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Eagle Point City Council sets liaisons for 2026

By Wayne Lee – Sports Editor The Eagle Point City Council held their first meeting of the new year Jan. 13 which was dedicated to kicking off 2026 with four resolutions. This is the same process each year as Mayor Kathy Sell made appointments of…

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Explainer: What is Government Transparency?

By Christy Solo – Editor In our Jan. 21, 2026 Shady Cove City Council meeting article we mentioned that government transparency is not council (or county commissioners or state level elected officials) answering questions asked by the public in the course of a public meeting.…

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Shady Cove City Administrator terminated without cause

By Christy Solo – Editor There was one item added to the Jan. 15 Shady Cove City Council Meeting agenda; “City Administrator Employment.” Mayor Lena Richardson began the discussion on this topic saying, “This agenda item is related to a personnel matter, which is also…

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The Upper Rogue Independent is online: Fast facts and FAQs

By Christy Solo – Editor By the time you read this the Upper Rogue Independent will be online! So we thought we’d go over some basics again and answer some questions we’ve received from readers. We’ve already entered all the active subscribers into the website…

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Year-end Edition – December, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point December saw the annual lighting of the downtown Christmas tree that featured an additional 2,500 lights donated by Tim Wyatt of Skycrest Development that took a small army to install before the…

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Year-end Edition – November, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point Four local teens in a Ford F-350 pickup truck were driving along Hwy. 140 outside of Klamath Falls when the driver failed to negotiate a curve, crashed through a guardrail and rolled…

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Year-end Edition – October, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point October began with homecoming at the high school complete with a parade down Main St. The game was against visiting South Eugene and both teams came into the game with a combined…