With jockey Cesar Moreno, KR Cartels Calamity had the fastest time among the 33 quarter horses running 400 yards for a spot in the Far West Futurity finals race on Sun., Oct. 12 at Grants Pass Downs. KR Cartels Calamity was one of four horses from the seventh race on[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Glide Comes Back, Beats Chiefs 30-13
For the second week in a row, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team faced a prolific offense that can quickly score points. Just as what happened in the Chieftains’ game at Hayfork, Calif., a 36-20 loss on Sept. 12, when the Timberjacks scored twice late to seal that[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls Go 4-0 In League Games
A couple of players on the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team marveled that, through six matches, their team had already won more matches than they had last season (three) and had, in fact, won as many as the team had the last two seasons combined (four). But[Read More…]
EVFD Chooses Engineering Firm For Seismic Upgrade
The Evans Valley Fire District Board of Directors decided to spend the nearly $1.8 million in grant funding for seismic upgrades it received from WRK Engineering (WRK-IMEG) at its meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11. The district held an open Request for Proposal (RFP) for engineering services paid for through the[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Win Season Opener
After its season-opening game on the road was canceled, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level football team came home and won its first game, beating Prospect 39-0 at Chieftain Stadium on Wed., Sept, 17. Karsen Kewley scored a pair of touchdowns for the Junior Chieftains, while Malachi Gravatt, Zane[Read More…]
Water Plant Experiences Second Sediment Issue
Rogue River Public Works Director Michael Bollweg told the Rogue River City Council that the city’s water treatment plant experienced a “sediment issue” that he said was nearly as serious as one the plant experienced two years ago, in September 2023. The issue is that the plants water intakes in[Read More…]
Gold Hill-RVSS Inter-Tie Could Cost The City Less
It remains yet to be seen how much Gold Hill residents will eventually have to pay for their monthly wastewater services through Rogue Valley Sewer Services following the multi-million-dollar inter-tie connection between the city and RVSS’s facility on Kirtland Road near Central Point. But it will be much less than[Read More…]
Chiefs Win First League Set Against Bruins
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High volleyball is rebuilding the season under returning coach Joe Kolkow, but the Chieftains have already done something they did not do last year. The Chieftains started of their Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference campaign with a win in the first set against Brookings-Harbor on[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls’ Soccer Starts 2-0 In League
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team started its District 4 schedule with a big win at home, and topped it off with an even bigger win, with far fewer goals, on the road. The Chieftains (2-1) started league play with an 8-0 won against Illinois Valley at[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Rebound, Beat Rogue Christian
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level volleyball team played its first week of matches, ending with its first home match at the Rogue River Elementary School West campus gym on Wed., Sept. 10. The Junior Chieftains lost both matches as their season-opening date at Lorna Byrne on Mon., Sept.[Read More…]