The Gold Hill City Council unanimously voted, 5-0, to approve the minutes of their hearing from one hour earlier on the city’s application to Business Oregon for a $2.5 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to cover several water-based projects in the city on Tues., Aug. 20. The hearing was[Read More…]
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Planning Commission Approves School Clinic
On a busy night for the Rogue River Planning Commission, it approved changes of use for two residential houses into business, one an office, the other a retail garden shop, approved the use of its first food truck under the city’s new food truck policy, and approved the construction of[Read More…]
Gold Hill Holds Off On Bounce House Policy
The council voted not allow the use of bounce houses and other inflatable attractions until the city has a policy in place to govern them. The city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee forwarded a policy on the use of the attractions to the City Council after a community member asked[Read More…]
New Bird Poster For Project FeederWatch
Project FeederWatch, a Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada program, has a new deal for those who sign up this season. Now through September, new members will get a double-sided poster featuring popular bird feeders and common birds of the east and the west. FeederWatch is a November-April survey[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights for August 28, 2024
AUG. 30, 2023 5-0 Vote Repeal on 110, considering Redwood Lighting-Lively discussions, one over the idea of reviving a once-popular community holiday attraction in Rogue River, the other a dissenting view on the council’s take on the state’s struggling drug treatment law, highlighted the Rogue River City Council’s meeting on[Read More…]
Offbeat Oregon History for August 28, 2024
In the months that followed the murders of A.H. Crooks and Stephen Jory, as detailed last week in Part One of this two-part series, the members of the mob that lynched their killer basically formed themselves into a secret shadow-government. They became known as simply “the Vigilantes,” and although they[Read More…]
ODOT Host Open House On Path To GP
The Oregon Department of Transportation’s project team is hosting an open house on the Rogue River-to-Grants Pass Multi Modal path from 5 to 8 p.m. at Grants Pass City Hall on Thurs., Aug. 29. The Department of Transportation, or ODOT, is partnering with City of Grants Pass and City of[Read More…]
New Principals Stress Meeting, Pricing Silent Alarms
Three of the schools under the umbrella of the Rogue River School District have new principals this year, and for the first time, all three presented reports to the school board at its Tues., Aug. 20 meeting. Rogue River Junior Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick arrived late at the[Read More…]
Gold Hill Council Removes Wilson After Absence
A chair among the Gold Hill City Council seats has been vacant since the council’s June 4 meeting. The seat was council member Janet Wilson’s. Due to her being absent from council meetings for more than 60 days without consent, the council voted 4-1 to remove her from the council[Read More…]
Dear Stranger Letter Exchange Project
For 10 years, Oregon Humanities’ Dear Stranger project has invited Oregonians to exchange letters with people they’ve never met. Since 2014, more than 1,000 people have sent letters to Dear Stranger and received letters from other writers in exchange. Participants have hailed from every county in Oregon, as well as[Read More…]