Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
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…]
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 and[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…]
Filing your taxes can be anxiety-inducing. The list of worries is long – ‘what happens if I make a mistake? Is interacting with the government safe for me and my community? Is using commercial software or hiring a tax professional in my budget?’ The good news is that help—free help—is[Read More…]
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…]
