APR. 22, 1981 Irrigators in much of Jackson County have little to look forward to this summer if the region’s precipitation levels are not far above normal through June. State water master Dave Hendrix said this week precipitation at the Medford airport is 60 percent of normal for this time[Read More…]

APR. 15, 1981 Rogue River- Have you ever been short of change and had to break a bill or larger coin? It’s the pennies that can be a help or a hindrance. Pete Zwinkel of Pete’s Beetle Barn may have solved the problem for local shoppers and merchants. Zwinkel entered[Read More…]

APR. 8, 1981 Grants Pass- The proposed Elk Creek Dam project was moved a large step closer to reality, after a decision this week by the State Water Policy Review Board to support construction of the dam. With little deliberation, the seven-member board passed a resolution supporting the project by[Read More…]

APR. 1, 1981 Southern Oregon has two Federal Bureau of Investigation officers stationed in Medford to enforce more than 200 U.S. statutes. And those two men are kept jumping, mainly by timber thieves and fraudsters, according to Special Agent Michael Miller. The FBI had 60 agents stationed across Oregon, who[Read More…]

MAR. 25, 1981 One Jackson County commissioner is eager to fight any attempt to place a state prison in the Rogue Valley. One has mixed emotions on the issue. And one won’t say. Commissioner Pete Sage said in an interview that the idea of locating a regional state prison in[Read More…]

MAR. 21, 1981 Sometimes it seems you can’t win. In the last decade, when fuel and electrical heating costs soared, people in the Rogue Valley discovered they could drastically reduce their home heating costs by installing wood stoves. With wood in the valley plentiful, many heating problems seemed solved. Ah,[Read More…]

MAR. 11,1981 Who’s new in Rogue River? Ralph Haner and his wife, Ruth, originally from Lynn, Massachusetts, came to Rogue River in October of 1980. Their business included special services for those with clogged drains; that seemed to happen at the least expected times. Ralph did not charge for travel[Read More…]

MAR. 4, 1981 Jim Wilson probably spoke for many rural Jackson County residents in his two-minute address to the county commissioners. Wilson, a resident of Trail and an employee of Pacific Power & Light Co. for 30 years, denounced all the recent talk in government circles about the need for[Read More…]

FEB. 26, 1981 Facial Treatment-A suspicious-looking character strolled right inside the Gold Hill Western Bank on Feb. 23rd, around 2:30 p.m., 5’11”, in his late 20s, armed and masked. The highwayman escaped with the Big Green $. (Wearing, of course, his nylon stocking mask.) Jackson County Sheriffs arrived swiftly but[Read More…]