Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Medford— An Oregon pallid bat named Ryan GosWING won the Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest, marking the fourth straight year an Oregon bat has taken the title. The contest takes place during Bat Week in the days leading up to Halloween. BLM spokesperson Sarah P. Bennett thanked[Read More…]
An Oregon City man faces a federal charge of kidnapping a minor after authorities found a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing from her Canby home on Oct. 28. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon charged Vince Edgar Chavez, 36, by criminal complaint. He also faces separate[Read More…]
As colder weather sets in, the Oregon State Fire Marshal is urging residents to test their carbon monoxide alarms and have fuel-burning heating equipment inspected. November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month, and nearly two-thirds of Oregon’s carbon monoxide incidents occur in the fall and winter, according to the agency. Oregon[Read More…]
The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs will host its annual statewide Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Oregon State Capitol State Park in Salem. The ceremony is free and open to the public. Veterans, military families, state leaders and community members will gather on the Capitol[Read More…]
With less than half of Oregon’s registered voters, at 41.76 percent, accounted for just before 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tues., Nov. 3, Gov. Tina Kotek appeared on her way to remaining as Oregon’s governor for the next four years. Through counts just before 9 p.m., she had more than[Read More…]
A total of 623 fourth and fifth graders from schools in the Central Point School District can count on one thing every Halloween. It might be the costume contests and surfeit of candy they receive in class, but first comes the bus ride to Sams Valley Elementary School and the[Read More…]
Fate can be cruel even in high school girls’ soccer. All the while, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. girls’ soccer team, virtually assured of reaching the state playoffs for the second year in a row with a squad with 17 returning players and five experienced seniors, had been considering where[Read More…]
Barb Hilty, the Rogue River City Council’s liaison to the Rogue River Chamber of Commerce, announced that Winter Wonderland, the Rogue River business community’s kickoff to the Christmas season, is Sat., Dec. 5 at the council’s Thurs., Oct. 22 meeting. The evening begins with soup and supper at the Live[Read More…]
Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon’s full radio system was put into effect on Oct. 6, the fruits of a long-awaited revamp that started in 2019, and Rogue River Police Chief David Rash is a fan. “I got to tell you, and the Sheriff even said it, in my office, I[Read More…]
Echoes of the Past NOV. 6, 1986What would you like to accomplish before the holidays? Peggy Stiles hoped children would have peace of mind. Wilma Brown wanted to get her Christmas shopping done early, Dawn Davis wanted to get her home in order, and Carrie Randolph hoped to get her[Read More…]
