A temporary board of Josephine County elected officials was scheduled to meet this afternoon to begin the process of filling two vacancies on the county Board of Commissioners.

The temporary board consists of six officials — sheriff, surveyor, county clerk, treasurer, legal counsel and assessor — that must decide on a timeline, how to post the vacancies and whether to establish a new deadline for applications.

Four North Valley wrestlers won by pin as the Knights rolled to a 36-18 victory over Phoenix on Wednesday in a boys' dual meet on Senior Night in Merlin.

Two of those falls came in the first round with North Valley's Christian Booth (132 pounds) taking 1:50 to pin his opponent and Finn Wicks-Bickle (138) earning his fall in just 58 seconds.

Andrew Dwyer (157) and Tanner Core (175) had the Knights' other two pins.

Tristian Celeen (165) won by fall for Phoenix.

A Josephine County jury on Wednesday convicted a man of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his business partner in an illegal marijuana grow in the Williams area in 2023.

Senji Asanuma Pintar, 34, faces a minimum sentence of 75 months in prison, or six years and three months, for his conviction on the manslaughter charge in the slaying of Garrett Lee Bradshaw, 36, at the grow site on East Fork Road.

Once again, the Grants Pass Museum of Art is opening its exhibition season with a fundraiser.

The first exhibit of 2026 features works of art that were donated by museum members and are being sold in an online auction.

“I like the quality of the art,” says museum director Hyla Lipson of the artwork in the current show.

“People didn’t just pick something out from the back of their closets. There’s some really cool stuff here.”