At their Sept. 13 weekly business session held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass, the Board of County Commissioners voted to form the Josephine County Road Service District. To recap, this district will not change any JoCo Public Works policies or procedures; it was merely established in the[Read More…]

As has been the trend in recent weeks, the Sept. 6 weekly business session of the Board of Josephine County Commissioners was brief, clocking in at less than 20 minutes while gathering at the Anne G. Basker Auditorium.When the board took requests and comments from citizens, the only individual who[Read More…]

With the issues of homelessness and drug addiction growing in Southern Oregon and across the nation, a number of Josephine County residents have voiced their desire to see Measure 110 repealed at Board of County Commissioner meetings.Measure 110 was narrowly approved by Oregon voters in 2020. It decriminalized the possession[Read More…]

On Friday, Sept. 1 Elib Crist-Dwyer and Nicole Greider from Rogue Action Center delivered a pallet of water, eight large air purifiers and filters, N95 masks and food boxes to Illinois Valley Wellness Resources to help locals affected by hazardous air quality from the wildfires and to help care for[Read More…]

On Aug. 23, the Board of Josephine County Commissioners held the first of two public hearings on a proposed road service district during their weekly business session at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.“The board adopted a board order July 19, 2023 to initiate formation of the Josephine County[Read More…]

Now that the proposed law enforcement service district will officially be on the November ballot, the citizens of Josephine County have over two months to debate whether increased sheriff’s funding is worth the higher tax bill. The JoCo commissioners have left no room to misinterpret they feel the answer is[Read More…]

An ordinance to crack down on hazardous conditions on county roads and lands was passed by the Board of Josephine County Commissioners after its legally required second reading / public hearing was carried out Wednesday, Aug. 9 at the board’s weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in[Read More…]

Valley residents speak out about funding sheriff The Board of Josephine County Commissioners unanimously voted to send the proposed law enforcement service district to the November ballot with the full support of Sheriff Dave Daniel Wednesday, Aug. 2 at their weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in[Read More…]

Siege SchatzaIVN copy editor On Aug. 2, the Board of Josephine County Commissioners heard a presentation from the Rogue River Watershed Council regarding how the nonprofit has grown since its inception in 2014. The meeting was held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.RRWC Executive Director Brian Barr recounted[Read More…]

The Josephine County Animal Shelter bestowed its annual Raskin Awards upon the Valley’s animal service volunteer Nancy Lindquist of the Toby Fund and Operation Rambo, a local nonprofit that connects military veterans with dogs who were rescued from shelters before being trained to be service dogsThe Board of Josephine County[Read More…]