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Oregon Among Top States Keeping People Covered

More Than One Million People Are Keeping Their Oregon Health Plan Benefits Due To Oregon’s Efforts To Expand Coverage Options With more than 85 percent of the state’s 1.5 million renewals complete, 5 out of 6 Oregonians are keeping their Oregon Health Plan (OHP) or other Medicaid benefits. Oregon’s 85[Read More…]

Bipartisan Bill To Improve Transparency In School Boards Passes Senate

The Oregon Senate passed the Education Board Transparency Act (Senate Bill 1502) with bipartisan support. The bill requires that education boards of public school districts, community colleges, and universities video record their meetings and upload those recordings for the public to view online. The bill exempts school districts with fewer[Read More…]

Construction Report – Week Of Feb. 25-March 2

JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), Exit 24 (Phoenix), Jackson County curb ramps, Phase 2A ($1.4 million) This project will replace ADA sidewalk curb ramps in Jackson County. Construction will take place at and around I-5 Exit 24 (Phoenix). Work areas will be located on both sides of the[Read More…]

Grad Rates At RR District See Great Movement

High school graduation rates for school districts around the state were released a few weeks ago, and they came with some pleasant surprises for the Rogue River School District. Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s rate rose from 73.3 for the 2021-22 school year to 80 percent for last year,[Read More…]

Headlines & Highlights for February 28, 2024

MAR. 1, 2023 A second round of hearings will take place between the City of Rogue River and HRP, LLC, the company owned by Grants Pass businessman Dale Hurst, regarding the Oregon Ice ice-making plant that opened in 2019 and the proposed multifamily housing development, both at 499 E. Main[Read More…]

Rogue River Looking For Committee Members

The Rogue River City Council voted to accept the proposal of Sensiba, LLC, of Bend, to provide Municipal Auditor Services to the City of Rogue River over the next five years at its Thurs., Feb. 22 meeting. The city had engaged in the Request for Proposal (bidding) process for audit[Read More…]

EVFD Board To Decide If Sign Is A Gift

Sometime in the last month, Evans Valley Fire Chief Tom Davidson received a visitor in Jeff Hurd, who owns a metal fabrication business in White City. Davidson told the Evans Valley Fire District’s board of directors at its Thurs., Feb. 15 meeting that Hurd told him his late father had[Read More…]