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Established
in 1937

Logging protest
forces closure
of $8 Road
Timber harvest begun
at Mike's Gulch. cont ...

Kulongoski
chastised over
roadless stance

Library tax district
sent to Nov. 7
ballot

Citizen involvement
on law enforcement priorities
seen to work in CJ
Community-oriented policing experiment challenged by lack of $$, manpower. cont ...

Zoning, annexation, new construction
head city council business

Wyden works to extend O&C funding one more year

Financial fiasco looming for JoCo
with loss of O&C funding

Renewable and energy-efficient projects
object of USDA grant
Rough & Ready to share monies for
additional steam capacity, electricity generation.

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25th annual Wild Blackberry Festival
a berry good time

CJ Pool fund-raiser
makes splash for cash,
realizing approximately $4K

Sixth anniversary of Second Friday
Art Walk colorful time

 

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Evergreen Elementary School enrollment news

Evergreen Elementary School supplies list

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CJ residents in fatal Bolan Lake crash

Continuity planning focus
of JoCo Health-sponsored seminar
on pandemic flu, other catastrophes

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Stage coach route a dusty,
bone-jarring trip
Another in a series celebrating Josephine County's sesquicentennial, by Roger Brandt.
Also - Josephine County sesquicentennial
celebration on near horizon;

Josephine Creek a gold nugget of history;

Cold Springs Mountain Trail:
Josephine County's lifeline to the coast;

Artifacts clue to valley visit by Spanish 200 years ago;

Legacy of hydraulic mining leaves lasting imprint on Illinois Valley;

Oregon Cavemen herald JoCo tourism industry;

Early 'Road to the Sea' marked efforts to open valley-coastal trade;

Desperate winter gives meaning to phrase 'worth his salt;'

Historic quake proof of present danger;

Early day Illinois Valley shaped by Chinese immigrants

I.V. 'Chinatown' brief, noisy history little known facet of valley's past

Steam engines without rails mechanized logging transportation; and

A nugget!

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A librarian scorned; Fashion police not economic cure-all; Why is I.V. out of duck?; 'Lawmaker to the Lawless'; For everything under the Sun, a season
Letters to the Editor, your community forum. cont ...

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