After a year-long investigation, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) detectives busted a burglary ring targeting local licensed marijuana businesses in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The suspects committed 16 known burglaries at marijuana farms and storage facilities from April 2023 to June 2024. The suspects arrested accumulated 65 total charges during[Read More…]
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District To Negotiate With La Clinica For Clinic
Rogue River School District Manager Don Sweeney told the Rogue River School Board had results of the district’s Request for Proposal (RFP) process in looking for an entity to provide services in the school-based health clinic to be built on the southeast corner of the block where the east campus[Read More…]
EPPD Joins MADGE Task Force To Bolster Drug Enforcement
The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement (MADGE) team is excited to announce that the City of Eagle Point will be joining the regional task force. Eagle Point is contributing a full-time investigator from its Police Department, enhancing drug enforcement operations throughout Jackson County. “We are very excited to add[Read More…]
Chief, PD, Praised For National Night Out
Given the great attendance and participation from the Rogue River community the night of the event, there was no surprise that the first National Night Out in Rogue River at Rooster Park on Aug. 6 received great acclaim at the Thurs., Aug. 15 City Council Workshop. The council applauded Police[Read More…]
City Wastewater Permit Up For Public Review
Rogue River Public Works Director Michael Bollweg told the Rogue River City Council that the city’s wastewater treatment permit, on which his department worked, is subject to public review at the council’s Thurs., Aug. 15 workshop. “It’s in public review during that period of time. If anyone wants to see[Read More…]
Offbeat Oregon History for August 21, 2024
It was the Ides of March — March 15, 1882. A man named A.H. Crooks had filed a homestead claim on a piece of land near Prineville. He and his hired hand, Stephen Jory, were out on the land now, cutting blaze marks on trees along the property line. Except,[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights for August 21, 2024
AUG. 23, 2023 Evans Valley School, the center of activity in Wimer and where many thousands of Rogue River residents attended school before graduating from Rogue River High School or the current Rogue River Jr/Sr High School, opened its doors 100 years ago this year. Bruce Sund, chairman of the[Read More…]
Council To Have A Look At Sign Code
Mayor Pam VanArsdale asked the City Council have the Planning Commission review the city’s sign code during the Thurs., Aug. 22 Council meeting, at the council’s Aug. 15 workshop. “As I was reading through a lot of the code, there’s just multiple places that need to be amended in that[Read More…]
Defendant In Large Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Federal Prison
The manager of an Oregon-based drug trafficking cell with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced to federal prison today following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison and five years’[Read More…]
ODOT Road Construction Update
JACKSON COUNTY • OREGON 66 (Green Springs Highway), MP 2-8, Ashland to Emigrant Lake pavement repairs Crews will return over the following weeks to complete striping and other remaining work items. Watch for intermittent lane and shoulder closures. • OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek[Read More…]