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Crawlies with Cri: flower longhorn beetle

Don’t let this week’s crawly fool you; even though they very much want you to believe they are a wasp, they are not. Meet the Xestoleptura crassicornis flower longhorn beetle.That’s a very long name for a beetle who is only one-half inch in length (not counting those fabulous antennae).Crassis (as[Read More…]

Commissioners skeptical of mining lease

Seige SchatzaIVN copy editor Mineral Research, Inc. presented before the Josephine County Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Sept. 27 to make their case for the board signing off on their five-year lease of a 76-acre Wolf Creek property known as St. Peter Mine.The meeting was held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium[Read More…]

Wine in the Vines fundraiser for HOPE

By Laura MancusoIVN Editor Bridgeview Vineyards is the place to be Friday, Oct. 13 from 5 – 8 p.m. at the fundraiser for I.V. HOPE Village.This fundraiser will have wine tastings compliments of Bridgeview Winery, paired with samples of food from Chef Kat and Twisted Cork, Trillium Bakery and Pappy[Read More…]

AllCare adds health care provider in CJ

Anita SavioIVN contributing writer It’s been a long awaited, permanent homecoming for physician assistant (PA) Chris Rotin, the newest medical provider at the AllCare Medical Group, located at 25647 Redwood Hwy. in the Hanby Subdivision. Rotin’s route back to her beloved Illinois Valley has been circuitous one. She and her[Read More…]

Obituaries

Nancy Wilson Lyford, 72, died on Sept, 26, 2023 at home in O’Brien after a long illness. Nancy was born Dec. 26, 1950 in Plainfield, N.J. to Joseph and Elizabeth Wilson. She grew up in Upper Montclair, N.J. In March 1970 she gave birth to twin boys, Gregory and Derek[Read More…]

Save the date

OCT 7**Illinois Valley Amateur Radio Club (IVARC) will be hosting a Meet-n-Greet on October 7th from 11am to 3pm at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction. Whether you are a current radio operator or an aspiring radio operator to be, come meet other operators and check out our radio display and[Read More…]

County to amend intoxication code

The Josephine County Commissioners held a first public hearing in the matter of updating public intoxication rules during their Sept. 27 weekly business session, held at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.Passed in the year 2000, Chapter 9.05 of the Josephine County Code was entitled Public Drinking, and fell[Read More…]