Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
Landowners can get free wildlife forage seed next Thursday thanks to generous donations from the Rogue Valley, Curry, Josephine, and State-level Chapters of the Oregon Hunters Association, matched with federal funds granted to the Department of Fish and Wildlife through the Pittman-Robertson Act’s Wildlife Restoration Program. Landowners are eligible for[Read More…]
Artificial intelligence is giving scammers new ways to create convincing investment pitches, fake websites, realistic videos, and persuasive messages, according to a warning from the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation. Although AI can help consumers learn about investing and financial products, fraudsters are using the same technology to make scams[Read More…]
This Week in Rogue River History SEPT. 16, 1981 Gold Hill — Crowds once again swarmed the bridge, beach, and roads between Gold Hill and Rogue River to witness the Fifth Annual Great Raft Race. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves throughout the day and into the evening, especially the racers.[Read More…]
The U.S. Postal Service has opened its 114th year of USPS Operation Santa and is accepting holiday letters from children and families throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Each year, thousands of letters addressed to Santa arrive at the North Pole. Through Operation Santa, registered individuals and[Read More…]
Ready for a chance to play a team closer to its size than its Week One opponent, 3A Brookings-Harbor, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team didn’t get a reprieve against local rival, sometimes in league, sometimes not, Glide on the road on Fri., Sept. 11 in a 46-21[Read More…]
Home repairs can be expensive, stressful, and difficult to evaluate—especially when a contractor insists that the work must be completed immediately. Dishonest contractors use these pressures to convince homeowners to pay for unnecessary repairs, accept poor-quality work, or hand over money for projects that are never completed. Older adults are[Read More…]
Zane Wardle scored a pair of touchdowns and ran for 120 yards, as the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Junior High-level football team won at Talent 26-12 in its first game of the season on Wed., Sept. 9. Dane Alvarez Jr. is the Junior Chieftains coach this fall, with Derek[Read More…]
The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a planned wild horse rescue operation on Riddle Mountain after a temporary restraining order was issued in connection with ongoing litigation. The operation had been scheduled to begin Sept. 9. According to the BLM, the herd faces severe shortages of food and water[Read More…]
The Oregon National Guard and U.S. Navy broke ground Sept. 9 on a new Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range at the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility, launching construction on a project more than two decades in the making. The $12 million facility will be Oregon’s first and only Army-standard crew-served weapons[Read More…]
Motorists traveling through Jackson and Josephine counties should watch for lane closures, reduced speeds, and construction crews in several highway work zones. JACKSON COUNTY Work continues on the $6.1 million Lost Creek Lake Bridge project between mileposts 35.2 and 35.5. The project includes repairs and upgrades to the bridge deck,[Read More…]
