How a fight over $1 led library lovers to protest in the streets of small-town Oregon

More than a few pages have been stirred by the Josephine County Board of Commissioners’ surprising decision on Monday to end the lease of the local central library.

Two commissioners now insist they have no plans to evict the Grants Pass branch from its location in a county-owned building in February; instead, they only want to renegotiate the $1-per-year lease. Library supporters took to the streets for a rally on Thursday.

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