Illinois Valley News

• New Commissioner Cassanelli aims ‘to stop bad decisions being made’

  

  Sandi Cassanelli marked the official end of her days as a concerned citizen and the beginning of a political career as she was sworn as a Josephine County commissioner.

• Public Safety

  • JCSO seeks volunteers for CJ sub

    Free training and flexible hours are available for citizens who want to aid law enforcement in and around Cave Junction by volunteering to serve at the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office Substation at CJ City Hall.

  • Search and Rescue offers civilian training academy

    Josephine County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Division (SAR) will conduct its ninth “Citizens Academy” on two consecutive weekends in January.

• IVFD: Large vehicle fire under investigation

  

  Fire of unknown origin destroyed two recreational vehicles and their large wooden enclosure on White Oak Drive in rural Cave Junction on New Year’s Eve.

• Golf course sale pursued after vote

  

  Although overwhelmingly endorsed by a vote of shareholders, an offer made in December to purchase the Illinois Valley Golf Course has been withdrawn.

• Who are the news media? County board presses issue

  

  During the past three years, Grants Pass resident Dale Matthews has produced First Friday, which is registered as an Associate Member Publication by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (ONPA).

• BLM WOPR: Can’t have it your way

  

  Major environmental protests against the Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR), which has sparked a wide variety of reactions statewide, have been rejected by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

• R&R’s Jennifer Phillippi forest board veteran

  

  Appointed by Gov. Kulongoski and confirmed earlier this month by the Oregon Senate in an action -- that also included the reappointment of Jennifer Phillippi, of Rough & Ready Lumber Co. in Cave Junction to a second term -- the two new members fill vacancies left by former board Chairman Stephen Hobbs, Corvallis, and member Barbara Craig, Portland.

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  Ted Crocker and Bob Litak

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• ‘Mystery’ due in Selma

  “For one night only, the Selma Community Center will be transformed into a lively Jazz Club,” says Alyce Kendall, a member of the Illinois Valley Family Coalition (IVFC) Board of Directors.

• Events calendar

  

  All the Valley's happenings in the Events Calendar

  
  
  

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• Two die in Jo County holiday accidents
• OSP lists more problems in Yule period
• Oregon has second-highest minimum wage in U.S.
• DEQ penalties up to $1.5 mil
• Phone book opt-out DEQ suggestion
• Winter steelhead season under way
• Mussels providing muscle for new glue
• Caregiving aid for caregivers set by Lovejoy

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Top stories from last week

• JCSO deputy reassigned; theft cited

• Jobless rate in Jo County passes 10%

• State electronics recycling program to begin Jan. 1

• Oregon’s Bottle Bill rides again

• Toler, Ellis named to AOC

• Rash of crashes reported

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