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…]
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Budget ‘Questions’ To Be Asked
The budgeting process for the Rogue River School District is usually straightforward each year. Business manager Don Sweeney and his staff at the District Administration Office create the budget, based on district revenues and state school funding, with an eye towards statewide and local trends, with Sweeney explaining the budget[Read More…]
Brooks Is A Hit At Jackson County Jail
When the Rogue River City Council toured the Jackson County Jail on Feb. 5, the group had the opportunity to meet Brooks, the Jail’s drug dog for two years, being led by Dep. Jenna Evertt. Brooks replaced Koda, the chocolate lab who joined the Rogue River Police Department in 2015,[Read More…]
RR City Council Tour Jackson County Jail
The Jackson County Jail houses 285 men and women, known as Adults in Custody (or AICs), the preferred term for what people usually refer to as “inmates,” in a facility that was built in 1981, that was designed to hold 176 people, back when Jackson County had just 134,000, when[Read More…]