Cave Junction News

Smoke Jumpers are fire fighters that parachute down in extremely remote areas to fight wildfires.

By Ron Brown A June 24, 2009 A CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. - For nearly 40 years, the Illinois Valley was home to a group of some of the most idolized firefighters in the country.

A series of five suspicious fires sparked along Caves Highway at about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon scared nearby residents enough to grab water hoses and drew at least a dozen fire engines before being snuffed.

Tove Tupper & Associated Press A June 25, 2009 A NEAR CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. -- Fire investigators say that at least one of the five fires that broke out in Cave Junction Wednesday was arson, and are calling the other four 'suspicious'. A The first fire, the one determined to be arson, broke out just after 2 p.m. Wednesday near Daisy Hill in Cave ...

Five fires believed set by an arsonist had residents near Cave Junction hosing down a house as flames whipped through blackberry bushes and scorched power poles.

KDRV Staff A June 24, 2009 A CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. - A series of five fires in Josephine County Wednesday afternoon kept crews busy and forced the closure of Highway 46 to the Oregon caves.

Former smokejumpers whose lives once depended on parachutes inspected, repaired and packed at the former Siskiyou Smokejumper Base are returning to help restore the nation's oldest smokejumper parachute loft.

After attending classes all day last fall and winter, Sharon Bahr would pass her evenings in Southern Oregon University's library, reading until closing time to put off the inevitable end to her nights: sleeping in her van.

Nearly $26 million in combined grants, loans and tax credits to housing developers throughout the state will help fund 435 units of affordable housing, providing hundreds of low-income Oregonians a place to call home.

Participants in the ninth annual Crescent City Motorcycle Poker Run drive out on U.S. Highway 199 on Saturday morning.

The public will have an opportunity Tuesday to see four videos that won a contest for middle and high school students.

Clean up efforts are set to continue Friday morning following a minor injury commercial truck rollover crash on Highway 22 about four miles west of Detroit.

Clean up efforts are underway following a minor injury commercial truck rollover crash on Highway 22 about four miles west of Detroit.

The Illinois River Road Recreational Area in southern Oregon is open this season with some changes designed to improve day use and camping along the Illinois River corridor downstream from Cave Junction.

CLIMATE CHANGE Cited institute is, in fact, wacky I accepted the challenge issued in the May 12 letter, "Fossil fuel caps aren't the answer," and Googled the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine.

Someone stole a newborn miniature horse from a farm on White School House road near Cave Junction, and that little horse's life is on the line.

South Medford had Sheldon on the ropes in Southwest Conference baseball Tuesday.

Oregon's high life The next time you book a vacation, branch out, said Robert Earle Howells in National Geographic Adventure.

Taylor Schmidt and North Medford needed only a few miscues to secure a Southwest Conference victory on Tuesday.

Four Southern Oregonians were among the winners of the third annual Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards, presented Friday at the Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza in Portland.