Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
The Rogue River Little League Minor (ages 9-11) Baseball all-star team started off play at its Oregon District 8 Tournament well, with a 14-3 win against Medford National in Crescent City on Sat., June 15. That moved the Rogue River team into a second-round game against Central Point on Sun.,[Read More…]
Herman the Sturgeon is kind of a big deal in Oregon and we’re celebrating their birthday on Sunday, June 22, at Bonneville Fish Hatchery in the Columbia River Gorge! The festivities begin at 10 am and wrap around 2 pm. This is an all-ages experience to celebrate the passing of[Read More…]
With the splitting of the Far West League from a 10-team league into two leagues, one of six teams, the other four in the new Southern Oregon League, it left Rogue River in the more boiled-down Southern Oregon Conference, a league that was good enough to put three teams in[Read More…]
With hotter, drier conditions arriving early this year, Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) is urging residents to prepare now for an active 2025 wildfire season. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, fire activity has increased gradually since May, droughts have intensified in the Northwest already, and several significant[Read More…]
Kyler Kewley received special mention from Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball coach Derek Nelson through this season because Kewley was the one senior on his team who had been part of his Chieftain teams each of his four seasons as coach. Kewley repaid that trust by playing a solid,[Read More…]
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan told the City Council that the city had hired a contractor help build a new Website for the city at it’s June 5 workshop. “I don’t think our website is terrible, but it’s a format that’s really barely still functioning,” he said. “It’s not[Read More…]
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 19-24, Crack sealing project Nighttime work continues through June 20 on Interstate 5 from Ashland to Phoenix (MP 19-24). Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., watch for single-lane closures while crews seal cracks in the pavement in the northbound[Read More…]
MALCOLM CLYDE BAILEY, affectionately known as Bill, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2025, in Grants Pass, Oregon. He was born on July 28, 1932, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and lived a remarkable life that spanned nearly 93 years, filled with love, adventure, and service. Bill’s journey began in Brookhaven, where[Read More…]
JUDY HIGGINS, age 83, of Grants Pass, died June 10, 2025 at her home. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
COLEEN F. ANDERSON, age 76, of Rogue River, died June 12, 2025 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
