With a reported estimate of 11.5 percent of Jackson County residents who are identified as being food insecure, meaning being in a position of having limited or uncertain access to food due to economic conditions, community gardens like the Rogue River Food Garden may be the best local defense. Its[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Chieftain Girls End Season, Pick Up One Last Win
At every level of competitive softball, pitching is important, and at the high school level, the premium on experienced pitching is enormous. The Rogue River Junior Senior High softball program has been spoiled for a small-school program, having had pitching in the last 15 years. When gifted and hard-throwing Danielle[Read More…]
Service Is The Theme Of Elected Officials
Service was the theme of a gathering at the Woodville Museum at which the mayors of five Southern Oregon communities and several former mayors of Rogue River were in attendance to honor current Rogue River Pam VanArsdale and honor National Public Service Recognition Week. “Since our first mayor, Samuel Mathis,[Read More…]
District-Top Marks Heading Into District
Reagan Alden won two events and was second in two others in the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team’s final meet before this weekend’s Class 3A, District 2 Championships in Phoenix. Her two wins were among the five event wins by Chieftain athletes at the Brookings-Harbor Twilight[Read More…]
Chieftains See Season End With Rough Final Month
The end of what had to be as heartbreaking as it was a weird season happened in the Rogue River baseball team’s doubleheader sweep, nearly 200 miles away in Lakeview. The Chieftains lost both games of the doubleheader to the Honkers 11-1 and 15-3 on Fri., May 15. The Honkers[Read More…]
Take Time To Walk In The Park At Palmerton
One of the things Rogue River residents might miss out on is the chance to walk through Palmerton Park in the early to mid-morning hours. The Rogue River Tree City USA Committee conducts its Spring Walk In The Park in May, when the weather is probably at its best before[Read More…]
DeBenedetti Has ‘Crazy’ Racing Opening Night
Vinny DeBenedetti has already made a name for himself at Southern Oregon Speedway (SOS). The son of Jon and Valerie DeBenedetti, both individually successful racers at the track, he has been racing there since he was four years old. He won his first championship event race as a freshman nearly[Read More…]
Kotek vs. Drazan Part II For Governor
It looks like Kotek vs. Drazan, Part II, for Oregon’s governorship this November. While Gov. Tina Kotek easily vanquished nine other Democratic candidates, Christine Drazan, who lost to Kotek in the 2022 election, won out in the 14-person Republican race, garnering less than 50 percent of Republicans’ votes. Still, she[Read More…]
Westside Developments Reaching Final Plat
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan said that the two newest subdivisions on the west side of Rogue River, the Windmill Development on West Evans Creek Road, and Dusty Ridge at the junction of Foothill Boulevard and West Evans Creek Road, are close to final plat status, each with a[Read More…]
Chieftains Improve At District Golf
At each of the district golf tournaments at which Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s performers were last week, the Class 3A/2A/1A District 3 boys’ championships at Tokatee Golf Club, and the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A District 5 girls’ championships at Running Y Golf and Country Club, the Chieftain golfers did not make[Read More…]