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Annual “Coats For Kids” Clothing Drive

Now through Sunday, Oct. 27, Windermere Real Estate in Rogue River will help keep children warm this winter by collecting donations of winter necessities. Windermere real estate brokers will deliver these essential donations to local schools, ensuring that those children have the warmth they need this season. The public can[Read More…]

Kerby’s History

Windows in Time Lecture Series Presents: Life in Kerby, Oregon: A Retrospective on the Turbulent 1960’s During its glory days, Kerby was the county seat boasting two hotels, several saloons, a jail, a school, and one of Oregon’s earliest post offices. Presenter Paul Fattig’s maternal grandmother, Lela Ingersoll Cooke, owned[Read More…]

Offbeat Oregon History for October 2, 2024

One of the more interesting things about Oregon history is how much of a role “colorful characters” played in it. Until a few dozen years ago, historians didn’t much like talking about the contributions of prostitutes, swindlers, shanghaiers and other underworld characters to Oregon’s history, preferring to talk about brave[Read More…]

Headlines & Highlights for October 2, 2024

OCT. 4, 1984 For the previous ten years, school children and others planted seedlings on a city-owned hillside below Rogue River’s reservoir. With wet weather coming, it’s planting time again. “October and November are the best time to plant,” said Mrs. Classick. “And we are encouraging people to plant memorial[Read More…]

ODOT Construction Update

JACKSON COUNTY • OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek and Millers Gulch Bridge replacement project ($11 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=22290 This project will replace three 1920s-era bridges on Rogue River Highway with structures that are better able to withstand earthquakes. The bridges are located east of the[Read More…]

City’s Newest Officer Introduced At Meeting

Rogue River Police Chief David Rash introduced his department’s newest officer, Nick Holland, at the Rogue River City Council meeting on Thurs., Sept. Nolan swore in Holland, who will head to the Oregon police academy this month with a planned graduation in February. Holland’s hiring has made RRPD fully staffed[Read More…]

JMET Search Warrant: White Schoolhouse Road

On September 25, the Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) executed a search warrant in the 1000 block of White Schoolhouse Road, Cave Junction, regarding an illegal marijuana grow site. The warrant was executed with the assistance of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Josephine County Public Health &[Read More…]

Rescue Of Man Lost While Hiking

Jackson County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) team members successfully located and rescued a 40-year-old Central Point man from Mt. McLoughlin at 9:30 p.m. While the mountain’s daytime high temperatures reached into the 80’s, the overnight low temperature dipped to 29 degrees near dawn, making for dangerous conditions. At 7:00[Read More…]

Big Dig At RRJSHS

Rogue River Schools Superintendent Patrick Lee pointed out that S+B James, the construction firm building the new junior high wing on the south end of Rogue River Junior Senior High School, is “digging a massive crater out there.” Work began on the site shortly after the school year started. “They[Read More…]