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Staff and volunteers from the Illinois Valley Fire District visited a church camp at Sis“Q Meadows off Airport Drive on Thursday, Aug. 5. Exercises included hose squirting demonstrations and fire truck tours. (Photos by IVFD Media Dept.)
A 31-year-old Cave Junction man accused of causing the death of his 6-year-old son in an alcohol-related accident July 31 will not face charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor, according to his wife.
It“s been more than 18 months since an Oregon State Police SWAT team used chemical munitions and a tazer to arrest 39-year-old Gerald Batty at a home on Lone Mountain Road in O“Brien.
For more than a month, the seat typically occupied by Cave Junction City Councilor Carl Jacobson in city hall has been empty during meetings, as he struggled through four surgeries at three hospitals.
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to approve two out of three economic development grant requests presented during its Tuesday, Aug. 3 administrative meeting at the courthouse in Grants Pass.
With mounting federal deficits, and municipalities throughout the United States struggling to balance their budgets, fiscal uncertainty has become the new norm among government agencies.
Community
Charli Leen (left) and Jaden Sequeira check out skunk pelts, animal skulls and antlers in the “Caterpillar“, a 32-foot mobile science and Nature center, which visited the Illinois Valley Boys & Girls Club on Monday, Aug. 9. The Caterpillar tours events and elementary schools throughout Josephine and Jackson counties, demonstrating environmental science to nearly 7,000 children per year by providing hands-on learning. The program inspires the excitement of science with displays and activities based on local flora, fauna and ecology, and is sponsored by Medford District Bureau of Land Management, and by Pacifica: a Garden in the Siskiyous, a 420-acre education-based Nature-center, botanical garden, community center and the home of the Caterpillar science trailer based in Williams, Ore., and is supported by Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest. (Photo by Zina Booth, Illinois Valley News)
“Southern Oregon activities tend to favor gatherings, festivals and campfires, not bars,“ says Patrick Dodd, organizer of the New Song Showcase/Contest for the eighth annual Hope Mountain Barter Faire.
A celebration of the 10th anniversary of Second Friday ArtWalk by Illinois River Valley Arts Council will include high fashion on Friday, Aug. 13, with Featured Artist Katherine Tilton.
The Rogue Valley Flyers (RVF) group has announced its annual action packed radio-controlled aircraft air show on Sunday, Aug. 15 in Kerby at the Josephine Skypark.
When it began approximately 10 years ago, the Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance (IVSHA) had a simple mission: to provide emergency housing for victims of domestic violence.
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IVHS
Registration for all fall sports will be conducted Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 18 through 20, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Illinois Valley High School office.
Siskiyou Community Health Center will offer sports physical exams at the School-Based Health Centers beginning Wednesday, Aug. 18.
Members of Josephine County 4-H clubs have completed 300 stockings of the 600 that they need for their project to provide U.S. servicemen with socks.
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- Oregon State Treasurer candidate Telfer brings campaign to Cave Junction, Grants Pass
- Fire danger raised at area national forests
- GP man, 28, arrested for alleged sex crimes
- GP early a.m. fire
- U.S. Dept. of Justice releases national plan aimed at combating exploitation of children
- Kulongoski credits federal stimulus package for job creation
- New OSP F&W boss appointed recently
- Child Labor Laws revised
- ODA: Accurate scales important as gold prices remain high
- Ferguson Transition House offers ex-cons a second chance at life
- Social Security Trust Fund subject of board report
- JoCo included in plan to prevent foreclosures
- State furlough day Aug. 20
- RAC members sought by BLM districts
- SCHC celebrates National Health Center Week
- Deadline Friday the 13th for scratch art class
