Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Evans Valley Fire District’s proposed budget of $813,500 for the 2024-25 fiscal year received approval at the district’s budget committee during its meeting on Thurs., April 18. Chief Tom Davidson proposed a general fund sum of $1,146,343, a decrease from $1,273,606 from the 2023-24 budget. “That’s a 10.64 decrease from[Read More…]
Hunters have just a couple weeks left to apply for big game tags before the May 15 application deadline. Wildlife staff usually encourage hunters to apply as soon as possible, but are having some fun this year, too, facetiously saying to wait for the last minute to get the thrill[Read More…]
MAY 3, 1984 Gold Hill council members reluctantly voted to accept a final purchase price on the three and a half acre Gold Hill sewer plant site. To gain clear title to the land the city paid $11,563. The settlement came after years of negotiations, bickering and delays. Total purchase[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team was tasked with running through a gauntlet of a final stretch that included each of District 3’s three teams ranked in the Top 10 in Class 3A starting last week against No. 7 Cascade Christian. Challengers, behind solid pitching from two different[Read More…]
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s younger track and field athletes had a chance to shine in a large meet for their age group, and several made the most of it, with Wyatt Smith and Reagan Alden each placing in the top four in events at the Oregon Freshman Championships meet[Read More…]
The Rogue River City Council agreed to vote on a rate increase for Southern Oregon Sanitation (SOS) that will amount to an increase of 61 cents for a standard 35-gallon container at its regular meeting on Thurs., April 25. The franchise agreement between the city and SOS allows the refuse[Read More…]
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team continued its tour of Top-20-ranked baseball teams, who just happen to be in the Chieftains’ own Far West League, playing in Medford against Cascade Christian, the No. 7 team in Class 3A, the current second-place team in the FWL, in a Thurs.,[Read More…]
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 22-30, Bridge joint repairs This project will repair several bridges in the Medford and Phoenix areas. Watch for intermittent weeknight (Sunday to Friday, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.) lane closures in both directions between milepost 22 and 30. • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific[Read More…]
May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Oregon experiences its heaviest wildfire activity during the summer months, but fires occur all seasons of the year including spring. Keep Oregon Green, in partnership with federal, state, tribal and local fire agencies, will be spreading the word about the steps we all can take[Read More…]
The Rogue River City Council will have four positions up for election this November. That includes the mayor’s seat for what will, for the first time, be a four-year term, along with four-year council terms for Position Two, currently held by Grace Howell, Position four, held by Barb Hilty, and[Read More…]
