Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Senate passed House Bill 4157 unanimously, ensuring survivors of human trafficking will have their voices heard in the courtroom. Oregon law carves out specific, limited hearsay exemptions allowing testimony from outside the courtroom to be presented as evidence in a trial, including for crimes relating to domestic violence and child[Read More…]
MAR. 11,1981 Who’s new in Rogue River? Ralph Haner and his wife, Ruth, originally from Lynn, Massachusetts, came to Rogue River in October of 1980. Their business included special services for those with clogged drains; that seemed to happen at the least expected times. Ralph did not charge for travel[Read More…]
A Time To Remember Julia Lee Bagley March 31, 1935 – January 22, 2026 Memorial Service Saturday, March 21st 1:00 p.m. Grace Baptist Church 4233 E. Evans Creek Road Rogue River, OR 97537
Recent federal changes mean more people in Oregon s who receive SNAP food benefits must now show they are working, looking for work or participating in training to continue receiving aid. WorkSource Oregon centers offer free employment and training services to help people meet the requirement and stay eligible. The[Read More…]
As rain and snow begin to fall more, now is a good time to talk to your insurance company or agent about flood insurance and landslide coverage, which are also called difference-in-conditions policies. Parts of Oregon are flood prone, and we have already seen landslides on the Oregon Coast in[Read More…]
Guilty Of Sexually Exploiting A Child And Possessing Child Pornography Oregon, man pleaded guilty for secretly filming a minor victim while nude and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Joseph Tyler Biamont, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. According to court documents, Gearhart[Read More…]
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation said it’s celebrating the strength, skill and tradition women bring to hunting, and the generations they’re inspiring along the way. Women are the fastest-growing demographic segment of the hunting and recreational shooting population in the U.S. Millions of them hunt or participate in a recreational shooting[Read More…]
Oregon Senate Passes House Bill 4022 Evidence from all over the world shows that kids who have early access to books at home do better at school. That benefit, along with the pure joy that springs from beautiful picture books, is the motivation behind Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Legislation passed[Read More…]
Though he stated that, when he interviewed to coach the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team through its shortened season in December, it was purely on an “interim” basis, Brian Pannell said he did “enjoy” working with this year’s team. “They did a lot despite what the scoreboards[Read More…]
MAR. 4, 1981 Jim Wilson probably spoke for many rural Jackson County residents in his two-minute address to the county commissioners. Wilson, a resident of Trail and an employee of Pacific Power & Light Co. for 30 years, denounced all the recent talk in government circles about the need for[Read More…]
