Dusty FiskeIVN Contributing Writer The girls are only in their second season and are very young (only one senior) but have already had some excellent results!They started the season at the Dan Vidlak tournament in Hidden Valley. Freshman Jozy Clark finished in first place and senior Isabella Podoll took second[Read More…]

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School girls basketball team traveled for a pair of nonconference games and a single Valley Coast Conference game in basketball last week, posting a 0-3 record over the week. The Lady Cougars sit at 1-8 for the year right now with a[Read More…]

The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)and the western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis) This week’s crawly is an adorable little stinker. Meet our local skunks – the striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) and the western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis).Both our skunk species are in the Family Mephitidae which contains the four species of[Read More…]

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley boys’ basketball team continues to look like a team on a mission, going 2-1 last week and opening the Valley Coast Conference slate with a dominant win over league rival Monroe. The Cougars are now 6-1 on the year, with a 1-0 mark[Read More…]

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Lorna Byrne Middle School boys basketball team concluded their season with a 47-24 win over Sacred Heart last week in the Jamie Scott Memorial Gym. The Vikings finished the year with a 7-1 record on the court.The home game scheduled against St. Mary’s scheduled for[Read More…]

Dusty FiskeIVN contributing writer The local wrestlers are having a very special season! They started Dec. 2 by scoring 235.5 points to edge South Medford by 32.5 points and claim first place at the Dan Vidlak Tournament. Then they swept all three matches at North Valley, all by over 20[Read More…]

I am proud of the community I live in. The Santa Holiday event at the I.V. Visitor Center was a great success. This year it was staged inside the back office of the Visitor Center, which was a much warmer and drier experience for Santa and the elves. So many[Read More…]

Dec. 24** Valley Evangelical Free Church would like to invite you to our annual Candle-light Service. Come worship the birth of our Savior at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Located at 498 Laurel Road in Cave Junction. Jan. 6** 3 Rivers Chorale “Music for Dreamtime.” Free Concert featuring “Twilight Mass”[Read More…]

SEE AFTER PRESS DEADLINE UPDATE: https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/12/josephine-county-library-tax-district-opt-out/ Since its formation in 2017, it has been a common occurrence for landowners residing outside of the Josephine Community Library District to voluntarily have their property annexed into the district in order to pay taxes to support the library system, which has to be[Read More…]

The Illinois Valley Fire District honored members for years of service.Deputy Chief / EMT-I Jeff Gavlik with 29 years.Firefighter / EMT Collin LeMasters with four years.Firefighter / EMT Ryan Hartman for two years.Chief John Holmes would like to thank Deputy Chief Gavlik, Hartman and LeMasters for their dedication to IVFD[Read More…]