Fire season in the City of Grants Pass officially ended Sunday, October 27th at 9:00 a.m. eliminating all public regulated use restrictions within the city. The Fall 2024 Open Burn Window will be from Saturday, November 2nd, through Sunday, November 10th. Starting Wednesday, October 30th, residents of the City of[Read More…]
Outdoors
ODOT Construction Update
JACKSON COUNTY • OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek and Millers Gulch Bridge replacement project ($11 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=22290 This project will replace three 1920s-era bridges on Rogue River Highway with structures that are better able to withstand earthquakes. The bridges are located east of the[Read More…]
October Rain Brings The End Of A Record-Breaking Fire Season
After a record-breaking year, all Oregon Department of Forestry districts have terminated fire restrictions, marking the end of the 2024 Oregon fire season declaration. With over 1.9 million acres burned across the state, firefighters and resources experienced extreme strain. “This season proved that wildfire in Oregon is not just one[Read More…]
Witches’ Brigade, Not Really Witches
The Rogue River Press’ Trick-or-Treat on Main Street event could spontaneously turn into maybe the largest dance party the city has ever seen in an afternoon. For the first time in the downtown Halloween event, it will feature a parade, with the main performers, the Rogue River Witches’ Brigade. If[Read More…]
Fire Restrictions To Low On Public Lands
Thanks to widespread rain and cooler temperatures, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials reduced public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon. The reduced restrictions started October 17, 2024 at 12:01 a.m.; BLM-managed lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties moved to a low fire danger level. In low[Read More…]
Watch Out For Deer, Elk On The Roadways
Fall mating seasons and migration for deer and elk often leads to increased collisions on Oregon roadways this time of year. State Department of Transportation crews remove about 6,000 carcasses of deer struck and killed by vehicles on Oregon’s public roadways, and many more die away from roads or on[Read More…]
Moody Honored, ‘Left His Mark’
More than one person noticed that the morning sun sent a beam that square shown down on the plaque that honored Don Moody, a former chairman of Rogue River’s Tree City USA Committee, at Palmerton Park on Thurs., Oct. 10. Moody moved to the Rogue Valley in 2000 after retiring[Read More…]
‘A Force Of Nature,’ Nesbit Memory Kept In Mural
It is only fitting that one day, the founder of one of the more striking and endeared aspects of Rogue River, the Rogue River Mural Society, should receive her own mural in a place many people will see. With members of the City of Rogue River’s Public Works staff on[Read More…]
Salmon Spawning An Iconic Part Of Fall
After years at sea, thousands of salmon — Chinooks, cohos, sockeye, pinks and chum — are returning to natal rivers to spawn, then die. The fish undergo an amazing physical metamorphosis, changing shape and color. Their flesh quality quickly declines, and by the time their long journey is over, they’re[Read More…]
OR 99 Seismic Bridge Retrofit – Foots Creek Bridge Closure
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is continuing work on the bridge retrofit project on Oregon 99 (Rogue River Highway). Beginning the week of October 21, 2024, Foots Creek Bridge will be closed for approximately a week. Please use an alternate route and watch for workers. The contractor has provided a[Read More…]