Bob Copeland (standing) stated, "It's a complicated situation." He and Copeland and Barlow employees wore T-shirts condemning protestor Holger Sommer (seated, center). Full story here (Photo by Michelle Binker, Illinois Valley News)
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Citing a desire to avoid a potential civil court battle, Josephine County Commissioner Dwight Ellis last week changed an earlier decision which could have stopped all current excavation work by Barlow Sand & Gravel, a subsidiary of Copeland Sand & Gravel, at Little Elm Ranch on Rockydale Road.
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A simmering, antagonistic relationship came to a boil Tuesday, Feb. 26 with Commissioner Jim Raffenburg accusing Commissioner Dave Toler of “misleading the public and abusing his position as chairman.”
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Following a cry for help in the night, residents at 221 Aries Lane in rural Cave Junction found a woman bleeding in a motorhome from what the sheriff’s office said was a gunshot wound to her chest.
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Excluding all property owners from a requested Local Improvement District (LID) for a major residential/commercial development -- except the four primary parties involved -- is proposed to the city of Cave Junction.
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Measure 17-20 on the May 20 ballot will ask Illinois Valley property owners if they want to OK a five-year general tax levy of $1.68 per $1,000 assessed valuation for I.V. Fire District (IVFD).
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 7, 8 and 9, are set in Grants Pass for the annual Josephine County Sheriff’s Office auction of forfeited, found and unclaimed property.
Carl & Lori LaFlamme at Southern Oregon Real Estate: Real Estate in Southern Oregon, Grants Pass & Rogue River
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The 16th annual volunteer Tree Planting Day is Saturday, March 1
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Like the town it sits in the center of, Art’s Red Garter sports a rough-hewn exterior and a hard-to-escape reputation.
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Two community input sessions to start the process of involving area residents, businesses and groups in the Centennial Celebration at Oregon Caves National Monument will be held.
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Josephine County commissioners are being asked for permission to plant a new Moon Tree at Illinois Valley Airport.
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His favorite U.S. Forest Service donkey, ‘Monique,’ who saved his life, figures in a number of colorful recollections
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