The Scoop
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK: THE C.R. PURSELL HOUSE 645 E. CALIFORNIA STREET, JACKSONVILLE – by Marcy McQuillan
Jacksonville Review - June 2026 IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK, it would have a lot to say.... According to a copper plaque on a wall [...]
WINE BASICS FOR A BUSY MOM – PART 2 – by Sandra Colley
Sipping & Playing in Jacksonville - June 2026 AFTER SITTING DOWN with Andrea Breault last month, I realized I learned a lot more than I [...]
TOP SUMMER OUTDOOR ADVENTURES – by Graham Farran
Discovering Southern Oregon – June 2026 SUMMER IN SOUTHERN OREGON is all about long, warm days, cool rivers and lakes, outdoor music, mountain scenery, wine [...]
Jacksonville’s “Walk Through History” Tours Are Back!
JACKSONVILLE, OR—Jacksonville’s “Walk through History” tours are back! At 10 a.m. every Saturday from May 30th through September 5th, Historic Jacksonville, Inc. will be offering [...]
LOCAL RELEASES FIRST NOVEL
Jacksonville Review - June 2026 AN ANTEBELLUM Mississippi cotton and indigo slave plantation is the opening setting for Jacksonville resident Tom Withenbury’s recent debut novel [...]
SOUTHERN OREGON LAVENDER TRAIL IN FULL BLOOM – by Sue Owen
Jacksonville Review - June 2026 EACH SUMMER, the six farms of the Southern Oregon Lavender Trail open their gates for two memorable weekends celebrating lavender [...]
Featured Columns
NEWS FROM THE SILENT CITY ON THE HILL – by Dick Meyers
Jacksonville Review – July 2026
FOLLOWING a much needed and successful Cemetery Cleanup on May 2, the Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery (FOJHC) hosted our first […]
JULY IN JACKSONVILLE – by Mayor Donna Bowen
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – July 2026
HELLO EVERYONE! As you might have noticed, I have been absent from my desk in City Hall […]
FOR YOUR TRAIL-USE PLEASURE… – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – June 2026
SUMMER IS UPON US, and our intrepid Jacksonville Woodlands and Forest Park volunteer trail crews are happy to present our trail-using […]
KLOETZEL AT THE KROSSROADS – by Larry Rosen
Behind the Music Scene – June 2026
JEFF KLOETZEL’S CROSSROADS came in 2009. After two decades in Hawaii, where he’d worked in real […]
CHANGES TO THE SOUTHERN OREGON RENTAL MARKET – by Sandy J. Brown
On Real Estate & More – June 2026
SOUTHERN OREGON’S RENTAL MARKET has been undergoing a transition. After several years of rapid rent […]
WELCOME, NORMAN! – by Abby McKee
News from Britt Hill – June 2026
JUNE AT BRITT is all about the Britt Festival Orchestra, and this year is a banner season: we’re welcoming […]
Publisher Unplugged
WHERE’S THE MUSEUM? – by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Guest My View - July 2026 WHERE’S THE MUSEUM? People have been asking that question ever since the Southern Oregon Historical Society was forced to close its Jacksonville museum in 2010 due to loss of [...]