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Photo of a high school student looking through a partially painted window, head tilted to the left as she decides what to paint next.

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…

photo of the eagle point high school band on a raised stage at the grange hall.

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…

black and white photo of a skeleton with a jack o lantern head sitting on a garden bench surrounded by other jack o lanterns with some grave stones around the end of the bench.

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…

Photo of two men walking toward the camera in the bike lane of Main St. They are each carrying a large american flag.

Year-end Edition – September, 2025

By Christy Solo & Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point The local city council held a brief 30-minute meeting due to a rare agenda that contained no new business and no old business. The council was briefed on some upcoming development projects…

photo of students from eagle point and Showa, Japan along with city officials and chaperones at the Medford Airport.

Year-end Edition – August, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point The month of August saw Eagle Point School District 9 kick off the process of finding a new superintendent after Andy Kovach announced his intention to retire. “I don’t know if there…

black and white photo of Shady Cove's new welcome sign on Hwy. 62.

Year-end Edition – July, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point Of course July kicked off with the annual Fourth of July parade and fireworks show. Main St. was lined with booths of food, souvenirs and assorted projects and information as well as…

photo of mayor jon ball and hunter communications employees cutting a ribbon in front of City Hall.

Year-end Edition – June, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point June means graduation time (congrats to Valedictorian Jaxon Angiolet and Salutatorian Aiden Whitson) and the beginning of summer vacation. It also means the end of the fiscal year and time to prepare…

Black and white photo of students seated at the City Hall dais during the Mayor for a Day meeting.

Year-end Edition – May, 2025

By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point The month began with the Neighborhood Enhancement Commission receiving a briefing via Zoom on the initial stage of the master plan for the future Highlands Park. The commission focused on the wetlands…

Photo of Hillside Elementary students performing the play Hercules.

Year-end Edition – April, 2025

By Christy Solo & Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point April showers arrived right on time causing an April Fool’s Day softball game against visiting Phoenix to be moved to the artificial turf fields at US Cellular Park. The boys team was…