In recognition of National Safe Digging Month, the Oregon Utility Notification Center (OUNC), Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), and Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) remind Oregonians to contact 811 before starting projects that involves digging. Whether a professional contractor or do-it-yourselfer, all play an important role in[Read More…]
Author: Rogue River Press
Great Time To ‘Rethink The Drink’
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is recognizing Alcohol Awareness Month in April by encouraging individuals and communities across the state to consider how excessive drinking impacts health—and how drinking less can lead to health benefits that last a lifetime. Excessive drinking, including both heavy and binge drinking, is linked to serious[Read More…]
New Technology Helps Improve Threatened Species Surveys
Courtesy of Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon’s state forests are home to a wide variety of wildlife including two threatened bird species, the northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet. As part of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) compliance with the federal and state endangered species acts, ODF surveys[Read More…]
Fish Counts At Foster Dam
Returning adult salmon and steelhead enter the fish ladder on the south side of the dam and are held in a 12’ x 40’ trap until they can be processed by ODFW’s South Santiam Hatchery staff. Hatchery employees operate the fish trap one to three times per week depending on[Read More…]
ODOT Road Construction Update For April 22, 2026
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 1-163, Southern Oregon Wrong Way Driver Mitigation project ($2.5 million) 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…]
Oregon Military Hall Of Honor Ceremony
Courtesy of Oregon Military Department Six Oregon military veterans were inducted into the 2026 Oregon Military Hall of Honor during a formal ceremony held at Camp Withycombe in Happy Valley, Oregon, on April 18, 2026, in recognition of their acts of heroism and exceptional service to the nation. The six[Read More…]
DOJ Secures 20-Year Sentence In Cold Case Homicide
Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced that Marcus Sanfratello, 73, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1983 homicide of Teresa Peroni, closing a case that went unsolved for more than four decades. Sanfratello pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree in Josephine County Circuit Court. Under[Read More…]
Zempel Service Notice
BARBARA CAROL ZEMPEL, age 73, of Rogue River, died April 7, 2026, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., May 9, 2026, at Grace Baptist Church. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
Westerman Service Notice
The children of GWEN WESTERMAN will hold a Celebration of her Life of 103 years on May 2, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Rogue River Community Center. Gwen was born in Covena, CA on December 27, 1921 and passed away on November 26, 2025. She moved to the Rogue[Read More…]
Fields Obituary
JOHN DOUGLAS FIELDS, 81, of Wimer, passed away March 5, 2026, in Rogue River, Oregon. The eldest son of John Henry Fields and Helen Marie Garner, he was born in 1944 in Grants Pass, Oregon, at Josephine General Hospital. He attended 18 schools in 12 years, as his father’s Naval[Read More…]