of a Jackson County gas station and an Eagle Point man were among the 11 entities across the state fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in May.
C & J Super Service of Medford was fined $30,637 for alleged violations of DEQ’s underground storage tank rules.
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