The Woodville Museum will celebrate four decades of preserving the history of the Rogue River Valley with a free community celebration on Friday, July 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will commemorate the museum’s 40th anniversary with exhibits, demonstrations, historical displays and family-friendly activities highlighting the area’s[Read More…]

Some roosters who enter the National Rooster Crowing Competition held every year in Rogue River (brought to you by the Rogue River Rooster Crow Committee and the Rogue River Kiwanis) are raised from hatchlings, waking their human benefactors at the crack of dawn. These are the roosters whose owners know[Read More…]

The final day of Rogue River’s National Rooster Crow Weekend brought with it warm sunshine, bustling crowds, and one of the festival’s most anticipated traditions- the annual Classic Car Show. With vendors lining the festival grounds and visitors traveling from across Oregon, the weekend concluded with another successful celebration of[Read More…]

Long before the parade’s scheduled 10 a.m. start, the excitement was already underway. By a little before 9 a.m., Ray’s Food Place parking lot had become a hive of activity as parade participants gathered in their groups, making last-minute adjustments to floats, polishing vehicles, and preparing for the procession down[Read More…]

“Peter Pan” was in theaters months before the first of the two Rooster Crow weekends in June 1953. What was the titular character’s cry of victory after vanquishing the evil Captain Hook, but … a rooster’s crow. Ryan Schlapfer picked up on this while watching “Peter Pan,” to a studious[Read More…]

Rogue River City Recorder Diane Oliver said Councilman Mark Minegar has completed the paperwork necessary for his first election campaign for city council. It will be only a matter of time before he and other candidates can begin collecting the minimum 25 signatures required to be placed on the Nov.[Read More…]

This Week In Rogue River History JUNE 24, 1981 A Giant from the Forest A massive Douglas fir harvested near the Umpqua Divide drew attention throughout Southern Oregon after its extraordinary size required special handling for transport. Measuring more than six feet in diameter, the tree was so large that[Read More…]

Last week, the Rogue River Press began investigating a local story that has circulated through the Evans Creek and Wimer area for generations. According to local recollections, a small cemetery near a mining operation may have been relocated many years ago, with some believing the graves were eventually moved to[Read More…]