Top stories in our weekly issue dated
August 05, 2009
Shea Mather, 13, was among youths enjoying the newly refurbished skateboard facility at Jubilee Park last Thursday evening, July 30. (Photo by Michelle Binker, I.V. News)
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DeFazio will be in Cave Junction from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12 to hold a town hall meeting.
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State budget cuts soon could complicate the efforts of judges to keep their courts running smoothly.
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The Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) Grants Pass field office in Merlin has been closed, but efforts to keep some of its materials in Josephine County have proven successful.
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A proposal to designate 11,038 acres of land in 25 units in S.W. Oregon --including Illinois Valley -- as critical habitat was announced last week by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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Legislation has been introduced in Congress to expand Oregon Caves National Monument, located 22 miles east of Cave Junction, but its passage could be complicated by potential fire suppression issues.
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Photo by Terrie McPherson
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Four of the Grants Pass BearFest bears will visit Illinois Valley this month.
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Hester Mallonee, who has a law degree, enjoys many diverse interests, not the least of which involves volunteer work at Oregon Caves National Monument.
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On Friday, Aug. 7 in Selma, archaeologist Dennis Jenkins will discuss the invaluable information about our culture stored within nature in Obsidian
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An enthusiast prepares his aircraft to take to the air. (Illinois Valley News file photo)
An action-packed radio-controlled model airplane flight show in Illinois Valley on Sunday, Aug. 16 is planned by the Rogue Valley Flyers (RVF).
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Eleven area nonprofit groups, coordinated by Cory Allen and the Cave Junction Lions Club, have organized three weekends of “low-cost, family friendly” activities to celebrate Oregon’s “Past, Present and Future.”
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Starting this month, a Cave Junction-based food bank will be open three days a week in an attempt to better serve the hungry and needy.
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(From left) Denise Brown, Patty Floate, Dee McKinney, Kris Ismaili, Crystal Cruz and Rebecca Saavedra. (Photo by Zina Booth, Illinois Valley News)
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- County to hear fire log presentation
- Korean War Veterans seeks I.V. chapter
- Poetry contest announced
- Takilma workshop on mining activity educational
- Conditions ripe for severe fire season
- Sheriff warns of dormant account hoax
- Trees need help to beat the heat
- Scotch Broom invasive, persistent
- Lightning-sparked wildfires reported
- Revaccination recommended for some
- V.A. notes Oregon good to veterans
- Fixed-rate mortgages offered vets
- Reservation rules change for state parks
- Oregon timber harvest headed for ‘historic low’
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- Chickens: Why not?
- Eroding our rights
- Poetry at the Oregon Caves Chateau
- Pool an asset
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