After hosting its own girls and junior varsity boys’ scramble at Laurel Hill Golf Course on Tues, Feb. 14, the Rogue River boys’ golf team and two girls played at the Bruin Classic at Salmon Run in Brookings on Thurs. April 16. The Chieftains took, as its boys’ foursome, Joey[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Chief Girls Third At Brookings
Carmen Brown, a junior, had a big day for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ track and field team, particularly anchoring the Chieftains’ win in the 4×400 relay and placing in the top six in three other events at the 20-school Brookings-Harbor Rotary Invitational meet on Saturday, April 18.[Read More…]
Chiefs Draw Tough First Matchup vs. Bruins
Already reeling to a 3-7 start that was clearly not in their or coach Derek Nelson’s plans heading into their Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference season, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball program’s last one for a while, the Chieftains appear to have drawn the shortest straw by drawing[Read More…]
RR City Budget Will Be Less In ’26-27
The first thing citizens who pay attention to the City of Rogue River’s annual budget notice is that there is a cut of about $3 million from the 2025-26 city budget of $19,700,954 to a proposed budget amount of $16,962,947 for the 2026-27 year. That’s the first thing City Council[Read More…]
Softball Team Shows Grit
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team might struggle through this season of transition. Still, even with the changes in position, particularly in the pitching circle, the Chieftains have enough experience and grit not to let go of games. The Chieftains (4-11, 0-3) lost their first Class 3A Southern[Read More…]
City Plays Part In Bentz Bill To Stop FEMA
The Rogue River City Council got a bit of news when both Mayor Pam VanArsdale and City Administrator Ryan Nolan received email correspondence from a staffer representing Congressman Cliff Bentz concerning legislation Bentz had sponsored that would remove any constraints regarding the Endangered Species Act on the Federal Emergency Management[Read More…]
City Looking For OHA Clearance On Reservoir
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan said the Oregon Health Authority has been holding up the plans for the city’s million-gallon water reservoir at the council’s April 2 workshop, waiting for that agency’s approval, and he said that remained the case at the Rogue River Planning Commission meeting. Nolan said[Read More…]
Planning Commission Works On “Mixed Use”
The Rogue River Planning Commission continued its discussion of residential properties on the fringe of commercial zoning that, under the current Rogue River City Code, must remain commercially zoned. This was the product of a strict City Code adopted in 1984. Under this legislation, the thinking was that the residential[Read More…]
Chief Teams, Several Bests At Bonanza
The Rogue River track and field teams showed more of that potential that early marks this year and marks at the end of last season hinted at, with the Chieftain boys’ and girls’ teams each taking fourth place at the 13 (boys’) and 14 (girls’)-team Antler Invitational at Bonanza on[Read More…]
Allen, Fithian Lead Chieftains At Invitational
Rilee Allen and Nicholas Fithian had Rogue River’s best scores at the 18-hole Laurel Hill Invitational at Laurel Hill Golf Course, the Chieftains’ home course, on a sunny and warm afternoon on Tues, April 7. Allen was ninth out of the 12-person girls’ field, shooting a 106 moving twice through[Read More…]