Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer
West Nile virus has been detected again in mosquitoes in Jackson County, serving as a reminder that cooler September temperatures don’t necessarily mean the end of mosquito season. Mosquitoes collected Sept. 15 in north Medford tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the fifth positive mosquito detection in Jackson County[Read More…]
Zane Wardle and Vincent Lovato each scored three touchdowns, and Luke Murray one, as the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High junior high football team won at Prospect 56-8 on Wed., Sept. 16. The Junior Chieftains (2-0) led 30-8 at halftime. Miles Wolfe ran in for all seven of Rogue River’s[Read More…]
ODOT Highway Projects Continue Across Jackson and Josephine Counties Motorists should prepare for lane restrictions, nighttime ramp closures, and minor delays as highway construction continues throughout Jackson and Josephine counties. JACKSON COUNTY Work continues on the $6.1 million Lost Creek Lake Bridge project between mileposts 35.2 and 35.5 on Crater[Read More…]
A new chief at Jackson County Fire District 1 should be hired by the afternoon of Thurs., Sept. 24. Most of the eight candidates who applied to the position, currently held by six-year chief Mike Hammond, through the Special Districts Association of Oregon, will be in Rogue River at the[Read More…]
Long-time former Rogue River resident, NORMA HANDBURY, passed away peacefully on 8/12/26. She was surrounded by family where she lived at Morada Assisted Living in Arlington, Texas. She was 98. Born on 5/22/1928, Norma was raised in Iowa. There, she married her husband of 71 years, Richard Handbury. They moved[Read More…]
KRISTIN ANNETT THOMPSON, 74, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2026, in Grants Pass, Oregon. Kristin was born on July 17, 1952, in The Dalles, Oregon, to Charles and Hazel Harding. She was raised in The Dalles with her sibling, Arnold. In 1970, Kristin graduated from The Dalles High School[Read More…]
JUDY ANN GARZA, age 84, of Rogue River, died August 24, 2026, at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Rogue River Assembly of God Church in Rogue River, Oregon. Arrangements with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
Josh O’Gorman, who has been a physical education teacher and a coach in the Rogue River School District since 2021, was hired as the boys’ basketball coach at Rogue River Junior Senior High School during the Rogue River School Board meeting on Tues., Sept. 15. O’Gorman served as junior varsity[Read More…]
By the middle of this week, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High volleyball team will be in the midst of a run of matches and tournaments — five matches and two Saturday tournaments, to be exact — that lead right into the first matches in their new Class 2A league,[Read More…]
Rogue River girls’ soccer coach Clyde Fields is not easily satisfied, particularly with a win in his team’s opening match of the season. Still, he could find much to like, along with the understandable much to work on in the Chieftains’ 3-0 opening-day win against Madras at Beck Field on[Read More…]
