Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s pair of Aidyn Cay and Rilee Allen placed seventh at the Old Mac Girls’ Tournament at the Old MacDonald course at Bandon Dunes on Mon., April 4. Cay, a junior, and Allen, a sophomore, combined for a 119 round in the two-person, alternate-shot format. The[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
EVFD Budgets Nearly $1.7 Million
The proposed 2025-26 budget for the Evans Valley Fire District and its Capital Project Plan was met with optimism for the future, stemming from the passage of Ballot Measure 15-229, which raised the district’s overall tax rate by 99 cents per $1,000 assessed value. The ballot victory in the May[Read More…]
Sophs Lead Chief Girls To Third Place At Coquille
Sophomore Reagan Allen, Carmen Brown, and junior Finnley Perryman’s top-three event finishes helped Rogue River finish third in the 12-team girls’ division of the Coquille Twilight track and field meet on Friday, April 11. Alden won in the long jump and was second in the pole vault and fourth in[Read More…]
Braxton, Swanson Swing Sticks In Sweep
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Softball team is starting its league season this week, and if the Chieftains’ results through the first seven games are any indication, it could be a fun year on the southeast corner of the school where Thomas Artoff Field is located. The Chieftains ended[Read More…]
Chiefs Fall Back Into 3A Competition
After such an encouraging performance in a sweep against 2A-1A Crosspoint Christian at home, a pair of matching 12-2, five-inning defeats at home earlier in the week, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team fell back to earth and against Class 3A competition by the end of last week.[Read More…]
Alden And MacCrae Each Take 1, 2, 3
Eighth graders Waylon Alden and Kiley MacCrae each won first, second, and third place in individual events at a Southern Oregon Middle School Athletic Conference (SOMSAC) track and field meet at Ashland Middle School on Wednesday, April 2. Alden won the boys’ 100, was second in the 400, and third[Read More…]
Board Gives EVFD Chief Great Review
Working through a new format for evaluating its chief may have taken a few extra months. Still, the directors of the Evans Valley Fire District gave Tom Davidson a glowing recommendation for his work since he was hired nearly two years ago at its Thurs., April 10 meeting. The new[Read More…]
Town Hall Just In Time For Fire Season
About 75 Evans Valley residents received advice on how to prepare their homes and properties for fire season in a town hall event devoted to fire risk reduction at the first station on Saturday, April 12. Each of the five presenters was based in Southern Oregon, all in positions related[Read More…]
Chieftains Arise Again, Sweep Crosspoint
With four losses following the Chieftains’ opening-game victory on March 19, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team climbed back with a pair of solid outings in a sweep of Class 2A-1A Crosspoint Christian at Mike Umscheid Field on Tues., April 8. The Chieftains (3-4) swept the Warriors, playing[Read More…]
Youths Attend Meeting; Board Accepts Offer To Pay
The six youths caught breaking into the Evans Valley Educational and Community Center in Wimer during Friday of Spring Break, March 28, attended the center’s board meeting. They offered plans to pay the center back for damages. The youths, whose images were captured by video cameras at the center, the[Read More…]