Featuring Zappa alumn and Grammy winner Napoleon Murphy Brock (Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation, Live at the Roxy, One Size Fits All, and Bongo Fury), Stinkfoot Orchestra is a 14-peice ensemble with tuned percussion, 6 horns and four vocals, accompanied by a stunningly accurate rhythm section.If you have seen Stinkfoot with Napoleon Murphy[Read More…]

Annual grants, library crowdfund match, and endowment distributions add up to the largest giving year in the history of the foundation. Grants Pass, Ore., May 11, 2023—In its largest-ever amount of annual community support, the Four Way Community Foundation is giving over $637,000 to nonprofit organizations in Josephine and western[Read More…]

Get ready to celebrate with your family and bring a picnic basket to the Jubilee Jamboree set for Saturday, June 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Jubilee Park.Main Street Cave Junction and the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce have joined to plan the 75th birthday party for the[Read More…]

Vietnam Navy Veteran Robert “Mac” McAnally (left) and Army Veteran Lance Hearn participated in the annual Glenn Morrison Post No. 70 American Legion Memorial Day flag raising ceremony at Cave Junction City Hall Monday, May 29. (Photo by Daniel J. Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)

After a two-year hiatus, the I.V. Lions Club’s annual classic car show will be coming back to Jubilee Park in Cave Junction Saturday, June 24. This family-friendly event will feature a variety of older model vehicles for viewers’ enjoyment, prizes for participants, and a raffle with a range of prizes[Read More…]

Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel stepped up to the podium with purpose at the May 24 Board of County Commissioners’ weekly business session at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass. His mission – request that the commissioners put a law enforcement service district on the November 2023 ballot, with[Read More…]

On May 17, the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to advanced an ordinance to adopt the US 199 Corridor Plan into the county’s Transportation System Plan, or TSP, to a second reading in June.JoCo Public Works Director Rob Brandes and Deputy Community Development Director James Black joined the[Read More…]

KXCJ-LP, the Valley’s very own community radio station, has a new DJ. Rob Lark, under the name DJ Deep Fields, hosts his show “Exploratorium” every Tuesday night from 8-10 p.m.Lark, talking about the inspiration for his alias, said, “In astronomy, a Deep Field image is captured when a telescope focuses[Read More…]