CAVE JUNCTION, Ore.- The Illinois Valley Fire District was gifted a fire engine from the Applegate Valley Fire District. According to IVFD’s Facebook, the Fire District has a lot of appreciation for AVFD for the “new to us” engine. IVFD ...

WINSTON, Ore. – In local holiday news, Winston-Dillard Fire District is making the season bright for a local family. The fire district says two of its members were lucky enough to deliver presents to a family who was displaced by ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – Josephine County officials held a town hall meeting to discuss adding a new fire district, funded by property taxes. This meeting comes after one of two private owned fire districts serving the area closed its doors. That ...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Josephine County hoping to revitalize plans for a fire district in unprotected parts of the county. The county has been looking at adding a fire district funded by property taxes for decades now. Soon, county officials ...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Weeks after a rural fire company closed in Josephine County, commissioners are once again considering creating a new fire district. County Fire Department, a privately owned company, officially closed its doors July 1. It served the ...

MERLIN, Ore. – In Josephine Co., residents will vote on whether or not they want to allow a fire district in their community. If approved, the Josephine Independent Rural Fire Protection District would be formed. Residents would pay an extra tax ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore.– Josephine County voters will consider the creation of a new fire district outside grants pass on the May 2021 ballot. Commissioners first started developing the plan a couple years ago. “I am in favor of the district, ...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — A new fire district is being considered in Josephine County that would cover residents who currently live in structurally unprotected areas. According to Firesmart Merlin, The idea is something that has been brought up before. In ...

GOLD HILL, Ore. — Rogue River Fire District responded to a Honda Accord completely engulfed in flames Friday night. A driver on Interstate 5 had called 911 to report the fire. Firefighters quickly arrived with two engines to the 3500 ...

O’Brien, Ore. —  A large house fire in O’Brien sent one woman to the hospital Monday night. The fire broke out on Rough and Ready Creek Road around 10:30 PM. According to Illinois Valley Fire District officials, the long dirt ...

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