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Crawlies with Cri: Black-tailed bumblebee

This week’s crawly is a big, boldly colored bumble. Meet the black-tailed bumblebee (Bombus melanopygus)!Looking at our pictured black-tailed, “black-tailed” is surely not the first mark that catches your eye and would lead you to give this fuzzy buzzer that common name.Black-tailed do also have the less common common name[Read More…]

Save the date – August 16, 2023

Aug. 21**Aug. 21 Aglow meeting. The speaker is Tony Armida (August is the last month Tony Armida is ministering. He’s moving, and will be very missed). Leading very anointed worship is Mark Solaves. Come and fellowship with us. You’ll be refreshed. 5181 Holland Loop Rd, Cave Junction, OR 97523 Aug.[Read More…]

Redwood Highway paving begins Sunday night south of Cave Junction August 10, 2023 CAVE JUNCTION – Motorists should expect congestion and delays along Redwood Highway (U.S. 199) between Cave Junction and the California border the next three weeks as paving work begins Sunday night, August 13. Construction will require lane[Read More…]

JMET have been busy beavers in the Valley

*** The Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team with the assistance of Josephine County Public Health & Building Safety, executed a search warrant in the 800 Block of Jackadel Lane, Cave Junction, regarding an illegal marijuana grow site Aug. 1, 2023.During the execution of the warrant, over 2,600 marijuana plants and 1,500[Read More…]

Sheriff urges service district

Valley residents speak out about funding sheriff The Board of Josephine County Commissioners unanimously voted to send the proposed law enforcement service district to the November ballot with the full support of Sheriff Dave Daniel Wednesday, Aug. 2 at their weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in[Read More…]

Just my cup of tea

Just My Cup Of Tea was a column that ran in the ‘70s.Originally ran in the June 24, 1971 edition of the Illinois Valley News Late Spring and early Summer is just the right time for out of state visitors to see the Illinois Valley, and many of our residents[Read More…]