Former Rogue River resident, BARRY ANDREW SMITH, age 64, of Grants Pass, died August 15, 2023, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation center. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m., September 16 2023, at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors
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Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus
West Nile virus (WNv) has been detected in three mosquito samples collected on August 15, in east and south Medford as well as Phoenix. There have been four total WNv detections in Jackson County this year. In 2022, mosquitoes tested positive for WNv on eight occasions, each in August or[Read More…]
Paid Leave Oregon Applications Start
Paid Leave Oregon covers paid family leave, medical leave, and safe leave for working Oregonians. Benefits will start Sept. 3, but the program is accepting applications in the Frances system now to make sure there’s enough time to review initial claims. Benefit payments will begin to go out within two[Read More…]
Chase After Harassing Mercy Flights Ambulance Crews
Courtesy of Medford Police Dept. On Saturday morning, August 19th on two different incidents, the Medford Police Department received reports that a known subject, Parker Joseph Latham (31 years old) was harassing and interfering with different Mercy Flights Medical Ambulance crews at different locations throughout the city. The reports were[Read More…]
Fair Livestock Auction Over $2.8 Million
Jackson County Fair’s 4-H and FFA Jr. Livestock Auction Sales Just Over $2.8 Million The first Jackson County Fair was called the “Agricultural Show.” That Agricultural Show was held in October of 1859 (the same year Oregon became a State) in Jacksonville, Oregon. The Jackson County Fair Association was organized[Read More…]
Valley Of The Rogue State Park Will No Longer Include A Rest Area On I-5 Starting Sept. 5
The Valley of The Rogue State Park day-use area will no longer include an interstate rest area starting Sept. 5. Oregon State Parks and Recreation (OPRD) will continue to manage the park as a day use area and campground with a focus on recreation. The park is located at milepost[Read More…]
NOAA To Fund Oregon Salmon Project
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries division is recommending more than $100 million in funding for 16 new and continuing programs and projects in the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund grant program. NOAA, the Washington, D.C.–based scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce, distributes funds[Read More…]
Chief Concerned With School Starting
When Rogue River Police Chief Jim Williams has prepared his report for the City Council at its twice-monthly workshop sessions, he has kept the council abreast of its attempts at hiring either recruits or seasoned police officers. At the Thurs., Aug. 17 workshop, Williams told the council that one candidate[Read More…]
District Chooses Firm To Manage Bond Projects
The Rogue River School Board voted to hire the architectural and construction project management firm Klosh Group, Inc., as the managing entity for the projects associated with the district’s bond levy that was approved in May at the board’s Tues., Aug. 15 meeting. More than 57 percent within the district[Read More…]
Lightning-Caused Cal Fires Creating Smoke
Wildfire smoke the area hasn’t seen in at least three years has hit the area, with lightning caused fires sparked over the weekend brought a pall of gray smoke to Southern Oregon by Sun., Aug. 20. A fire at 1,624 acres near Hoopa, the Lone Pine Fire is south of[Read More…]
