Daily editionThursday, October 29th, 2026
Good morning, Grants Pass.
The Daily Grants Pass Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Community
Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Choose Love Movement, spoke Wednesday evening at Grants Pass High School about grief, forgiveness, and teaching emotional regulation skills to help prevent violence, and she shared that the program provides free curriculum for schools.
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Southern Oregon photographers can enter Grants Pass' Every Drop Counts photo contest for the city's 2026 Water Quality Report by submitting photos taken in Josephine, Jackson, Curry, or Klamath counties by 5 p.m. Dec. 31; categories are kindergarten through 12th grade, amateur, and professional, with $200 first + $100 second.
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Culture
NBC5 aired part one of a Halloween special on Oct. 28 exploring history and paranormal allegations at the Oregon Caves Chateau in Cave Junction.
The Chateau has been closed for repairs since 2018, is listed among 11 most endangered historic properties, and the Friends group is seeking restoration funds.
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Education
Fourteen Phoenix High School students practiced using the Jaws of Life to cut and spread open cars during a hands-on demonstration at Jackson County Fire District 5 station in Phoenix (cutters, spreaders, rams), learning the extrication techniques crews use in rollovers and severe crashes.
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Environment
Fire season ended Wednesday at 12:01 a.m.; the Fall open burn window runs Saturday through Nov. 8 and residents can get permits online or at 800 East Park St. Burning is allowed when the DEQ ventilation index is 400 or greater, so check the airshed by calling the burn line.
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Government
Motorists should expect lane closures and short delays on Oregon 62 at Lost Creek Lake Bridge (mileposts 35.2–35.5) as a $6.1 million project repairs the bridge deck, guardrails, joints, and pavement; most work is expected to finish soon.
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At Wednesday, Oct. 28 county session, Airports Board vice chair Brett Hopper urged commissioners to investigate why airport staff stopped attending board meetings and to fix gaps — an automated weather-report outage, a chained-open gate letting wildlife on runways, and unanswered safety questions.
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Josephine County completed critical repairs at 21 income-qualified homes, including 14 senior households, after launching a housing rehab program in Feb. 2025 with a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant from Business Oregon; the Board accepted the project's completion report and said $420,000 was invested locally.
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Real Estate
The Grants Pass Gospel Rescue Mission will break ground in October on MissionView Village to build affordable housing for older adults on fixed incomes and provide supportive services to help prevent senior homelessness.
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