Representative Dwayne Yunker (R-Grants Pass) released a statement about two controversial bills heard in the House Higher Education Committee, where he serves as a member. The bills—House Bill 3006 and House Bill 3030—would give public money only to teacher candidates from specific racial or ethnic groups and the schools who[Read More…]
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Orndoff Pleads Not Guilty To Updated Charges
Former Rogue River Junior Senior High School teacher Jesse Orndoff pleaded not guilty to 16 charges updated following the convening of the Jackson County Grand jury in February during an arraignment before Judge Laura Cromwell in Jackson County Circuit Court on Wed., March 26. Orndoff, who taught at RRJSHS six[Read More…]
Chiefs Still Trying Pitchers Through Start Of The Season
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team discovered that there is still work to be done to become competitive in the early part of the season. After a dominating win against Bonanza on its opening day on March 19, the Chieftains played a pair of opponents from the Antlers’[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights For April 2, 2025
APR. 3, 2024 You never know when you might have the opportunity to save or spare someone’s life. William and Jamie Wagner were driving over the Depot Street Bridge in Rogue River on Jan. 26th when they spotted an older woman outside of the metal fencing on the outer lip[Read More…]
Vandalism Incident Topic At EVEC Meeting
The Evans Valley Educational and Community Center’s board of directors planned to discuss vandalism at the Wimer campus that used to be the Evans Valley Elementary School on Fri., March 27, at its meeting Tues., April 1. The vandalism, which included doors in several locations on campus, including its gym[Read More…]
Chiefs Second At Grants Pass Tourney
Freshman Trevor Dirks led Rogue River in the first stroke-play tournament of the season with a 106 at the four-team Grants Pass Golf Club Boys’ Invitational on Mon., March 31. The Chieftains finished second between the two full teams at the tournament, with tournament host North Valley shooting a team-wide[Read More…]
Property Tax Deferral For Disabled And Senior Homeowners Program
Most people think of April 15 as Tax Day, the day by which federal and state personal income tax returns need to be filed. But for Oregon disabled and senior homeowners struggling to pay their property taxes, April 15 provides another deadline, and an opportunity take part in a program[Read More…]
Grant Helps Equip City With AEDs
Rogue River Police Chief Dave Rash said one of his goals after arriving in the city a year ago was to have Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), mobile units first responders can use to “shock” heart patients back to breathing and heartbeat, available in each of the city’s police vehicles. Last[Read More…]
EV Auxiliary Fundraiser Gets Bigger And Better
The Evans Valley Fire District Auxiliary’s Crab Feed Fundraiser found a way to get bigger and better from Year One to Year Two in just 10 months. Final figures are not yet available from the auxiliary’s second fund-raising night, on Saturday, March 28, held again at Rogue Pub-N-Putt. Still, the[Read More…]
District Looks For Literacy, Behavior Supports, Security Through SIA
Michele Cleveland, the Rogue River School District’s Director of Special Programs, presented information related to its Integrated Guidance application, the annual application that opens a lot of educational doors for the district with the power of $200 million the state funds the State School Fund through the Student Success Act[Read More…]