The city of Grants Pass is leasing Debo Park downtown to the Oregon Center for Creative Learning, which has a preschool in a building near the park and is planning to add a children's museum. The park will be fenced off and unavailable for public use starting on Sept. 8, except to families who use the preschool or buy museum admission.
By Vickie Aldous of the Daily Courier
The city of Grants Pass is leasing Debo Park to a preschool and a coming children’s museum, which means the downtown park will be fenced off and unavailable for public use starting on Sept. 8.
For several years, families have felt unsafe using the small park and its playground because of homeless people and drug users who continue to hang out there despite police enforcement.
Grants Pass receiver Brevik Hill (center) and the Cavemen enter Friday's season opener against Nelson at Mel Ingram Field ranked 10th in the first Class 6A coaches poll of 2026. Learn more about local teams in the annual football preview section in Thursday's edition.
By Travis Moore of the Daily Courier
Grants Pass and a host of other local high school football teams will begin the 2026 season early, kicking off the year with games on Friday.
The Cavemen host a gigantic 7 p.m. non-league matchup at Mel Ingram Field as they face Nelson High, a 2025 semifinalist and the No. 5 team in the state’s first Class 6A coaches poll.
Cycle Oregon rider Debbie Lao of Ventura, California, rests near her tent at Riverside Park during the 2009 Cycle Oregon event. Cycle Oregon riders were last in Josephine County in 2016, camping at Indian Mary Park after riding from the Oregon Coast. The 2017 visit to the Rogue Valley and Crater Lake was canceled due to wildfire smoke.
By Vickie Aldous of the Daily Courier
Hundreds of bicyclists will be converging on Grants Pass, Jacksonville and local roads as Cycle Oregon comes to the Rogue and Applegate valleys starting on Friday.
Bikers taking part in the multi-day Cycle Oregon Rally this year will stay at base camps in Grants Pass and Jacksonville. Organizers are setting up camp in Riverside Park along the Rogue River in Grants Pass today with cyclists arriving Friday.
Gabriela Alvarez sees art as a spiritual journey, getting creative inspiration for her abstracts and portraits, such as this one, from the essence and inner strength of living things. Her work, along with paintings by two other artists, is featured at a new exhibit opening Sunday at Bridgeview Vineyards in Cave Junction.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
The work of three Josephine County artists is featured in a new exhibit opening Sunday in Cave Junction.
Art in the Vineyard will be showcasing paintings by Becca Farmer, Gabriela Alvarez and Brian Davis, all members of the Southern Oregon Guild, which is hosting the exhibit in its satellite gallery at the Bridgeview winery.
A reception is planned on Sunday from 3-5 p.m.
Each artist has their own uniquely creative style.
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