Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Employers across Jackson and Josephine counties have pulled back from the rapid hiring seen after the pandemic, but thousands of positions remain open and difficult to fill, according to new data from the Oregon Employment Department. Private employers in the Rogue Valley reported 3,787 job vacancies during 2025. Of those[Read More…]
Oregon has extended temporary insurance protections for residents in designated wildfire-affected areas through Oct. 29. The emergency order limits certain insurance policy cancellations and nonrenewals. It also requires insurers to provide additional time for premium payments and gives affected policyholders more time to report damage and submit certain claims information.[Read More…]
Josephine County commissioners unanimously approved the removal of six vacant positions from the Sheriff’s Office budget Sept. 29. The reductions include two patrol deputies, two corrections deputies, and two major-crimes detectives. No current employees were laid off because all six positions were unfilled. Commissioner Gary Richardson said the county’s updated[Read More…]
Two people were found dead inside a residence on Williams Highway after an incident Tuesday involving Oregon State Police detectives assisting with a missing-person investigation, authorities said. At about 10 a.m. Oct. 6, detectives were conducting follow-up work at a property in the 10,400 block of Williams Highway when they[Read More…]
The case involving the financial compensation for the victim of sexual abuse by a former teacher, coach, and athletic director at Rogue River Junior Senior High School was settled in a Jackson County Circuit Courtroom on Thursday, Sept. 17. The victim, a former student at RRJSHS, will receive $1,650,000, paid[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team played two matches over a four-day period that would likely indicate where they might place in their league, Class 3A/2A/1A District 3. The Chieftains (6-4, 5-2) passed the first step with a 2-1 win on the hot artificial turf at Sutherlin[Read More…]
Luke Hoganson Laurenson, the former Ashland High School valedictorian with cerebral palsy and dysarthria who told his story of love, perseverance, inclusion and dance in an assembly at Rogue River Elementary School last November, brought his message to Patrick Elementary School for an assembly in Gold Hill on Fri., Oct.[Read More…]
I-5 Ramp Closures Continue Through Oct. 8; Road Work Underway In Both Counties Drivers in Jackson and Josephine counties should expect nighttime freeway ramp closures, single-lane traffic, and intermittent delays as highway and pedestrian-access projects continue this fall. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, intermittent nighttime ramp closures along[Read More…]
The Oregon Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare Division is asking for help locating Amani Turner, 15, who went missing from Oregon City on Sept. 28, 2026. ODHS says Amani is believed to be in danger and may be in the North Portland area. She is described as 5 feet[Read More…]
MAJ. HARRY C. HOFFMEYERDec. 12, 1893 — Jan. 9, 1945WWI & WWII Veteran On Oct. 10, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Maj. Harry C. Hoffmeyer, missing from World War II. Hoffmeyer entered the Army from Missouri and served in the Medical Administrative Corps,[Read More…]
