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Lawmakers made changes in response to pushback from stores and their neighbors fed up with collateral damage from Oregon’s iconic environmental measure. Nigel JaquissOregon Journalism Project The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission today ratified changes to the Bottle Bill enacted by Senate Bill 992, which Gov. Tina Kotek signed into[Read More…]
Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2025. There are 203 days left in the year.Today in history:On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama was desegregated as Vivian Malone and James Hood became the first two Black students allowed to enroll in classes; Alabama segregationist and Gov.[Read More…]
Greetings from a very hot golf course.We have been chasing rainbirds and fixing broken pipes this week in an attempt to keep the fairways green. It is pretty hard to keep up when it is so hot, I prefer the cooler misty weather but not the hard rainy stuff. The[Read More…]
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Join Oregon State University’s Forestry and Natural Resources Extension for the Land Steward field training in Jackson County to help you sustainably manage your property.The Land Steward training helps folks living on rural land achieve their dreams for their property through weekly lessons, field visits, presentations[Read More…]
Illinois Valley Living Solutions volunteers cleaned up the trash on the property next to the future I.V. HOPE Village site scheduled to open at the end of July 2025. Volunteers Amy (left to right), Charlie, Josh, Ahron, Joe and Mona filled up two pickup trucks full of trash and took[Read More…]
IVHS Softball team earned a first round bye in the state playoff bracket this season. The team ranked 10th in the state dropped a hard loss to Lost River 8-0.
Jessame Pope delivered a stunning performance at the OSAA State Track and Field 2A Championships, claiming first in both the Triple Jump and Long Jump and shattering two long-standing records previously held by Kena Page since 1998 at IV. Pope’s leap of 37’1.0” in the triple jump and 17’2.0” in[Read More…]
Trichopoda pennipes, feather-legged fly This week’s crawly will help you squash a pesty problem. Meet the Trichopoda pennipes feather-legged fly.Trichos (as we’ll call them) are parasitoids of several families of true bugs (Hemiptera).Quick refresher: “Parasitoid” means that the young of the tricos eat their “host”; in the case of tricos[Read More…]
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved temporary rules to protect residential customers—especially vulnerable households—from disconnection of electric utility services during extreme high temperatures.Under the new rules, which will remain in effect through October 24, 2025, all regulated investor-owned utilities including Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp, and[Read More…]
Rogue Community College (RCC) will celebrate its Class of 2025 at the 54th Commencement on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 10 a.m. at the Marjorie Holzgang Concert Bowl located on the Redwood Campus in Grants Pass.The ceremony will include student speakers Finn Franklin Dwyer (college graduate) and Austin Lawrence (GED®)[Read More…]
