The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level volleyball team finished its 12-match season last week with its match at Prospect on Wed., Oct. 15. The Junior Chieftains had a strong start to the year with wins in both varsity and junior varsity matches against the new Rogue Christian team on[Read More…]
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Chiefs Soccer Looking For One More Win
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team has two more chances to pick up its second win of the season, but the Chieftains will have to do it against tough competition. The Chieftains (1-7-2) haven’t been able to show the kind of relentless offensive firepower they showed in[Read More…]
National Wolf Awareness Week
It’s the 30th anniversary of Wolf Awareness Week, an event started in 1996 by the Defenders of Wildlife to drive meaningful conversations about the ecological importance of wolves. While the group opposes hunting that is not based on sound science, many hunters and livestock owners have opposing viewpoints in states[Read More…]
Chieftains Fall In Final Three Matches
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High volleyball team ended its season with three losses in their final three 3A Southern Oregon League matches. The Chieftains fell in their final road match, at North Valley, 3-0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-13) on Tues., Oct. 14, and in their final two matches at James[Read More…]
Chiefs Stuff Cougars 34-0 – Playoffs In Reach
After a tough loss in Klamath County to No. 1 Lost River on Oct. 10, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team came back with possibly the biggest win for the program in years. Four different Chieftains players, led by senior Brennen Rolfe’s two, scored touchdowns in beating Illinois[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights For October 22, 2025
OCT. 23, 1980 Homecoming Week was scheduled for Nov. 3-7. The Varsity Football game on Friday will be played against Illinois Valley. One night that week will also be the Powder Puff Football game. There may be a few changes in the traditional activities of the week. There will probably[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Complete Undefeated Season
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level football team finished an undefeated season, earning its fifth win against no losses with a 20-6 win against Lincoln Savage at Chieftain Stadium on Wed., Oct. 15. The Chieftains allowed, for the first time, an opposition to score when the Tigers reached the[Read More…]
Passport Day Pilots Perfectly
With each of the city’s three parks becoming developed each in their own way, Rogue River City staff devised a fun way to make the features at Rooster Park, Anna Classick Park and Palmerton Park known, and to get kids outside to use them. The city piloted its first ever[Read More…]
The Heart Of Rogue River Library
For David Haywood, Branch Manager of the Rogue River Library, no two days ever look quite the same. Between meetings, community programs, and the hum of everyday activity, Haywood says his favorite part of the job remains constant, connecting with people. “As branch manager of the Rogue River branch of[Read More…]
ODOT Road Construction Update For October 22, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 1-163, Southern Oregon Wrong Way Driver Mitigation project ($2.5 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21699 This project improves safety along Interstate 5 by adding features that alert drivers when they enter an interchange off-ramp from the wrong direction. These enhancements include permanent signs, reflective pavement markings[Read More…]