Headlines & Highlights For September 9, 2026

This Week In Rogue River History

SEPT. 9, 1981
Wimer — By the time Evans Valley Fire Department volunteers Les Brooks and Larry Johnson reached Lou’s Pizzeria, one minute after the 3:05 a.m. alarm on Sept. 2, there was no hope of saving the wooden structure. The third man on the scene, Alan Clendenin, said it was “gone” and was simply a matter of putting out the blaze. About 40,000 gallons of water were used…