Fun fact: While Santa Claus spends the winter at the North Pole, he also owns a home in Christmas Valley, Oregon, that serves as a satellite office. In the off season, he travels the U.S. to keep an eye on all the naughty and nice children. Customers at the SE[Read More…]
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Wrestlers Hope To Bring Back A Banner
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ wrestling program is looking to bounce back from a year in which the Chieftains were down in numbers. The Chieftains did everything they could with those smaller numbers last year, getting four wrestlers qualified for the state meet, with a pair of Class[Read More…]
Reclassify Rough Popcornflower From Endangered To Threatened
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to reclassify rough popcornflower from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with an accompanying 4(d) rule. The proposed rule will publish in the Federal Register tomorrow, opening a 60-day public comment period that runs through February 10, 2025.[Read More…]
Jaramillo Picks Up Where She Left Off
Delilah Jaramillo appears to have picked up right where she left off from her sophomore wrestling season, in which she won weight-class titles at two tournaments and qualified for state for the first time. Wrestling at 170 pounds, the junior won by pin in all three matches, including a tough[Read More…]
Girls’ Wrestling Program Grows In Second Year
You couldn’t have found a better example for Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s first official girls’ wrestling team in Lilliyan Jaramillo last year. A three-time state placer before she graduated in June, she set a standard for attainable success in a new program. The program has grown, with 16 girls[Read More…]
Offbeat Oregon History for December 11, 2024
Sept. 1, 1962, was an unusually sultry day for the north Oregon coast, and the little beachside resort town of Seaside was crammed with high-school and college kids. They had come from all over the state and beyond for a rowdy, high-spirited end-of-summer Labor Day beach-party weekend that had become[Read More…]
Chiefs Host Tournament This Weekend
The Rogue River boys’ basketball team started off slower than its players probably think they should have, through its first two games, but there were signs of improvement by the Chieftains’ third game. The Chieftains started off the season with a 72-35 loss at Illinois Valley on the statewide opening[Read More…]
Older ‘Youth’ May Spark Improved Basketball Season
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball’s “youth movement,” as called by now third-year coach Max Javernick, might start to pay dividends this year. The team is a year older, and the group that included four sophomores and two freshmen, including four of those who started at any time, now[Read More…]
Winter Is Cheer Competition Season
With the winter, it’s a new season for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. Cheer team. Not only that, for Cheer, winter is competition season, and with Coach Shae Watkins, who’s returned this year after a five-year hiatus, the Chieftains will compete this winter. The Chieftains’ 22-member cheer team is divided[Read More…]
Monarch Population Needs Extra Protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species, the monarch butterfly, and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The Service is seeking public input on a proposal to list the species as threatened with species-specific protections and[Read More…]