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Annual “Coats For Kids” Clothing Drive

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…]

Kerby’s History

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…]

Chiefs End SOC First Half This Week

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…]

Offbeat Oregon History for October 2, 2024

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…]

Chiefs Better At Physical Loss

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…]

Headlines & Highlights for October 2, 2024

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…]