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THREE RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET COMMITTEE CITIZEN MEMBER NEEDED The Three Rivers School District Board of Directors is looking for one volunteer to fill a position on the Budget Committee. This position is for Zones IV, effective through June 30, 2029.The Board will be accepting applications for appointment to fill[Read More…]
Roarick Mine is on BLM land and would use “old-school” sluice system A placer gold mine near Holland could be up and running as early as this fall. On December 30, a group of about 35 Illinois Valley residents met with Bureau of Land Management representatives at the Roarick Mine[Read More…]
A break-in at Gimmies Grill and the theft of the local golf club’s golf carts In the early morning hours of Dec. 27 appears to have been perpetrated by the same person who stole a city-of-Cave-Junction-owned dump truck the day before, according to the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. Gimmies Grill,[Read More…]
Editor’s Note: Cave Junction Mayor Jesse Dugas presented his State of the City Address at a public City Council meeting on Monday, January 10. An edited version of the address is reprinted below: Good evening, Councilors, city staff, and members of our community. Thank you for being here and for[Read More…]
A single-vehicle rollover accident Jan. 7 on Highway 199 near milepost 10 (between Wonder and Wilderville), took the life of an Illinois Valley woman, Teddie Diane Tibbets, 47, of Selma. According to Oregon State Police, Tibbets was a passenger in a Toyota Tundra driven by Marisha Lynn Trainor, 52, of[Read More…]
A local man is wanted by law enforcement in connection with a crime spree that spans Josephine and Jackson counties. 55-year-old Billy Dean Gregory, of O’Brien, is wanted on multiple outstanding warrants, both of which are related to his failure to appear in court. According to a press release from[Read More…]
After a grueling special election Commissioner Chris Barnett has been decisively recalled, leaving Ron Smith as the last man sitting on the Josephine County Board of Commissioners. The tally as of late election night was 61.86% for Barnett’s recall, and 38.14% against. There were a total of 21,580 votes cast,[Read More…]
Just like the fog blanketing the valley, we have been lying low during the cold and the holidays. But, now it’s time for the fog to break and for the sun to shine through. We’ve got big news. As of today, the Illinois Valley News is owned and published by[Read More…]
New owners will start publishing on Jan. 14, 2026. There will be no paper until that time. There are no words grand enough to capture 15 years of ink, paper, megabytes and the stories that bind us. Yet here I am, keyboard under my fingers, attempting to write the last[Read More…]
