No injuries were reported as a result of a two-vehicle accident at Hwy. 199 and Laurel Road on Saturday, June 14 at 8:45 a.m.. More pictures and story here. (Photos by Illinois Valley News)
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Due to acute rising fuel prices, a blue ribbon committee will be formed to review how many units from Illinois Valley Fire District should respond to nonemergency calls.
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Damage including theft of copper wire from three electrical transformers owned by rural Cave Junction resident Walt Freeman is estimated by him as amounting to at least $150,000.
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Grants totaling $197,600 for planning and design at the Grants Pass and Illinois Valley airports were accepted 3-0 during the weekly business meeting of the Josephine County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, June 11 in Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.
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After much planning and months of clean-up and painting by volunteers, Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) is anxious to relocate its Illinois Valley Substation into the Cave Junction City Hall basement, which would include a temporary holding facility.
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A $75 Sno-Park parking citation issued to Dave Toler, chairman of the Josephine County Board of Commissioners, was decreased to $25 during a federal hearing in Medford on Wednesday, June 11.
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The Committee to Recall Josephine County Commissioner Jim Raffenburg has stopped collecting signatures to place a recall election on a ballot.
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Rural leaders from across Oregon met Friday, June 13 in Cascade Locks in Columbia River Gorge to plan a different kind of two-day rural conference.
Carl & Lori LaFlamme at Southern Oregon Real Estate: Real Estate in Southern Oregon, Grants Pass & Rogue River
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One-of-a-kind, 1,200-square-foot, one-story log cabin for sale.
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Free admission for the general tour at Oregon Caves National Monument is offered Saturday, June 21 during the annual Community Open House.
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The temperature began to cool as my wife and I passed Grayback Campground on the drive up Caves Hwy. on the way to an evening of fine food and classical guitar music at the Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument.
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By Ed Feulner, The Heritage Foundation; The drive from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia isn’t long, but it’s certainly becoming expensive. On a recent weekend it cost me $65 to fill the tank on Interstate 95.
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