If you’ve been thinking about making improvements in wildlife habitat on your property year, now’s the time to be planning for success. Even if you live in an urban or suburban area, there are little things you can do to make a big impact on helping your property become bird-[Read More…]
Sports
Chieftain Girls End Season With Losses
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team was looking for a second win against St. Mary’s, this time in Medford, and had a strong first half, leading the Crusaders 21-18. St. Mary’s, behind freshmen Bailey Stricker and Avery Gunn, outscored the Chieftains 39-11 in the second half to[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains End Girls’ Basketball Season
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level girls’ basketball teams played their final games of the season in what already felt like a short season because of the mid-season snowstorm that canceled two of the team’s dates. A combined Junior Chieftains team fell at Ruch on Wed., Feb. 12, 22-5,[Read More…]
Oregon Fifth In Nation In Backyard Bird Count
Sightings for the Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 14-17 can be reported until March 1, but the preliminary numbers are outstanding. At least 7,931 of the world’s 11,000-plus species of birds were found in 253 countries and subregions. Birders submitted more than 284,000 eBird checklists, including more than 150,000 in[Read More…]
LeDoux Scores One Last Bucket On Senior Night
The one game Amanda LeDoux wanted to play was the Chieftains’ final home game, her final home game, on Tues., Feb. 11. LeDoux injured her left knee in a play in the first half against Brookings-Harbor. She did not come back into the game, and she wore a brace on[Read More…]
Chieftains’ Last Chance For League Win
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team, in search of any 3A Southern Oregon Conference win, had two pretty good shots at getting it last week in their Senior Night game at James Martin Court against North Valley on Tues., Feb. 11, or in Lakeview on Sat., Feb.[Read More…]
Chieftains Cheer Uses State To Learn
There are growing pains when taking big steps with any team or sport. The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Cheer team adjusted to having to wait two days to perform; they had to adjust to an even more significant problem in a senior member of the team spraining an ankle[Read More…]
Jaramillo, Stockman Qualify For State Wrestling
Two wrestlers move on to next week’s Class 3A state girls’ wrestling championships, with what they hope to be several Chieftains’ boys’ wrestling team members joining them through qualifying this weekend in Coquille. Delilah Jaramillo, a junior, and sophomore Kaylee Stockman each qualified Jaramillo by placing second and Stockman third[Read More…]
Spend Some Time Near Trees This Week
Research shows that spending just 30 minutes a day near trees creates health benefits for people of all ages. Whether you do so on your own property or take a hike on public land, getting out in nature is good for you. Trees filter air, help provide fresh drinking water[Read More…]
‘Not Nice’ Bruins Beat Chiefs At Home
There is no mercy in high school basketball, even in girls’ basketball. Your team is trying to break the other team’s heart win, just as much as the other team is trying to break yours. But if your team comes to the end of a hard season, in which it[Read More…]