Groups of school children, all out of school on a school in-service day, the first day of a four-day holiday weekend, along with younger children with grandparents, were enjoying an unseasonably sunny day on Fri., Oct. 9. Several came for the second-annual Play in the Parks Day, at which participants,[Read More…]
Outdoors
Hunters Asked To Help With CWD Sampling
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) monitoring across Oregon is ramping up, with new check stations in place this week. CWD, a fatal disease to deer, elk, and moose, has already been detected in the neighboring states of Idaho, Washington, and California. More than 40,000 big game animals have been sampled over[Read More…]
Coast Guard Rescues Injured Rafter
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 68-year-old rafter with a leg injury Thursday, Oct. 1, from a remote section of the Rogue River where ground responders could not reach the group by road. The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station North Bend responded to a location approximately[Read More…]
Art Along The Rogue Celebrates 23 Years
Downtown Grants Pass came alive Friday afternoon as artists, musicians, community members, and visitors gathered for the opening of the 23rd annual Art Along the Rogue festival, a signature celebration for the city. This year’s festivities brought something new to the tradition with the ribbon-cutting for Owl Plaza. This newly[Read More…]
Palmerton Arboretum Annual Fall Color Tour
As autumn settles over Rogue River, residents will have an opportunity to experience one of the community’s most treasured outdoor spaces during the Rogue River Tree City USA Committee’s Annual Fall Color Tour, scheduled for Sunday, October 18, at 2 p.m., at Palmerton Park Arboretum. The tour will offer visitors[Read More…]
Ready Rogue River Roundtable
Preparation was the message in the first of two free community workshops, presented by the Wards Creek Restoration Initiative, at the Live Oak Grange (120 Gardiner Street) on Sat., Sept. 19. The second one is this coming Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The first response, naturally,[Read More…]
Walk-In Resumes On Some ‘Jackson’ Lands
With the lifting of some fire restrictions in Southern Oregon, some private lands within the Jackson Cooperative Travel Management Area (JACTMA) have reopened to walk-in only. Within the boundaries of the management area, roads designated as Green Dot roads are currently open for travel to public lands. On non-Green Dot[Read More…]
Smaller Ride, Big Greenway Plans
Ride the Rogue, which celebrated its 20th anniversary since its first event in 2006 last weekend, on Sept. 26, has always been the main fundraiser for the effort to expand and maintain the Rogue River Greenway. But with rides of three lengths on backroads through the area, with, of course,[Read More…]
Miss Royal Hawk, Best Qualifier
Miss Royal Hawk, a horse that won its trials race for the Firecracker Futurity at Grants Pass Downs but finished seventh in the big July 4 race, with jockey Jaime Lopez, had the top time among the 10 horses that made the Far West Futurity Finals from its qualifying races[Read More…]
Saturday Is ‘Hunt & Fish’ Day
Hunters and anglers make up a small fraction of the general population, but it’s their dollars that keep many state fish and wildlife programs afloat. Saturday is National Hunting and Fishing Day, a day created to celebrate the hunters, anglers, and target shooters that combine to provide millions annually to[Read More…]