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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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]