After a strong freshman year in which she finished fourth in the 200 and fifth in the pole vault at the Class 3A District 5 meet last year, the future became now for Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s Reagan Alden at this year’s District 2 meet at Brookings last week.[Read More…]
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Attorney General Dan Rayfield Wins Court Order Stopping Dismantling Of Department Of Education
Attorney General Dan Rayfield won a court order stopping the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED). On March 13, Attorney General Rayfield joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the administration after it announced plans to eliminate 50 percent of ED’s workforce. “This[Read More…]
Chieftains Explode In Final Home Game vs. Glendale
The Rogue River vs. Glendale softball game on Wed., May 21, was scheduled for two ostensible reasons. One was to give the visiting Pirates a game between their last regular-season contest on May 13 and an anticipated state playoff game on Mon., May 26. The other was to give the[Read More…]
Parks Hired As South Valley Principal
South Valley Academy has outgrown even the Live Oak Grange for its graduation ceremony. “What a wonderful problem to have. We have so many graduates and families wanting to celebrate them,” Principal Jennifer Parks said about a half-hour after being hired as principal at South Valley, the district’s brick-and-mortar/online hybrid[Read More…]
Dirks, Allen Lead Chieftains At District Golf Tourneys
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High golf coach Rob Isom called this season a “rebuilding year” back in March, and the season did present itself, more than others in recent memory, to learn to play the game and be coached in it. The Chieftain boys finish ninth in the Class 3A/2A/1A[Read More…]
Chieftains End Baseball Season
The improvement was evident this season for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball program through 2025. It wasn’t so much the four more victories the Chieftains accumulated during the season than they did in 2024, finishing 6-18, 3-12 in the 3A Southern Oregon Conference with their 20-3 and 10-0[Read More…]
Chieftains Host Glendale In Final Game Today
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team had a tough task ahead of it in its final Southern Oregon Conference series with No. 8 Lakeview looming last week. Indeed, the Honkers, who dominated the four-team Southern Oregon Conference with an 8-1 record, showed it can quickly score a lot[Read More…]
New Security Vestibule RR School Campuses
Rogue River Superintendent Patrick Lee said the single-point-of-entry vestibules at both Rogue River Elementary School campuses are expected to be completed in early June. The same vestibule will also be constructed at RRJSHS for the coming school year. “The fact that we’re getting that vestibule at the junior-senior high school…[Read More…]
Chieftain Softball Final Home Game
Chieftain fans will get to see the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team for the last time in the Chieftains’ season finale at Thomas Artoff Field on Wed., May 21. The Chieftains host Glendale in a single game at 3:00 p.m. (updated 5/20/25 from 4:30 p.m.) The Chieftains are[Read More…]
Sund Running For Fourth Term
A familiar name will most likely be on the Rogue River School Board among its directors, who each run unopposed. Bruce Sund, who has served as either chair or vice chair of the board and its leader in negotiations over the past 12 years, is on the ballot for his[Read More…]