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Established
in 1937

'I'm looking for volunteers'
Sheriff-elect Gilbertson addresses
CJ Security Council cont...

Toler sees rural progress

County commissioners,
sheriff-elect discuss issues

JoCo jobless rate drops
to 5.5 percent

Oregon's revenue rising

Building near golf course razed for development

Medicare Part D Rx plan deadline Dec. 31

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Toy Run, Yule tree lighting
scheduled Dec. 2

Holiday concert to feature
eclectic program Dec. 6

Youth wrestlers at IVHS Dec. 2
Some 200 young matmen expected for annual tournament.

Foreign students find big differences at IVHS
By Yulia Tyokova

Do you know these people?
Kerbyville museum seeks help identifying archived photos.

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Dying deer and run-away dog lead
to amazing gold strike
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;A nugget! Stage coach route a dusty, bone-jarring trip

Historical routes to Oregon Caves hikable today ; and

Early day jitney replaced bone-jarring stagecoach experience

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Remembering Pearl Harbor
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