What began as a way to prepare military contractors for redeployment has grown into one of Southern Oregon’s most versatile community training groups. Rogue Protection Group (RPG), a veteran-owned business based in Rogue River, offers classes ranging from concealed carry and firearms safety to medical preparedness, situational awareness, and de-escalation[Read More…]
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Focused Girls’ Team Looking To Make Next Step
Rogue River wrestling coach Rob Isom, starting his 10th year with the program he’s molded on his own, said the stated goal for his boys’ and girls’ wrestling programs is to have as many as 15 qualifiers to the state meet and as many as five state placers, combined, between[Read More…]
The Salvation Army Calls For Urgent Volunteer Support
The Salvation Army is issuing an urgent call for volunteers as both Grants Pass and Jackson County face a critical shortage of bell-ringing coverage with only 15 days remaining in the 2025 Red Kettle season. Open volunteer opportunities across both counties threaten to limit the resources available to local families[Read More…]
Chieftains Look To Surprise Everybody
There probably isn’t much buzz around the state about the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball program. The team went 2-21 last year, following 20-loss seasons in 2023 and 2024, and hasn’t had a winning season in over a decade. But things were brewing in the last few weeks[Read More…]
Vehicle vs. Pedestrian
On Sunday, December 7, Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 99 (Rogue River Highway), near milepost 7, in Jackson County. The preliminary investigation indicated a southbound Hyundai Elantra, operated by Bobbie Rae Stinson-Payne of Grants Pass, struck a pedestrian, Jarrod Edward Garwood (43) of[Read More…]
Cheer Team Ready For Second Straight State Meet
After qualifying for the state cheer finals in her first season back as coach, following her team’s appearance in the state finals in 2016, Shae Watkins said she’s hungry for a return trip, as is her group of six returning competitors. For the uninitiated, Cheerleading is among the eight sports[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights For December 10, 2025
DEC. 11, 1980 Rogue Valley Cable TV, serving approximately 1,000 customers in the ten-mile area between Savage Creek Dam and just the other side of Gold Hill, was sadly saying goodbye to Channel 13 KTVU, an independent station based in Oakland, CA. KTVU’s daily programming consisted of Northern California sports,[Read More…]
Gunn, Anderson Win At Chiefs’ Opener
The youth prevailed for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ wrestling team as freshmen and sophomores accounted for two weight-class championships, a second-place finish, and a fourth-place finish, the bulk of the scoring for the Chieftains in their fifth-place finish as a team at the Dan Vidlak Invitational, their[Read More…]
ODOT Road Construction Update For December 10, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 1-163, Southern Oregon Wrong Way Driver Mitigation project ($2.5 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21699 This project improves safety along Interstate 5 by adding features that alert drivers when they enter an interchange off-ramp from the wrong direction. These enhancements include permanent signs, reflective pavement markings[Read More…]
Nine Wrestlers Place As Chiefs Take Second
Rogue River Jr./Sr. High wrestling coach Rob Isom had to be wondering what his Chieftain girls’ team might be like when the influx of young athletes joined his team, gaining at least a year of wrestling experience. He and the Chieftains got a taste of it in the team’s first[Read More…]