THE 26th ANNUAL Wild Blackberry Arts & Crafts Festival will be held in Cave Junction on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 10 through 12. Getting in the mood for the juicy event is Seleena Leija, 12, granddaughter of Mark Russo, festival chairman. The event will include live music, various booths, a breakfast by Cave Junction Lions Club in the county building, bingo games, a softball tournament, a presentation by Wildlife Images, and numerous other attractions. (Photo by Michelle BInker, Illinois Valley News)
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Whether implementation of the regulations is in abeyance until at least later this year is unclear, but revisions appear in the offing.
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A petition requesting that the county commissioners use local timber resources was presented during the board's regular session.
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Congressman DeFazio has renewed his request for classified documents about the government’s plans for ensuring continuity of government in the aftermath of a catastrophic national emergency.
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She is the first person from Cave Junction to become a department president. And she is the fifth from Southwestern Oregon during the past 78 years to gain the honor.
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The buyers of two parcels of Illinois Valley real estate have found their recent purchases contested by a Native American group that insists the properties are tribal land which should never have been offered for sale.
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I. V. Senior Little League team has claimed the Oregon Senior League championship, beating a Reynolds (Portland) team 9-8 in extra innings in Keizer on July 21.
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What do blackberries and the Blues have in common?
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Last summer, Louis Swisher and Carol Butcher opened Crystal Kaleidoscope in Selma and this summer, they’re hosting a drawing and giving away prizes to celebrate the anniversary.
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Stories from the print edition
- JoCo job scene in mixed bag
- Recalled Curry sheriff found guilty in sexual abuse trial
- Day-care center seeks start-up funds
- Seven-day Oregon Bicycle Ride to begin and end in Cave Junction
- I.V. Junior Golfers find fairway their way
- Garden Tour in Takilma set Aug. 4
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City, county coffers gain liquor revenue
- Vagrants loitering around city of Cave Junction prompt numerous complaints
- Bioenergy business burgeoning
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Locals and visitors can enjoy an evening out as Kerby adds its first Evening of Art in Kerby to the valley's events.
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When it came time to settle down once and for all, Mort Mondale chose to do so in the Illinois Valley community of Selma.
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City of Cave Junction residents Heidi Kleve and Phillip Salfen live along a quiet cu-de-sac on Wells Drive.
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A grant of $40,840 to battle meth in Josephine County has been received, said Sheriff Gil Gilbertson.
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Growing up in a timber family, Orville Camp was accustomed to the world of mills and tree harvests.
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“They aren’t quite ripe,” Frank Cook noted of the yellow plums filling a tree off the deck of the Siskiyou Project office in Takilma on Friday, July 20.
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