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…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
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…]
RR Boys Win League Opener, 4 Straight ‘Mercy’ Matches
Rogue River boys’ soccer coach Rob Isom said at the start of the season he was looking for games from any bigger school’s junior varsity or even JV2 teams, to give his young Chieftains some match conditions. Through the first couple of weeks of the season, what the Chieftains, no[Read More…]
Chief Girls 2-1 In League
The grind began for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team, a team with great expectations both within and without the program, with the start of the Class 3A/2A/1A District 3 last week, and it began in a way they would have hoped. After their 1-2 start that[Read More…]
Chiefs Pick Up Fifth Win
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High volleyball team started its first season in the 2A East Cascades Conference on Tues., Sept. 22, at Lost River, but by the time they got on the bus for Klamath County, the Chieftains had already picked up five wins in non-conference play. At 5-5,[Read More…]
Chiefs End Hayfork’s Years-Long Streak
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School cheerleaders issued a dire warning to the Hayfork, Calif., football team in the pursuit of its 41st straight win, to add to a streak that includes three sectional championships that started in 2023. The cheerleaders’ paper sign through which the Chieftains run before[Read More…]
Junior Chiefs Big Win
Zane Wardle and Vincent Lovato each scored three touchdowns, and Luke Murray one, as the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High junior high football team won at Prospect 56-8 on Wed., Sept. 16. The Junior Chieftains (2-0) led 30-8 at halftime. Miles Wolfe ran in for all seven of Rogue River’s[Read More…]
Fire District 1 To Hire A New Chief This Weekend
A new chief at Jackson County Fire District 1 should be hired by the afternoon of Thurs., Sept. 24. Most of the eight candidates who applied to the position, currently held by six-year chief Mike Hammond, through the Special Districts Association of Oregon, will be in Rogue River at the[Read More…]