SOLVE’s annual Earth Month initiative, in partnership with Portland General Electric, wrapped up this week with powerful results and even stronger community spirit. For the first time, the program expanded to span the full month of April, turning Earth Month into coordinated action across Oregon and Southwest Washington. Altogether, over[Read More…]
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Headlines & Highlights For May 6, 2026
MAY 6, 1981 Mrs. Hugh Ellis, a longtime area resident, will receive a Bronze Plaque from the Rogue River Chamber of Commerce for her longstanding efforts in Plant Beautification of the Rogue River and Wimer areas. 85-year-old Mrs. Ellis had been chairman of the school district 35 beautification project for[Read More…]
RR FFA Students Qualify For National Meet
Rogue River Junior/Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick reported that the school’s FFA chapter had the first-place-finishing team in Nursery and the second-place team in Floriculture at the state FFA convention on Tuesday, April 21, at the Rogue River School Board meeting. The school will send teams from Nursery and[Read More…]
Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office Case News
Medford Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Sexually Abusing A Minor Victim A Medford, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison for sexually abusing a minor victim in his care and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). David Michael Burnett, 37, was sentenced to 360 months in[Read More…]
Chieftain Hitters Come Through In Close Game
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team isn’t having the kind of season it thought it was going to have at its beginning in March, having just one win since its banner two-win day opening day, and that win happened now more than a month ago. But the three[Read More…]
Alden Reaches Pole Vault Best
Reagan Alden reached a goal both she and her father, Dan, who works as her pole vault coach, set: breaking 10 feet in the pole vault, helping her finish third at last year’s Class 3A state meet at 10 feet, 0 ¾ of an inch. At Illinois Valley, at its[Read More…]
Lightning Strike Leads To Emergency Response
Public Works Director Michael Bollweg shared a little more about the sewer lift station on the south side of the Rogue River that was struck by lightning earlier this month at the Rogue River City Council meeting on Thursday, April 23. He said that the particular lift station differs from[Read More…]
True Crime Summit Comes To Southern Oregon
In Southern Oregon, true crime has long lived in the background- shared in whispers, local lore, and late-night conversations. Now, it’s stepping into the light in a way that feels less like spectacle and more like community. The Southern Oregon True Crime Summit, founded by Melynda Cordes, didn’t begin as[Read More…]
Oregon “Fit To Float®” Events Kick Off
Life Jacket Fitting Events planned for youth and families on “National Wear Your Life Jacket to Work” Day May is traditionally the month when recreational boaters start hitting the waterways, increasing in numbers as the air temperatures rise. New this year, the Oregon State Marine Board is teaming up with[Read More…]
Spring Bee School Brings Learning And Community
With spring sunshine settling in across Oregon- bringing longer days, fresh blooms, and, of course, the steady return of bees- the season has a way of drawing people outdoors and back into rhythm with the natural world. This year, that renewed energy was on full display as the Southern Oregon[Read More…]