BARBARA CAROL ZEMPEL, age 73, of Rogue River, died April 7, 2026, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., May 9, 2026, at Grace Baptist Church. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
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Westerman Service Notice
The children of GWEN WESTERMAN will hold a Celebration of her Life of 103 years on May 2, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Rogue River Community Center. Gwen was born in Covena, CA on December 27, 1921 and passed away on November 26, 2025. She moved to the Rogue[Read More…]
Fields Obituary
JOHN DOUGLAS FIELDS, 81, of Wimer, passed away March 5, 2026, in Rogue River, Oregon. The eldest son of John Henry Fields and Helen Marie Garner, he was born in 1944 in Grants Pass, Oregon, at Josephine General Hospital. He attended 18 schools in 12 years, as his father’s Naval[Read More…]
State Action Plan Gets Green Light
Oregon’s State Wildlife Action Plan, or SWAP, recently received approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Debbie Colbert said that was the final step in a science-based roadmap to maintain healthy fish and wildlife populations, prevent further declines of at‑risk species, and reverse[Read More…]
OSP Makes Arrest In Grants Pass Sex Abuse Case
Courtesy of Oregon State Police Following a grand jury indictment, Oregon State Police made an arrest in a Grants Pass sex abuse case involving a Grants Pass school support staff member. On February 6, 2026, the Oregon State Police began an investigation into Highland Elementary School educational assistant Joseph Deley[Read More…]
City Plays Part In Bentz Bill To Stop FEMA
The Rogue River City Council got a bit of news when both Mayor Pam VanArsdale and City Administrator Ryan Nolan received email correspondence from a staffer representing Congressman Cliff Bentz concerning legislation Bentz had sponsored that would remove any constraints regarding the Endangered Species Act on the Federal Emergency Management[Read More…]
City Looking For OHA Clearance On Reservoir
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan said the Oregon Health Authority has been holding up the plans for the city’s million-gallon water reservoir at the council’s April 2 workshop, waiting for that agency’s approval, and he said that remained the case at the Rogue River Planning Commission meeting. Nolan said[Read More…]
Find Your Joy During National Library Week
Jackson Country Library Services is turning the page to National Library Week, which runs Sunday, April 19 through Saturday, April 25. First celebrated in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. This week-long[Read More…]
Planning Commission Works On “Mixed Use”
The Rogue River Planning Commission continued its discussion of residential properties on the fringe of commercial zoning that, under the current Rogue River City Code, must remain commercially zoned. This was the product of a strict City Code adopted in 1984. Under this legislation, the thinking was that the residential[Read More…]
Chief Teams, Several Bests At Bonanza
The Rogue River track and field teams showed more of that potential that early marks this year and marks at the end of last season hinted at, with the Chieftain boys’ and girls’ teams each taking fourth place at the 13 (boys’) and 14 (girls’)-team Antler Invitational at Bonanza on[Read More…]