The Rogue River Softball team will have a nice mix of experience and new athleticism, and the team hopes it will make a splash in the school’s last year, for now, in Class 3A. The Chieftains, in 2004 Rogue River High alum Jill Westlake’s eighth season, return players in several[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Central Point Kindergarten Launches
If you live within the Central Point School District and have a child who will be 5 years old by September 1, you are invited to the Kindergarten launch at each of the district’s five elementary and primary schools this next month. Kindergarten Launch is a chance to learn about[Read More…]
Queens Gold Meeting Set For March 19 In Medford
A meeting regarding the Queens Gold Forest Management Project, the nearly 4,000-acre area north of Rogue River and Gold Hill that includes land that surrounds Wimer and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has been scheduled for tomorrow, Thurs., March 19. The meeting is at the[Read More…]
Chieftains Looking To Gain Experience
Rogue River Golf Coach Rob Isom, who had all of one day, after returning from the state wrestling tournament, to convert from thinking about the mat to thinking about the links, his third sport as its head coach through the school year beginning this year, said last year was a[Read More…]
Class Of ’28 Wins Air Band Again
To borrow a phrase from Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s junior class, the school’s annual Air Band Contest is the Class of 2028’s World, and the rest of us are just living in it. This year’s sophomores, following up its revue of Bruno Mars songs, with Devante Mungai in the[Read More…]
Rogue River Could Be Sitting On Its Own ‘Lithia’
Niki Murphy said the stretch of Wards Creek, the run between the Main Street Bridge, behind the Jackson County Library, behind homes, as it runs by the Rogue River Water Treatment plant, once it has been treated, stabilized, and maintained, could be no less a jewel to Rogue River than[Read More…]
Work At Windmill Nearing Its End
Work on the property that will become the Windmill Development on West Evans Creek Road may be nearing its end, Rogue River Public Works Director Mike Bollweg said at the Rogue River City Council Workshop on Wednesday, March 5. “This will be such a blessing for me and hopefully everyone[Read More…]
Ride The Rogue Back In Fall 2026
After missing a year, Ride the Rogue returns this fall. Organizers of the event, the annual fund-raiser for the Rogue River Greenway Foundation that started in 2006, announced that the cycling event is Sat., Sept. 26 Registration opening on April 1. Ride the Rogue missed 2025, a decision organizers made[Read More…]
Scott Repeats As SOC Second-Team Pick
For the second year in a row, Mason Scott was the focal point of the Rogue River boys’ basketball team. A junior, he repeats as a 3A all-Southern Oregon Conference second-team selection. Just as his teammate Jake Stockman was last year, Scott, a quick defender up top, named to the[Read More…]
RR Council Member Davis Dies
Rogue River Mayor Pam VanArsdale announced prior to the Thurs., March 5, workshop that Sharie Davis, a member of the City Council serving in her first term, died on Mon., March 2. She had suffered a stroke on Sat., Feb. 28. She had been flown to OHSU Hospital in Portland.[Read More…]