Kristy Littlefield learned two things when her male cat, Dizzy, was stuck high up in a pine tree for four nights during a Southern Oregon winter and finally rescued on Fri., Jan. 16. One, the obvious one, is that cats are crazy. The second is that chances are someone’s available[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Census Survey Important For RR
Have you received your copy of the American Community Survey? If you have, DON’T THROW IT AWAY! That’s what Rogue River Mayor Pam VanArsdale advises city residents who, as she has, may receive it. True and honest responses may make the difference in the city remaining eligible for necessary grant[Read More…]
City Reservoir Construction May Start In May
Bidding is expected to begin in April to select contractors for the City of Rogue River’s million-gallon water reservoir, with construction planned to start in May. This was according to Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan in a report to the City Council at its workshop session on Thurs., Jan.[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls Keep Battling
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team is perhaps beginning to feel the effects of being about a month behind the rest of the teams they play, now that, following just three non-league games, they’re in the midst of their league schedule. Already challenged with scoring, the Chieftains[Read More…]
Mungai Is Third-Team Statewide Football Selection
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s football program saw its first statewide award recipient in football in several years with sophomore Devante Mungai. Mungai was selected for the OSAA Class 2A All-State Third Team in December. The all-state awards, new to OSAA, are compiled in conjunction with the Oregon Athletic Directors[Read More…]
Chieftains Fall In First Two League Games
The good feeling from the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team’s double-overtime win against Lost River – only Rogue River’s second win against a team higher than Class 1A since 2020 – didn’t last when the Chieftains started Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference play. The team scored only[Read More…]
The Chiefs Have Four Champions At Rumble
The Rogue River Jr.-Sr. High boys’ wrestling teams could realistically have at least five wrestlers qualify for the Class 3A state tournament in Portland at the end of February. The Rogue River story this wrestling season has been its girls’ team, which has placed sixth or better at six tournaments,[Read More…]
City Raises Water ‘Average Rate’
The Rogue River City Council, in keeping with its practice of gradual rate increases for its water and sewer service, is proposing a $7.25 increase for what it determines to be the average monthly water user over the next four years, up for a vote at its meeting on Thurs.,[Read More…]
RCC Student A Nominee For National Honor
Salvitore Campione, a student at Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, has been chosen to represent Rogue Community College as a nominee for the 2025–26 All-USA Community College Academic Team. Campione is one of only seven RCC students chosen as a nominee for the national honor. As a nominee, Campione[Read More…]
City To Have Schedule For The Reservoir This Week
Rogue River Public Works Director Michael Bollweg said the city was “at 90 percent” in the planning and design of the million-gallon reservoir on Classick Drive and the fire hydrant project. He said the city is hoping to get the construction of the reservoir out to bid “soon, very soon”[Read More…]