SISKIYOU COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (SCHC) held an open house at its new quarters on Redwood Hwy. at the north end of Cave Junction Friday evening, May 18. The large crowd viewed a ribbon-cutting conducted by (from left) Paul Janke, president of Asante Health System; Denise Terrell, vice chairman of the health center board of directors; and Len Lea, interim CEO for SCHC. He replaces Susan Scheufele. Attendees enjoyed refreshments provided by Kate Dwyer Catering. Asante is a partner in the enlarged facility, which is open and accepting new patients. (Photo by Scott Jorgensen/‘IVN’)
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Due to the failure of a public safety levy, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office will cease most rural patrols as of Sunday, May 27, said Sheriff Gil Gilbertson.
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Tempers flared and tensions between the Josephine County commissioners and members of the public became evident during a Budget Committee meeting in Grants Pass.
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A public meeting about the identification and classification of forestland-urban interface lands in Illinois Valley will be held in Cave Junction.
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County Commission Chairman Jim Raffenburg traveled to the state capitol to lobby state leaders for assistance in light of discontinued federal funding and a failed public safety levy.
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A fund-raiser to benefit the work of local dignitary and world-renowned spiritual leader, Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim, will be held Saturday, May 26 at 6 p.m. at the Takilma Community Bldg.
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“A dark day” in Josephine County history is how county commission Chairman Jim Raffenburg describes the overwhelming defeat of a public safety levy in the Tuesday, May 15 special election.
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Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) has received federal funding since the late 1980s for the sake of eradicating marijuana grown on public land -- but the county’s financial difficulties may mean the end of such efforts this year.
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Two bills “ensuring that all Oregon families are treated with basic fairness and that all Oregonians can live and work free from the sting of discrimination, regardless of sexual orientation or gender” were signed into law Wednesday, May 9 by Gov. Kulongoski.
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Because the Josephine County Fair Board only has until June 30
to get its financial house of cards in order, a fund-raising
series is scheduled to try and close the gap.
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Information in a page 1 story in the May 9 issue about new U.S.
Postal Service rates effective Monday, May 14 was incorrect.
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Work by Deborah Dawson, one of the area’s best-known and most
prolific artists, is featured at Sterling Savings Bank in
Cave Junction during May and June as sponsored by
Illinois Valley Fine Artists Inc.
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