Secretary of State Shemia Fagan Announces Resignation, Effective Monday May 9 SALEM, OR — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced her resignation today, effective Monday May 8. The Secretary will continue in her official duties until Monday, May 8, at which point Deputy Secretary Cheryl Myers will take on oversight of[Read More…]
Government
Josephine County supplemental budget hearing notice.
Oregon lawmakers show signs of bipartisan harmony — for now
Claire RushAssociated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers in both the Democratic and Republican parties named housing, homelessness and mental health as top priorities on Tuesday as they began the 2023 legislative session on a note of relative bipartisan good will.Whether that lasts, or dissolves into acrimony,[Read More…]
Commissioners hear comments about homeless and trash issues
New Year’s resolutions to be more involved in local government were fulfilled at the Jan. 11 Board of Josephine County Commissioners’ meeting, where a much higher than average number of citizens opted to speak during requests and comments from citizens.Several participants of the Anne G. Basker Auditorium – set meeting[Read More…]
Public Notices
CITY OF CAVE JUNCTION, CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON, ROCKYDALE WELLS RESTORATION PROJECT, INVITATION TO BIDSealed bids will be opened and publicly read at the City of Cave Junction, City Hall, 222 W. Lister Street,Cave Junction, Oregon 97523 at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2023, for the above referenced project. City[Read More…]
I.V. Fire’s Community Connect program discussed at city
The Cave Junction City Council held their monthly meeting at City Hall Dec. 12. Although many familiar faces were missing due to illness-related absences, the meeting ran smoothly and was very productive.Mayor Martell and council members Ethan Lane, Tina Casey Jones and Jean Ann Miles were in attendance, as was[Read More…]
Oregon GOP state Sen. with stormy political career resigns
Andrew Selsky – Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican state senator who once led Oregon’s GOP party, and who railed against pandemic safety measures, Democratic senators and even members of his own party, has abruptly resigned as a lawmaker.And so ends, at least for now, the stormy political[Read More…]
Awash in illegal marijuana, Oregon looks at toughening laws
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being told it would eliminate problems caused by “uncontrolled manufacture” of the drug. Illegal production of marijuana has instead exploded.Oregon lawmakers, who have heard complaints from police, legal growers and others, are now looking[Read More…]
Inmates to be charged for medical
Fees for county services were increased across the board at the Dec. 7 weekly business session of the Josephine County Commissioners.As is customary, two separate public hearings were held at the Anne G. Basker Auditorium-set meeting in the matter of uniform procedure for setting fees – one for the animal[Read More…]
Secretary of State battle misinformed election lawsuit
The Bend Bulletin Twelve Oregon counties, along with Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, have been named as defendants in a federal lawsuit concerned with election security.The 13 plaintiffs in the case, who are driven by the disproven theory that the 2020 election was stolen, say the counties and Fagan fueled[Read More…]
