Three seniors and a freshman from Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s baseball team received postseason honors from the 3A Southern Oregon Conference earlier this week. Seniors Dustin Morton and Sean Murray were first-team all-league selections, while Kaiden Richardson was an Honorable Mention utility player. Freshman Rylan Homan was given Honorable[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Chiefs Have Three Softball First-Teamers
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s softball program, a proud, family-built program spanning three generations of the Artoff family, with a fourth playing for it the last two seasons, has gotten the short end of the stick in the Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference. The Chieftains have gone winless in the[Read More…]
EVFD Hosts Town Hall
Evans Valley Fire District is hosting a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed 4,136-square-foot building, which Chief Tom Davidson calls a Community Resource Center, on land just east of the fire station. The town hall is Sat., June 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at the fire station, 8677[Read More…]
Commission Honing Down, Mixed-Use Zoning
The Rogue River Planning Commission, in its first meeting in about a month, continued its discussion on forming a Commercial district within the city and forming legislation to create a commercial-residential mixed-use district at its Tuesday, June 9 workshop. Onnie Heater, a city planner with the Rogue Valley Council of[Read More…]
RR Fire Plans To Begin Hiring
Though it will defer the vote until its official meeting on Wed., June 10, the Jackson County Fire District 1 Board of Directors will vote on the timeline, means, and criteria for hiring its new chief, in time for a Jan. 1, 2027 start. At a workshop in the afternoon[Read More…]
SVA Honors Largest Graduating Class, Resilience
With its largest graduating class and its second-largest group of graduates crossing the stage to receive their diplomas, South Valley Academy’s Class of 2026 was ushered into its future with the familiar sense of celebration as the cheering crowd at the end of a marathon. “Behind every graduate is a[Read More…]
RRJSHS’s Class Of ’26 Leaves An Impact
Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s Class of 2026 was small-ish, at 44 graduates, four more than in 2025, but it had impact. “All of our classes are special, but this is a very special class,” Commencement speaker Brian Pannell said. “There’s joy, but there’s tears. This is a tough[Read More…]
City Council Adopts AI Policy For Staff
The Rogue River City Council adopted a policy governing the use of Artificial Intelligence for staff at its meeting on Thurs, May 28. City Administrator Ryan Nolan, who was not at the meeting but had spoken about his experience at the League of Oregon Cities Spring Conference in Pendleton in[Read More…]
SVA Valedictorian Sets Sights On Future
When South Valley Academy’s Class of 2026 gathers for graduation this week, valedictorian Kaitlyn Rearden will be celebrating more than just earning her high school diploma. The South Valley Academy senior is already a Certified Nursing Assistant and has her sights set on a healthcare career. The school’s eighth graduation[Read More…]
All-Alumni Picnic June 28
If you’re around Rooster Crow Weekend, Sat., June 27, and Sun., June 28, and you’re an alumnus or alumna of Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School or of just plain Rogue River High School, whether the building from which you graduated was downtown or at its current location two miles[Read More…]