Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Oregon’s State Wildlife Action Plan, or SWAP, recently received approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Debbie Colbert said that was the final step in a science-based roadmap to maintain healthy fish and wildlife populations, prevent further declines of at‑risk species, and reverse[Read More…]
Courtesy of Oregon State Police Following a grand jury indictment, Oregon State Police made an arrest in a Grants Pass sex abuse case involving a Grants Pass school support staff member. On February 6, 2026, the Oregon State Police began an investigation into Highland Elementary School educational assistant Joseph Deley[Read More…]
The Rogue River City Council got a bit of news when both Mayor Pam VanArsdale and City Administrator Ryan Nolan received email correspondence from a staffer representing Congressman Cliff Bentz concerning legislation Bentz had sponsored that would remove any constraints regarding the Endangered Species Act on the Federal Emergency Management[Read More…]
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan said the Oregon Health Authority has been holding up the plans for the city’s million-gallon water reservoir at the council’s April 2 workshop, waiting for that agency’s approval, and he said that remained the case at the Rogue River Planning Commission meeting. Nolan said[Read More…]
Jackson Country Library Services is turning the page to National Library Week, which runs Sunday, April 19 through Saturday, April 25. First celebrated in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. This week-long[Read More…]
The Rogue River Planning Commission continued its discussion of residential properties on the fringe of commercial zoning that, under the current Rogue River City Code, must remain commercially zoned. This was the product of a strict City Code adopted in 1984. Under this legislation, the thinking was that the residential[Read More…]
The Rogue River track and field teams showed more of that potential that early marks this year and marks at the end of last season hinted at, with the Chieftain boys’ and girls’ teams each taking fourth place at the 13 (boys’) and 14 (girls’)-team Antler Invitational at Bonanza on[Read More…]
Medford Man Sentenced To Federal Prison A convicted felon was sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing firearms. Devon James Wright, 31, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. According to court documents, Wright was caught on two separate occasions with firearms. First,[Read More…]
Rilee Allen and Nicholas Fithian had Rogue River’s best scores at the 18-hole Laurel Hill Invitational at Laurel Hill Golf Course, the Chieftains’ home course, on a sunny and warm afternoon on Tues, April 7. Allen was ninth out of the 12-person girls’ field, shooting a 106 moving twice through[Read More…]
APR. 15, 1981 Rogue River- Have you ever been short of change and had to break a bill or larger coin? It’s the pennies that can be a help or a hindrance. Pete Zwinkel of Pete’s Beetle Barn may have solved the problem for local shoppers and merchants. Zwinkel entered[Read More…]
