The City of Rogue River’s annual financial audit for the 2024-25 fiscal year identified deficiencies related to internal controls over the calculation and presentation of accounts payable and accounts receivable aging summaries. The City Council adopted a Corrective Action Plan to strengthen its financial reporting procedures and reduce the risk[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Ready Rogue River Roundtable
Preparation was the message in the first of two free community workshops, presented by the Wards Creek Restoration Initiative, at the Live Oak Grange (120 Gardiner Street) on Sat., Sept. 19. The second one is this coming Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The first response, naturally,[Read More…]
Chief Girls Able To Shake Off Loss
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team demonstrated that it had moved on from its painful-but-not-crushing loss to St. Mary’s when, two days later, the Chieftains beat Siuslaw, a new team to Class 3A/2A/1A District 3, 2-0 on Thurs., Sept. 24. Sophomore midfielders Vera Brown and Shelby Hutsell[Read More…]
Blakely Chosen To Lead Fire District 1
Dave Blakely, the Deputy Chief of Operations at Applegate Fire District, was provisionally hired by the Board of Directors at Jackson County Fire District 1 on Thurs. Sept. 24. The hiring process, following Chief Mike Hammond’s announcement in June that he would retire at the end of the year, was[Read More…]
Smaller Ride, Big Greenway Plans
Ride the Rogue, which celebrated its 20th anniversary since its first event in 2006 last weekend, on Sept. 26, has always been the main fundraiser for the effort to expand and maintain the Rogue River Greenway. But with rides of three lengths on backroads through the area, with, of course,[Read More…]
Chieftains Reverse Panther Curse, Stop 36-Year Streak
The previous week, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team settled a year-old score with its win against Hayfork, Calif. Last week, the Chieftains settled a different kind of score, one that might have involved their own fathers and uncles and dozens of RR alums who played in the[Read More…]
Reservoir On Track For Bidding
In her periodic update on the progress of the reservoir to be built next year on Classick Drive, engineer Loree Pryce said the design for the 750,000-gallon, glass-forged steel reservoir is underway, with completion expected in late October. The Oregon Health Authority will review the plans for this reservoir, as[Read More…]
Rogue River FFA Sends Teams To Nationals
Three teams of five Rogue River Junior Senior High School students, each having qualified at the state level, are headed to the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 21-24. Sisters Carmen and Vera Brown, a senior and a sophomore, provided the report to the Rogue River School Board at[Read More…]
Miss Royal Hawk, Best Qualifier
Miss Royal Hawk, a horse that won its trials race for the Firecracker Futurity at Grants Pass Downs but finished seventh in the big July 4 race, with jockey Jaime Lopez, had the top time among the 10 horses that made the Far West Futurity Finals from its qualifying races[Read More…]
EVFD To Look Into Telephone Signals
Chief Tom Davidson at the Evans Valley Fire District is getting the ball rolling on something that’s been on the minds of many residents, particularly in the Evans Valley. The problem, termed a “degradation,” may be even more widespread throughout the state and seemed especially amplified during Rogue River’s traffic[Read More…]