Potato salad as a meal Potato salad is one of my favorite summer dishes. I like to make my potato salad as a meal instead of a side dish. When you add egg, veggies, apple, and cheese to your potatoes you get all the food groups into one delicious meal.[Read More…]

Getting Past the Plateaus If you started a resolution to get to a healthier weight and have reached a plateau, I have done some research to find a few tips that might help you get back on track.1) Review your habits. Make sure you haven’t slowly reverted back to some[Read More…]

The Southern Oregon Guild presented the second exhibition of 2025 at their “Art in the Vineyard” Gallery May 4 at Bridgeview Winery. This colorful show featured the artwork of Guild member and local Illinois Valley artist, Alan Laurie, with 21 original paintings from his series titled, “A Touch of Glass,”[Read More…]

A big turnout of parents and their children showed up to play together at the 530 E. River Street Gardens fundraiser May 4 (at the former city pool outdoor area).It was a beautiful sunny day at the gardens where all of the plants, flowers and trees were planted by children[Read More…]

The Northwest Youth Corps are camping at Lone Mountain RV Resort and Tipi Campground at 169 Lone Mountain Road in O’Brien and helping reduce the fuels at the resort by trimming branches and cutting back dead brush. Lone Mountain Resort host and manager Christopher Love has expressed that the young[Read More…]

Laura MancusoIVN editor Illinois Valley residents turned out in droves the afternoon of April 5 for the Hands Off rally in Grants Pass in front of the Josephine County Courthouse. Overall, there were close to 1,000 people in attendance at the protest. The Illinois Valley News was in attendance to[Read More…]

It was chilly outside, but the 10th annual Cave Junction Farmers’ Market Chili Cook Off heated up a full house Saturday evening at the Dome School in Takilma. Not only could you hear some great tunes from Alan Eisner, Sunrise Ocean and KXCJ’s Station Manager Phillip Allison, but the crowd[Read More…]

The annual Seed Swap & Scion Exchange was presented by Spiral Living Center at the Jubilee Park Pavilion March 22. The free event put on by Spiral Living Center was a great success. A large group of people showed up to learn about gardening and planting and then went home[Read More…]

Egg Prices Are (Still) Up. Here Are 5 Easy Substitutes. With the prices of eggs sky high, I thought I would share some information from an article I read my New York Times Cooking subscription by Genevieve Ko: Let’s be honest: There is no perfect substitute for eggs.That may be[Read More…]

The group called Beacons of Hope marched along downtown Cave Junction Feb. 18 with signs and chants to demonstrate their disapproval with Trump’s policies and executive orders. The group was formed by Michelle Windust and Dave Lukei. When asked about the reason for the demonstration, Windust said, “Our goal was[Read More…]