Over the last two seasons, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s volleyball team started its season against New Hope Christian School in Grants Pass last year at James Martin Court in 2024, and each time, the Chieftains lost to the Warriors in three sets. The Chieftains were on the verge of[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Chieftain Soccer Girls Play At Showcase
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s girls’ soccer team is an anomaly among teams from programs of its size around the state. As it was last year, when it had 26 players on its roster, it has 28 in practice this year, including 11 new players. For perspective, that’s six more[Read More…]
‘The Tip Of The Spear’ In Emergency Services
Former Rogue River Police Chief Jim Williams, who is currently the chaplain at Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon (ECSO), delivered the invocation at the Rogue River City Council meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, and Nolan asked him to say a few words about his experiences at the dispatch center. Williams[Read More…]
RRJSHS Offers Big Opportunities
Rogue River Junior Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick told the Rogue River School Board that as a “small-school girl” whose career has encompassed attending, and then teaching and serving in administration in small schools, one prevailing thought when in that position is considering the things bigger schools can provide[Read More…]
Coaching Change In RR Boys’ Basketball
Rogue River Junior Senior High will have a new boys’ basketball coach this fall, and, in a development almost as surprising, it will keep its girls’ basketball coach from its partial season a year ago. RRJSHS Athletic Coordinator Kyle Garrison confirmed that Max Javernick, who served as boys’ basketball coach[Read More…]
South Valley School Adding School For Kinder Through 2nd Grade
Since its opening in 2018 as what the Rogue River calls a “destination” school, the online/brick-and-mortar hybrid South Valley Academy has served students from third grade through their senior high school year. Beginning this year, South Valley Academy will complete the circuit with an online-only curriculum for its youngest students[Read More…]
Back-To-School Events Planned At RR Campuses
Believe it or not, school starts next week, and each of the schools in and around the Rogue River School District is holding back-to-school events for parents to see their children’s schools and get students back into the swing of school South Valley Academy’s Back to School Night at its[Read More…]
City RR Talk Water, Power, And Alerts During A Fire
In the aftermath of the closest fire events to the city of Rogue River in years, most of the early part of the Rogue River City Council’s discussion focused on the Fielder Mountain Fire, which sparked in the hills just west of the city on Thursday, Aug. 13. Police Chief[Read More…]
EVFD Board Holds Brief August Meeting
The Evans Valley Fire District Board of Directors held its monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 13, in what may have been one of the shortest meetings in district history. With no significant business on the agenda and Fire Chief Tom Davidson occupied with the newly developing Fielder Mountain Fire, the board[Read More…]
Eight Apply For RRFD Chief Position
With the deadline to apply to become the new fire chief at Jackson County District 1 having passed at the end of July, the district wound up with eight applicants for consideration. The board geared up for a busy September that will include interviews with several applicants who advanced through[Read More…]