The Hop to it GEMS 4-H rabbit and cavy club has had a busy spring. The club hosted the Easter Eggstravaganza fundraiser on March 29th. Several club members brought tent canopies and tables to set up the booths and games. There was a wheel of fortune game, a merchandise stand, a food stand, a petting zoo, two Easter egg hunts, a coloring picture contest, a marshmallow counting contest, and a food stand.
The Eagle Point Neighborhood Enhancement Commission met May 4 to discuss their latest assignment from Eagle Point Mayor Kathy Sell to research a possible arch or monument near Hwy.
In a remote corner of rural Southern Oregon, the town of Lakeview is drowning in debt. Its story is an extreme example of the challenges stacked against isolated former timber towns.
(AP) For four years, a mallard has nested behind a bush near the front door of Caitlin Deal’s home in a Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, offering an up-close glimpse of nature for her young son and lessons for how people can coexist with wildlife.
The Eagle Point City Council met April 28 to have one discussion and consider two resolutions.
The discussion was regarding the five Flock cameras around town photographing car license plates. Earlier this year, a local resident asked that the cameras be removed because of issues of privacy and possible misuse of the information gathered.
The Eagle Pont Planning Commission held a public hearing April 21 that was probably the quickest on record. The hearing was for a requested zoning change for three lots located at the southeast corner of Old Hwy 62 and S. Royal Rd.
(NPR) f you’ve driven in rural areas over the past few years, you’ve likely seen Bigfoot silhouettes sauntering across front lawns and on “Gone Squatchin’ ” bumper stickers. (The expression became popular after appearing on a trucker hat in a 2012 episode of Animal Planet’s reality show Finding Bigfoot.)
SALEM, Ore.—With the May 15 deadline approaching, ODFW is reminding hunters to apply early for 2026 controlled deer hunts and to carefully review changes to Eastern Oregon deer hunts.
The city has a new project approved for the Old Fire House property after its regularly scheduled meeting held April 14. The council had previously heard two new proposals for the space the city has been trying to develop for years and voted to accept the proposal from Snyder Development which is planning a 5,600 square foot tap house and restaurant that fronts Main St. with a pair of commercial units of roughly 1,400 square feet each, one of which will be occupied by Snyder.