Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
What you should know: • Vaccinations against hepatitis B at birth have fallen over the past four years. • Rates of hepatitis B screening of the birth parent have also fallen over the same period. • Up to 90% of infants infected with hepatitis B at birth develop chronic infection,[Read More…]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced more than $1.2 billion in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration apportionments to support states, commonwealths and territories in their efforts to fund conservation and outdoor opportunities. Oregon slated to get about $30 million in federal money this year for fish and wildlife restoration, research[Read More…]
This season may become the season Kaylee Stockman has been waiting for since she started wrestling for Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s team as a freshman. The junior started the season undefeated through her first seven matches, winning titles at 190 and 235 in her first two tournaments. She was[Read More…]
The Rogue River boys’ and girls’ basketball teams saw the ends of their season at St. Mary’s in Medford on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The Chieftain boys lost to the Crusaders 67-33, and St. Mary’s won the girls’ game 45-9. A year ago, to the day, the boys’ team won at[Read More…]
On Sunday, February 15, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies responded to a report of a deceased adult male near the summit of the Wagner Butte Trail outside Talent. The individual was located at an elevation of approximately 7,000 feet in steep, mountainous terrain. The decedent is identified as Michael[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle school-level wrestling team had a particularly great day for a small-school team. Of its seven competitors, including six boys and one girl, four eighth-graders, two in seventh grade, and one in sixth grade, five placed in their weight classes. The best results for[Read More…]
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 1-163, Southern Oregon Wrong Way Driver Mitigation project ($2.5 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21699 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[Read More…]
Rogue River Police Chief Dave Rash said he had recently been in talks with citizens who were concerned about the intervention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city, at the Rogue River City Council Workshop on Thurs., Feb. 19. “I sat down with them, and we had a[Read More…]
FEB. 26, 1981 Facial Treatment-A suspicious-looking character strolled right inside the Gold Hill Western Bank on Feb. 23rd, around 2:30 p.m., 5’11”, in his late 20s, armed and masked. The highwayman escaped with the Big Green $. (Wearing, of course, his nylon stocking mask.) Jackson County Sheriffs arrived swiftly but[Read More…]
Marlia Hash of Rogue River has a hold on Hadley Humphrey from Lincoln Savage at the SOMSAC middle school wrestling meet at James Martin Court on Tues., Feb. 10. Hash started out behind, but came back in the second round to win. Hash and the Junior Chieftains are competing in[Read More…]
