Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
By the estimation of Mike Braxton and the rest of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football coaching staff, the Chieftains had been on school buses for 37 hours, round trip, to each of its four games, all on the road, and its preseason jamboree in Lowell, five visits in[Read More…]
After years of the threat of September regional forest fire smoke and a worldwide pandemic that cut down numbers at the Ride The Rogue cycling event, there was no such issue for the three different rides and its post-race celebration at Palmerton Park. Under a cloudless blue sky and warm[Read More…]
Now through Sunday, Oct. 27, Windermere Real Estate in Rogue River will help keep children warm this winter by collecting donations of winter necessities. Windermere real estate brokers will deliver these essential donations to local schools, ensuring that those children have the warmth they need this season. The public can[Read More…]
Windows in Time Lecture Series Presents: Life in Kerby, Oregon: A Retrospective on the Turbulent 1960’s During its glory days, Kerby was the county seat boasting two hotels, several saloons, a jail, a school, and one of Oregon’s earliest post offices. Presenter Paul Fattig’s maternal grandmother, Lela Ingersoll Cooke, owned[Read More…]
Each Medford private school from the Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference came through Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s James Martin Court last week and stopped the Chieftains, each in three sets. Cascade Christian won on Tues., Sept. 24, 25-10, 25-9, 25-12, and St. Mary’s won 25-8, 25-16, 25-8 on Thurs.,[Read More…]
As daylight hours get shorter this time of year, Valley of the Rogue staff would like to remind visitors that the seasonal hours for the day-use area are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting October 1, and the hours will continue to change throughout the season based on daylight hours.[Read More…]
St. Mary’s is always known as a power in Southern Oregon small-school soccer, having reached at least the Class 3A-2A-1A quarterfinals 10 of the last 11 non-COVID years and winning the Spring 2021 3A Cumulative Championship. This year, the Crusaders may be on to something special. Through exactly half of[Read More…]
One of the more interesting things about Oregon history is how much of a role “colorful characters” played in it. Until a few dozen years ago, historians didn’t much like talking about the contributions of prostitutes, swindlers, shanghaiers and other underworld characters to Oregon’s history, preferring to talk about brave[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team is still looking for its first victory through the second year of its rejuvenated program. The team still has the speed up front, and its players could rush the goal after a long kick from junior goalkeeper Byron Wardle and then[Read More…]
OCT. 4, 1984 For the previous ten years, school children and others planted seedlings on a city-owned hillside below Rogue River’s reservoir. With wet weather coming, it’s planting time again. “October and November are the best time to plant,” said Mrs. Classick. “And we are encouraging people to plant memorial[Read More…]
