Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
A caller claims your Social Security number has been linked to a crime. They warn that your benefits will stop or that you could be arrested unless you act immediately. The person sounds official, but the threat is a warning sign of a scam. Social Security impostors contact people by[Read More…]
The Wards Creek Restoration Initiative (WCRI) hosted the second meeting of the “Ready Rogue River?” at the Live Oak Grange. This time, the focus of the second round-table-style gathering was evaluating the response to the Fielder Creek Fire, the closest instance of a wildfire, asking the questions: what worked and[Read More…]
The first rule about winning streaks is that they’re awesome. The second one is that they end. The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High junior high football team had won its first three games this season in following its undefeated 5-0 season last year, but faced a Lorna Byrne team that[Read More…]
With another active wildfire season behind Southern Oregon, Jackson County Emergency Management is turning its attention toward the hazards that come with the colder months, inviting residents to take part in a free community preparedness fair next month. Winter Ready: A Safety & Preparedness Fair for Families & Kids will[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team will have to do a lot of their work toward making the state playoffs, with four of their final five matches away from Beck Field. The Chieftains (4-4) fell to 2-2 in Class 2A-1A District 3 with a pair of losses[Read More…]
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…]
