JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 22-30, Bridge joint repairs This project will repair several bridges in the Medford and Phoenix areas. In late March and early April, drivers should expect intermittent weeknight (Sunday to Friday, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.) lane closures in both directions between milepost[Read More…]
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Upcoming School Year Starts After Labor Day
The Rogue River School District’s 2024-25 school year will start after Labor Day for the first time in several years. The Rogue River School Board adopted the calendar at its Tues., March 19 meeting. The year starts on Tues., September 3, the day after Labor Day. The 2024-25 school year[Read More…]
Child Exploitation Undercover Operation Arrests Six Cyber Predators Throughout Oregon
A month-long undercover operation to identify adults victimizing children online has led to the arrests of six suspects throughout Oregon. The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) joint inter-agency task force conducted the operation to identify and arrest dangerous cyber predators using the internet to meet with local children to[Read More…]
Rogue River Receives Grant To Boost Arbor Month Celebration
Oregon Community Trees (OCT) is helping boost Oregon Arbor Month celebrations in six Oregon communities this year thanks to grants the non-profit organization gives out this spring. Holding a public celebration of Arbor Day is a condition for maintaining Tree City USA’s status with the National Arbor Day Foundation. OCT[Read More…]
Collision At Depot And Classic
Neither driver was cited, and neither was hurt when a service vehicle and a sedan collided in the intersection of Depot Street and Classick Drive at about 2:30 p.m., on Thurs., March 21. The vehicles appear to have met while both vehicles were turning on to Pine Street from Depot,[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights for March 27, 2024
MARCH 29, 2023 Following a public hearing that included a call for his client and the City of Rogue River to work together, the Rogue River City Council honored the request of Michael Connors, representing Grants Pass businessman Dale Hurst and his HRP, LLC, to curtail all proceedings toward revocation[Read More…]
Grants Pass-To-Rogue River Multimodal Plan Is Underway
The Grants Pass-to-Rogue River Multimodal Route Plan will identify a continuous six-mile multi-use path extending from Grants Pass east to Rogue River. It will connect to the existing section of Rogue River Greenway in Jackson County and the Bear Creek Greenway in Jackson County. This Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)[Read More…]
New Chief Hopes For ‘Night Out,’ Accreditation
Chief David Rash appeared, for the first time, in uniform in presenting his first report to the Rogue River City Council at its Thurs., March 22 Workshop. The Chief also revealed other plans and goals for his new department over the next year or so. He said he would provide[Read More…]
New JSHS Vice Principal Hired; AD Leaving
The Rogue River School Board approved the hire of current South Umpqua High School graduation coach Emily Figueroa-Wolfe as the new vice principal at Rogue River Junior Senior High School at its Tues., March 19 meeting. Figueroa-Wolfe will work with RRJSHS principal Tori Kirkpatrick, the school’s vice principal, before she[Read More…]
District Considers Extra Training For Engine Drivers
An incident during an unexpected and quickly developing snowstorm on Fri., March 1, caused Evans Valley Fire Chief Tom Davidson to consider how volunteer fire personnel who drive the district’s expensive fire apparatus are trained and what the cost in terms of potential volunteers might be in the future at[Read More…]