The three Illinois Valley High School basketball teams faced off against the Central Linn Cobras Feb. 10 for their final home games of the season. While the junior varsity boys defeated their opponents soundly, both varsity teams struggled to keep up with the Cobras’ tenacity.In the first half of their[Read More…]

Carroll Ray Bierbower, 97, died at his home in Quartz Hill, Calif. on the evening of Feb. 5, 2023.Born in Los Angeles, Calif. June 14, 1925, his parents soon relocated their large family to the Ozark area of southern Missouri. He often declared the Ozarks to be the most beautiful[Read More…]

The amazing Kennedy Murray, 8, from Cave Junction is the youngest author to have a book published in the Josephine County Community Library system. She read her short story, “The Beach Day,” that includes her own watercolor art at the Illinois Valley Library’s storytime Saturday, Feb. 4.Her mom Ida Teasdale[Read More…]

Illinois Valley Fire District received a report of a suspicious open burn behind the former Radio Shack and future gas station, “The Trails Store” building Jan. 31 at 7:24 p.m. First units to the scene quickly upgraded this to a “Commercial Structure Fire.”After suppression efforts were underway, a second alarm[Read More…]