MAY 15, 2024 The Rogue River Jr/Sr High School baseball team ended its Far West League campaign with losses to Sutherlin in the Chieftains’ final league doubleheader at Mike Umscheid Field, 12-4 and 11-0, on May 9th. The losses dropped the Chieftains to 2-20 and ended their Far West season[Read More…]

MAY 9, 1985 The Rogue River High School Chieftains won three out of four baseball games the previous week. The Chieftains edged South Umpqua 6-5 in the Skyline Conference on April 30th. Woody Morgan and Eric Massey each had home runs for the Chieftains. Rogue River jumped to a 3-0[Read More…]

MAY 1, 2024 Kharis Wardle, the sole member of the Rogue River Jr/Sr High equestrian team, will go to the state. The equestrian championships will occur next month, and Wardle will compete in seven events. Wardle and Eagle Point’s teammates qualified for one more event at the last of the[Read More…]

APR. 25, 1985 The apparent financial crisis at the Evans Valley Fire District seems never to have existed. In a special meeting on April 17th, the board was told that it could make it through the current fiscal year (ending June 30) by simply shifting about $6,000 among budget line[Read More…]

APR. 17, 2024 To increase the number of firefighters in Oregon before wildfire season, the Oregon State Fire Marshal announced it had awarded $6 million in grants to 191 local fire agencies. APR. 22, 2020 Gold Hill Playwright- pursuing life’s dream- As a kid, Edward Miller was interested in biology[Read More…]

APR. 10, 2024 It could be said that the trees at the Palmerton Arboretum couldn’t have been in better hands on April 6-7. An event billed as a tree climbing competition probably doesn’t best describe what the 32 competitors, arborists, do. “These are some of the best tree climbers in[Read More…]

APR. 3, 2024 You never know when you might have the opportunity to save or spare someone’s life. William and Jamie Wagner were driving over the Depot Street Bridge in Rogue River on Jan. 26th when they spotted an older woman outside of the metal fencing on the outer lip[Read More…]

MAR. 27, 2024 The Grants Pass-to-Rogue River Multimodal Route Plan will identify a continuous six-mile multi-use path extending from Grants Pass east to Rogue River. It will connect to the existing Rogue River Greenway section in Jackson County and the Bear Creek Greenway in Jackson County. ODOT-managed project is expected[Read More…]

MAR. 20, 2024 Battle of the Books: Champions Head to State – For five Rogue River Elementary School (RRES) sixth graders, the “Readers,” Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is about connecting with other teams and with books. “My favorite book was ‘Focused’ by Allyson Gerber,” said Kaylee Hambley. She[Read More…]