Navy Veteran and Josephine County Commissioner Dan DeYoung concluded the Board of County Commissioners’ Wednesday, Nov. 8 weekly business session, which was held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass, by reading a poem in honor of Veterans Day. This poem was supplied to the board by meeting frequenter[Read More…]
Author: Siege Schatza
Mineral exploration permits ceased by county
At their Oct. 25 weekly business session held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass, the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to suspend the acceptance of mineral exploration permits and mining leases.According to the board order, “The Board of County Commissioners intends to update Chapter 5.15 of the[Read More…]
October school board meeting held in the Valley
The Three Rivers School District Board of Directors convened Wednesday, Oct. 18 at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction to conduct their monthly regular session.Zone V Board Member Jennifer Johnstun recounted that the board has received a tour of I.V. High earlier in the afternoon.“I just want to say,[Read More…]
Commissioners criticize land use laws
Last week’s updates to the Josephine County Land Use Code – Title 19 – were long in the making. JoCo Deputy Planning Director James Black said that some of the Oregon statutes newly incorporated into Title 19 were passed in the year 2005.Black made these remarks during the Josephine County[Read More…]
Hard drugs added to intoxication code
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, the Board of Josephine County Commissioners approved an ordinance to amend the public intoxication section of the Josephine County Code during their weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.There was some confusion among meeting attendees about what the changes pertained to.[Read More…]
County to adopt state land use updates
Siege SchatzaIVN Contributing Writer The Josephine County Board of Commissioners voiced their dissatisfaction with land use changes brought forth by the Oregon Legislature during their Sept. 27 weekly business session.If approved, Ordinance 2023-005 will adopt state land use changes into the Josephine County Code. Specifically, Title 19 – Rural Land[Read More…]
Commissioners skeptical of mining lease
Seige SchatzaIVN copy editor Mineral Research, Inc. presented before the Josephine County Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Sept. 27 to make their case for the board signing off on their five-year lease of a 76-acre Wolf Creek property known as St. Peter Mine.The meeting was held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium[Read More…]
County to amend intoxication code
The Josephine County Commissioners held a first public hearing in the matter of updating public intoxication rules during their Sept. 27 weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.Passed in the year 2000, Chapter 9.05 of the Josephine County Code was entitled Public Drinking, and fell[Read More…]
Deputies honored for act of valor
“What is an act of valor?”That was the question Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel went on to answer at the Sept. 20 Board of JoCo Commissioners’ meeting, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.“An act of valor is considered to be above and beyond the call of duty[Read More…]
I.V. HOPE Village gets funding from HB 5019
I.V. HOPE Village Programs Manager Laura Mancuso received good news from United Community Action Network Executive Director Shaun Pritchard Sept. 12. It was announced by the Oregon Housing & Community Services Team in Salem that I.V. HOPE Village received $799,029 from House Bill 5019 that addressed “shelter funding.”It was also[Read More…]