🌱 ATV crash in Williams sends three to hospital, charges pending

Morning Williams! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• ATV crash in Williams sends three to hospital, charges pending

Also on today's calendar: Ecstatic Dance with Flint Blade at Williams Grange.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 94 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Sweltering heat with sunshine, temps: high: 102, low: 59.
• Sunday: Sunshine and very hot, with a high of 100 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Drunk driver crashes quad ATV in Williams, Oregon; faces DUI, assault charges (kval.com) — An impaired-driving ATV crash on Caves Camp Road in Williams sent a local man and two juveniles to the hospital and has led to multiple criminal charges, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies say no one was wearing a helmet when the quad left the roadway and hit a tree, prompting renewed warnings about sober driving and ATV safety in the area.
   

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📸 Around Williams

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Williams

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday June 18

• Rogue Forest Partners Williams Project Community... →
  Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday June 21

• Ecstatic Dance with Flint Blade at Williams Grange →
  Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams
  11:00 am

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📣 Williams Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Savor Southern Oregon →
  Bigham Knoll Campus, 525 Bigham Knoll Dr, Jacksonville
  11:00 am
• Grants Pass Dance Club
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce JOCO Fairgrounds Square Dance Building. 1451 Fairgrounds Rd. Grants Pass, OR 97527
  1:00 pm
• Schmidt Family Vineyards: Friday Night Music
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce Schmidt Family Vineyards 330 Kubli Rd, Grants Pass OR 97527
  5:00 pm
• Friday Tunes at The Gold Room: Alec Wade →
  The Gold Room, 175 E California St, Jacksonville
  7:00 pm
• TWELFTH NIGHT - 2026 Summer Shakespeare in the Vines →
  Walport Family Cellars, 470 Slagle Creek Rd, Grants Pass
  7:30 pm

Saturday June 13

• Pancake Pop-Up →
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce Weekend Beer Company 1863 NW Washington Blvd
  8:00 am
• American Legion Market Breakfast
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce American legion Post 28 206 NW F St Grants, Pass OR 97526
  9:00 am
• SO Flea Market
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce JOCO Fairgrounds 1451 Fairgrounds Rd
  9:00 am
• Grants Pass Growers' Market Summer Season
  Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce Downtown Grants Pass 4th & F Street
  9:00 am
• Grants Pass Famers Market/ Growers Market →
  Grants Pass Growers Market, Northwest 4th Street &, NW F St, Grants Pass
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Our yearly reminder to let your fur-babies stay home if you will be going somewhere that requires you leaving them in the car.
  Cracked windows or parking in the shade does not eliminate the risk of heatstroke or death. (Nextdoor )

• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Online Order Filling Team Supervisor in Grants Pass. Apply here.
• WinCo Foods posted a job opening for Overnight Stocker in Grants Pass. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Williams here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Grants Pass

• Caveman Pool Opening Delayed as Triple-Digit Heat Arrives in Grants Pass (grantspasstribune.com)
• Parker's Place Village Nears Opening as Grants Pass Prepares for Major Shift in Homelessness Response (grantspasstribune.com)
• Small businesses receive support from city and community (kdrv.com)

Cave Junction

• California condor flies into Southern Oregon for first time in more than a century (ijpr.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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