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West picked as vice chair
Commissioner John West joined Board Chair Herman Baertschiger and Commissioner Dan DeYoung for his first weekly business session in his term serving as position #1 on the Josephine County Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Jan. 4, taking up the mantle of vice chair. The board started the year with a brief[Read More…]
Valenzuela gives credit to Lorna Byrne Middle School staff
Superintendent Dave Valenzuela praised Lorna Byrne Middle School personnel at the Dec. 14 Three Rivers School District Board of Directors meeting, held at 3:30 p.m. at Southern Oregon Success Academy in Merlin.The weekend after Thanksgiving, Valenzuela was informed there was a burst pipe at the middle school.“Saturday of that weekend[Read More…]
Nifty Tidbits:
Originally printed in the April 23, 2003 edition of the Illinois Valley News. There are few people in the United States today who are not grateful that Crater Lake, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and other national parks have been protected as much as possible. It was small groups of conservationists and environmentalists[Read More…]
Google caused necessary snow rescue on Paige Mountain
Josephine County 911 received a call from two stranded motorists who were stuck in the snow on Happy Camp Road Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 at approximately 4:45 pm, south of the Oregon/California border. The subjects were believed to be located in Siskiyou County and the call was transferred to the[Read More…]
Today in History:
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2023. There are 347 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 2020, ahead of opening statements in the first Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, House prosecutors wrote that Trump had “used his official powers[Read More…]
What’s going on with the historic Caves Chateau?
Anita Savio – IVN contributing writer The long-awaited renovation of the Oregon Caves Chateau has become more of a saga than anticipated, due largely to discovered structural issues. According to Oregon Caves Supervisor Jeremy Curtis, the renovation contract was awarded to the Grants Pass-based Ausland Group.After a four-week late start[Read More…]
Tales from the Rural Patrol
(Editor’s note: Factual information for ‘Tales’ is provided by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.) Sunday, Jan. 8*A sneaky thief in a green Ford Explorer was caught on surveillance footage when he[Read More…]
Good Shepherd Lutheran
See – Share – Invite Three simple actions that are the essence of evangelism. Real evangelism is simply seeing what God is doing in our lives, sharing that with others, and inviting them to come and see for themselves. Simple. So why do we find it so hard to think[Read More…]
Life in the Valley of Riches
The Josephine County Commissioners are voting Jan. 18 on whether or not to make the Illinois Valley News the paper of record for Josephine County. Currently, we are the paper of record for the city of Cave Junction, Illinois Valley Fire District, Kerby Water District, Illinois Valley Soil and Water[Read More…]