Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Students and their parents and guardians got to see their school campuses just a few days before school actually started in the Rogue River School District on Tues., Sept. 2, in the form of open houses and back-to-school receptions. The receptions were at South Valley Academy on Wed., Aug. 27,[Read More…]
In his first look at his brand-new team, Rogue River boys’ soccer coach Rob Isom said his team had a “great jamboree” at the Les Schwab Boys’ Jamboree in Eugene, the team’s first competitive event, on Fri., Aug. 29. “The boys played really well all three games (20-minute halves),” he[Read More…]
One of the challenges for Coach Clyde Fields with the Rogue River girls’ soccer team is how they will manage playing time for 25 players on the roster, which includes for the first time in Fields’ three years with the program, seniors. The situation was resolved in the Chieftains’ participating[Read More…]
The fall program at Grants Pass Downs includes action as fast and furious as the summer meet, with eight thoroughbred stakes races through its six-weekend schedule that begins next weekend, Sun., Sept. 7, and Mon., Sept. 8. There will also be three big quarterhorse race stakes through the meet, beginning[Read More…]
In lieu of playing its season-opening game on Fri., Aug. 29, the Rogue River Jr Sr. High football teams, engaged in a scrimmage at St. Mary’s in Medford involving the host team, as well as Myrtle Point. Chieftain coach Mike Braxton said his teams, which, by the way, was the[Read More…]
Rogue River Police Chief David Rash told the Rogue River City Council at its Thurs, Aug. 28 meeting that Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon (ECSO) planned to have radios in city police cars by later this month. “They have to contact us, and that’s to test the radios against the[Read More…]
SEPT. 4, 1980 Gold Hill- The Lions Club Weekend Water Races were spectacular and exciting—people from the entire valley and tourists from as far away as New Jersey attended. The crowds were estimated to be in excess of 5000 people. Both Gold Hill and Rogue River had overflow crowds watching[Read More…]
The Boone and Crockett Club is hosting a press conference Sept. 9 to release the results of five years of research providing the most comprehensive review of domestic wildlife poaching in U.S. history. Wildlife crimes, such as illegal take and other breaches of hunting, fishing, and trapping regulations, can significantly[Read More…]
Antonio Irving Benjamin, age 53 and a resident of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced to 144 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to launder the proceeds. He also agreed[Read More…]
The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) has adopted new fees for the Removal-Fill Program, which helps protect wetlands and waterways by requiring permits for projects that add or remove material from rivers, lakes, wetlands, and streams, and other waters throughout Oregon. The updated fees (found here: https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/wetlands-waters/Documents/RemovalFillFees_FiveYearSchedule.pdf) take effect[Read More…]
