On April 1, the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care moved House Bill 2385. This bill prevents drug manufacturers from denying or restricting access to medications prescribed by healthcare providers in the 340B Drug Pricing Program—a federal program that ensures eligible healthcare providers serving low-income and uninsured patients[Read More…]
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State Releases Free Permit-Ready Building Plans
The Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) has published its first permit-ready plan under the state’s updated Permit-Ready Plans Program. The building plans, available free to the public, are for a code-compliant residential deck. The Permit-Ready Plans Program creates an efficient pathway for the state to develop and make publicly accessible[Read More…]
Oregon Department Of Human Services Launches Brain Injury Program
The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) launched a new Oregon Brain Injury Program. The program is designed to help individuals with brain injuries navigate and access the services and supports available to them. Services are free and available to anyone in Oregon affected by a brain injury, including family[Read More…]
Youths Attend Meeting; Board Accepts Offer To Pay
The six youths caught breaking into the Evans Valley Educational and Community Center in Wimer during Friday of Spring Break, March 28, attended the center’s board meeting. They offered plans to pay the center back for damages. The youths, whose images were captured by video cameras at the center, the[Read More…]
Bills Meet The Concern Of School District
Superintendent Patrick Lee expressed concern over the status of what is being called the Educational Accountability Bill at the Oregon Legislature, House Bill 2009, and Senate Bill 141 at the Rogue River School District meeting on Tuesday, March 18. “Details still being formed and changed, as they’ve been getting feedback[Read More…]
Planning Commission Finishes Work On Sign Code
The Rogue River Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend its review and revision of the city’s sign code on Tues., April 8. The Commission had spent the last few months comparing the city’s sign code with a model code created by the League of Oregon Cities. One feature that will[Read More…]
May 7 REAL ID Enforcement Deadline
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) reminds the public that starting Wednesday, May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older must have a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver’s license, instruction permit or identification card or another acceptable form[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights For April 9, 2025
APR. 10, 2024 It could be said that the trees at the Palmerton Arboretum couldn’t have been in better hands on April 6-7. An event billed as a tree climbing competition probably doesn’t best describe what the 32 competitors, arborists, do. “These are some of the best tree climbers in[Read More…]
City Receives Funding To Complete Water Projects
City Administrator Ryan Nolan admitted he was nervous last year when it became clear that the $3.74 million the City of Rogue River received in 2021 in grants and loans for several water projects, including the one million-gallon reservoir at ground downtown and the replacement of fire hydrants throughout the[Read More…]
Taproots Boutique And Nursery
Nurseries typically serve their communities with various plants that help uplift surroundings, increase real estate value, and uplift those who may wander around their living spaces, parks, and cities. The typical nursery experience involves the variety of ‘plants available’ or plants that can be ordered. Owners Eirik and Jayme Alderson[Read More…]