Two high school students sit at a high-top table in a Rogue River High School classroom Wednesday afternoon. They fill out paperwork, chat, and take notes from books. In the background, Rogue River’s Battle of the Books coach Jessa Fricke reviews details from one of the titles with her sixth-grade[Read More…]
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Mask Requirement Ends
Starting April 3, workers, patients, and visitors in Oregon healthcare settings will not be required to wear masks. OHA is canceling some parts of the state rule that require workers in health care settings—such as hospitals, mobile clinics, ambulances, outpatient facilities, dental offices, urgent care centers, counseling offices, school-based health[Read More…]
Burn To Learn Gives Rare Structure Fire Training
Personnel from Evans Valley Fire District and Jackson County Fire District 1, and two other local departments tackled a 2,000-square-foot single-floor structure in the Covered Bridge Road area near Wimer on Sat., March 4. The departments applied sheetrock to the walls of the structure to simulate the conditions of an[Read More…]
Roberts Stays On Prescribed Burns Policy
Jackson County Commissioner Colleen Roberts reported to the Rogue River City Council at its Thurs., Feb. 23 meeting that she was in Washington, D.C., at the National Association of Counties (NACO) meeting to talk about wildfire. She said that being involved with NACO has allowed her to hold meetings with[Read More…]
Rogue River Wrestlers All Place, After Winning Battle vs. Snow
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School wrestlers, on their way to Portland for the state finals, are expected to grapple with opponents on the mound. On the way there, they had to gird up for a battle with Mother Nature. The Chieftain contingent, which included coaches Rob Isom and[Read More…]
Martin’s Corner To Be Worked On This Year
Rogue River Mayor Pam VanArsdale, who serves as a liaison to the Middle Rogue Metropolitan Organization, said she received word at its recent meeting that the project that will work on the curve and bank of Martin’s Corner, the notorious set of curves on East Evans Creek Road, as well[Read More…]
Hurst Appeal, Continuance Moved
A second round of hearings will take place between the City of Rogue River and HRP, LLC, the company owned by Grants Pass businessman Dale Hurst regarding the Oregon Ice ice-making plant that opened in 2019 and the proposed multifamily housing development, both at 499 E. Main Street, in the[Read More…]
Rogue River School District Competes In Oregon Battle Of The Books
The Rogue River Readers are back at it after a two-year hiatus. The “Readers” are Rogue River Elementary School’s Oregon Battle of the Books reading team. The elementary school teams compete in two grade divisions; third through fifth, coached by District Coordinator Jon Buckley and Assistant Coach Andrea Bowen, and[Read More…]
