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Earth Month In Action

SOLVE’s annual Earth Month initiative, in partnership with Portland General Electric, wrapped up this week with powerful results and even stronger community spirit. For the first time, the program expanded to span the full month of April, turning Earth Month into coordinated action across Oregon and Southwest Washington. Altogether, over[Read More…]

Headlines & Highlights For May 6, 2026

MAY 6, 1981 Mrs. Hugh Ellis, a longtime area resident, will receive a Bronze Plaque from the Rogue River Chamber of Commerce for her longstanding efforts in Plant Beautification of the Rogue River and Wimer areas. 85-year-old Mrs. Ellis had been chairman of the school district 35 beautification project for[Read More…]

RR FFA Students Qualify For National Meet

Rogue River Junior/Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick reported that the school’s FFA chapter had the first-place-finishing team in Nursery and the second-place team in Floriculture at the state FFA convention on Tuesday, April 21, at the Rogue River School Board meeting. The school will send teams from Nursery and[Read More…]

Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office Case News

Medford Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Sexually Abusing A Minor Victim A Medford, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison for sexually abusing a minor victim in his care and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). David Michael Burnett, 37, was sentenced to 360 months in[Read More…]

ODOT Road Construction Update For May 6, 2026

JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 1-163, Southern Oregon Wrong Way Driver Mitigation project ($2.5 million) This project improves safety along Interstate 5 by adding features that alert drivers when they enter an interchange off-ramp from the wrong direction. These enhancements include permanent signs, reflective pavement markings and[Read More…]