The board of the Wards Creek Restoration Group, established last year to help rehabilitate the creek that runs through downtown Rogue River, has been busy working on raising grant funding to start its projects, both the creek restoration and public education, its founder and chairman Niki Murphy told the Rogue[Read More…]
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Jackson County For All Submits More Than 11,000 Signatures
The Jackson County For All initiative that has been looking to put three measures on county ballots in the May 21 election reported that it had successfully drawn 11,500 signatures, 1,000 more than its goal and more than 3,000 more than required, for each measure and had turned the signatures[Read More…]
Quick Response: Narcan Saves Another Life In RR
In what appears to be at least a monthly occurrence, a Rogue River Police officer was tasked with saving a patient’s life with the use of the Narcan (Naloxone) opioid antidote. Police Chief Jim Williams reported to the Rogue River City Council at its Thurs., February 15, workshop session that[Read More…]
Tradin’ Crows May Be Available Online
Rogue River City Administrator Ryan Nolan said the computer server City Hall will use for its new online bill pay feature will be cloud-based, which he said will offer greater protection for the city’s computer service at the City Council workshop session on Thurs., Feb. 15. Nolan said the multi-step[Read More…]
Emergency Housing Stability And Production Package Advances With Bipartisan Support
The Emergency Housing Stability and Production Package (Senate Bill 1537 and Senate Bill 1530) passed out of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development on a bipartisan, unanimous vote of 5-0. It moves to the Committee on Ways and Means for further consideration. The package is focused on funding homeless[Read More…]
Gun Safety Law Enacted By Voters Should Take Effect Now
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a motion asking the Oregon Court of Appeals to allow Measure 114 to take effect while the state’s appeal of Harney County Judge Robert Raschio’s ruling proceeds through the court process. Measure 114 was passed by Oregon voters in November of 2022. Measure 114 establishes[Read More…]
Free Fishing Weekend Friday & Saturday
Oregon’s winter Free Fishing Weekend is Feb. 17-18, with no licenses or tags needed to fish, clam or crab. All other regulations apply. The middle Rogue River has been decent for winter steelhead, and Fish Lake and Lost Creek Reservoir have been producing some stocked spring Chinook. If you’re a[Read More…]
Chieftains Look To End The Season Strong
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team will have a whole summer’s worth of work to get ready for the 2024-25 season, but that off-season effort would get nothing short of a jump start if the Chieftains were able to end their season with a victory. The victory[Read More…]
Keeping Insulin, Prescriptions Affordable For Oregonians
The Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 1508, which caps the price of insulin at $35 and prevents Oregonians with chronic illnesses and disabilities, who are covered by Medicaid and the Oregon Health Plan, from facing higher costs. In recent years, the cost of insulin skyrocketed 55%. SB 1508 provides certainty[Read More…]
Junior Chiefs Go 19-9 At Home Meet
The Rogue Rover Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level wrestling meet went 19-9 in Southern Oregon Middle School Athletic Conference wrestling meet against wrestlers from Ashland, Hanby and Talent middle schools at James Martin Court on Tues., Feb. 6. The wrestlers were arranged in pods according to approximate weight. With girls’ wresting[Read More…]