Two advocacy groups and five homeless people sued Grants Pass on Thursday in a bid to force the southern Oregon city to change its restrictions on homeless camping that they say put people with disabilities and others in peril.

A Portland-based nonprofit claims the city’s ordinances discriminate against people with disabilities and violate state law.

Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit against the City of Grants Pass this morning, saying the city's recent closure of two homeless encampments is putting unhoused people with disabilities at risk.

Disability Rights Oregon along with the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday against Grants Pass, attempting to stop the city from closing the J Street resting site. According to a joint press release from the two organizations,

The non-profit group Disability Rights Oregon and five disabled homeless residents have sued the city of Grants Pass claiming new camping restrictions violate state laws.

On Friday morning, homeless residents dragged tarps and carried piles on their backs, heaping their belongings just outside the fence. They were given until 9 a.m. to get their possessions off the city-owned site.

Some priorities that Oregon cities want lawmakers to take up, including increased infrastructure spending, are shared by Democrats and Republicans. Others, including attempts to roll back a state law that limits cities’ ability to remove homeless camps, will be a tougher sell in Salem. Graves

The school district says Grants Pass High School reached a 93.9% four-year graduation rate -- which is significantly more than Oregon's average of 81.8%. At the district level, the 4-year graduation rate was 79.4%, which was "the highest on record, with a 4-year completer rate of 88.4%."

Oregon's congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans.

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh

Heavy snow and high winds are forecast to impact travel on Oregon’s Cascade Mountain roads and passes from Thursday night into Saturday afternoon.