More Excellent Way: Monday School or Sunday School?
Let’s look at truth and how it is being taught to many children. In Sunday School, children learn that God created the Earth out of nothing by the word of … Read more
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They’re Asking 11-year-olds WHAT? Inside the Invasive ‘Student Health Survey’
By Eagle News Staff The Oregon Health Authority conducts an annual Student Health Survey of sixth, eighth and 11th grade students in Oregon public schools. According to the OHA, the … Read more
JOSEPHINE: Casket Maker Hopes Proposed Sales Tax is Met with Death Knell
By Richard Emmons I met with Don Scott on Sept. 16. He wanted to show me one of his $350 pine caskets, which he sells to individuals and local funeral … Read more
Should Homelessness be Escaped or Enabled?
By Ron Strom and Mary Lou Thomason Editor’s Note: This column first appeared in the Eagle in 2021. It has been updated for today’s ongoing debate over homelessness in Grants … Read more
JOSEPHINE: Editorial: Sales Tax: Vote No
The proposed sales tax is like the Rogue River. On the surface the Rogue River is beautiful to look at and float down on a raft. Yet beneath the surface … Read more
The SB 762 Wildfire Map Could be the Least of Our Worries
By Bob Hart It seems like wildfires during the summer have become a way of life in Southern Oregon. But an unexpected “wildfire” was lit in the summer of 2022 … Read more
Why We Need Options for Education in Josephine County
By Brettani Shannon I was a public-school girl, myself, but once in middle school and high school, it wasn’t healthy for me. I ended up a teenage parent, dropping out … Read more
SB 762 Disaster Rollout: What Were They Thinking?
By Julie Niles-Fry I found out about SB 762, the fire map debacle law, through Facebook. I checked my mail pile for “the letter” from the Oregon Department of Forestry … Read more
The People Speak Out and Delay SB 762
By Richard Emmons In Pixar’s 1998 animated film “A Bug’s Life,” the ants worked hard and served the grasshoppers. One day a single ant questioned the order of things. The … Read more
Grants Pass Company Seeks to Save Honeybees from Deadly Parasite
By Richard Emmons As the editor of the Josephine County Eagle, people often seek me out to share story ideas, complain about local problems, or ask me to do a … Read more