This season may become the season Kaylee Stockman has been waiting for since she started wrestling for Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s team as a freshman. The junior started the season undefeated through her first seven matches, winning titles at 190 and 235 in her first two tournaments. She was[Read More…]
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Chieftain Boys’, Girls’ End Season
The Rogue River boys’ and girls’ basketball teams saw the ends of their season at St. Mary’s in Medford on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The Chieftain boys lost to the Crusaders 67-33, and St. Mary’s won the girls’ game 45-9. A year ago, to the day, the boys’ team won at[Read More…]
Local Man Dies While Hiking Wagner Butte
On Sunday, February 15, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies responded to a report of a deceased adult male near the summit of the Wagner Butte Trail outside Talent. The individual was located at an elevation of approximately 7,000 feet in steep, mountainous terrain. The decedent is identified as Michael[Read More…]
MS Wrestlers Place At District Meet
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle school-level wrestling team had a particularly great day for a small-school team. Of its seven competitors, including six boys and one girl, four eighth-graders, two in seventh grade, and one in sixth grade, five placed in their weight classes. The best results for[Read More…]
RR Police Talks ‘ICE’ With Citizens
Rogue River Police Chief Dave Rash said he had recently been in talks with citizens who were concerned about the intervention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city, at the Rogue River City Council Workshop on Thurs., Feb. 19. “I sat down with them, and we had a[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights For February 25, 2026
FEB. 26, 1981 Facial Treatment-A suspicious-looking character strolled right inside the Gold Hill Western Bank on Feb. 23rd, around 2:30 p.m., 5’11”, in his late 20s, armed and masked. The highwayman escaped with the Big Green $. (Wearing, of course, his nylon stocking mask.) Jackson County Sheriffs arrived swiftly but[Read More…]
Budget ‘Questions’ To Be Asked
The budgeting process for the Rogue River School District is usually straightforward each year. Business manager Don Sweeney and his staff at the District Administration Office create the budget, based on district revenues and state school funding, with an eye towards statewide and local trends, with Sweeney explaining the budget[Read More…]
RR MS Girls’ Team Ends With Successes
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle school-level girls’ basketball team finished the year with a couple of successes. Even if those successes weren’t actual wins, what they were were wins in the “small steps” category. The team closed its 10-game season with a 34-11 loss to Lorna Byrne on[Read More…]
Brooks Is A Hit At Jackson County Jail
When the Rogue River City Council toured the Jackson County Jail on Feb. 5, the group had the opportunity to meet Brooks, the Jail’s drug dog for two years, being led by Dep. Jenna Evertt. Brooks replaced Koda, the chocolate lab who joined the Rogue River Police Department in 2015,[Read More…]
RR Varsity Beats Faculty In Big Game
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School was waiting to have a basketball night like Fri., Feb. 20, a night where lots of students and their parents were in the gym, sitting on the edge of their seats, with cheer squads from both sides fervently rooting on their teams, where students[Read More…]