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Established
in 1937

Anderson: Jackson County bound
Veteran JoCo officer to be jail commander. Cont....

TRSD gets mental health grant
School board reviews I.V. High School bomb threat. Cont....

CJ bar patron drives into building

Former meth addict highlights methods of recovery

I.V. Fire receives positive audit report

IVFD annexations expand coverage

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Young wrestlers do well
in Idaho tournament

Additional cave tours possibility

Lakeshore neighborhood offers festive lights

BeBe's gallery continues art tradition

Graham cracker gingerbread houses make easy holiday fun

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Early teamsters
reined supreme
with each team
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

Early day jitney replaced bone-jarring stagecoach experience

Dying deer and run-away dog lead to amazing gold strike; and

Pony Ranch Hotel feature of valley's Gold Canyon

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Visitor praises valley; Senior Center generator?;
Fishing closure unreasonable; Spend Christmas with Jesus!; Excited about Ron Maurer
Letters to the Editor, your community forum. Cont ...

Spud wrestling lands bar owner in hot water --AP news story