A protest outside the Josephine County Courthouse turned physical Wednesday as a protester and counter-protester grappled in the roadway. Videos capture the confrontation, while the two sides dispute what happened beforehand. No arrests had been publicly confirmed as of Friday afternoon.

Michael Brinen Cutts was arrested less than 24 hours after Grants Pass police identified him as a person of interest in a major assault that left a man hospitalized. Police credit ALPR technology and regional law enforcement partnerships with helping shorten the search.

A man wanted following an alleged carjacking, assault, and dangerous pursuit through Grants Pass was arrested Tuesday after barricading himself inside an RV near Cloverlawn. Police say citizen reports helped authorities locate him nearly two weeks after the July 30 incidents.

Grants Pass police are searching for a 36-year-old man accused of domestic violence, carjacking a driver and leading deputies on a dangerous pursuit before abandoning the stolen vehicle. Police say he should not be approached and anyone who sees him should call 911.

Human remains believed to be those of a missing Grants Pass resident were recovered from steep terrain near Reuben Mountain. A formal identification remains pending as investigators await an autopsy by the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office.

A Josephine County grand jury has indicted a 50-year-old man on second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon charges as investigators continue searching for Randall “Randy” Hecker, who has been missing from his Summer Lane residence in Grants Pass since July 7.

A 22-year-old man died Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highland Avenue in Grants Pass. Police said Gabriel Davis was killed when his car veered into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle.