Rogue Valley newspaper in Southern Oregon. Rogue River Press serves Rogue River, Gold Hill, and Wimer 6i5a61
OHA Continues To Focus On Programs With Proven Impact To Get At Root Causes Of Addiction, Address Behavioral Health Needs Across Oregon Oregon’s overdose deaths decreased 22% between December 2023 and December 2024, a trend similar to that experienced nationwide, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
More than 60 adults in custody (AICs) capped off a week of classroom wildland fire training with a hands-on field day at South Fork Forest Camp (SFFC) in the middle of the Tillamook State Forest this week. The AICs rotated between four stations to demonstrate and improve critical skills they[Read More…]
HB 3560 Aims To Ensure Access To Affordable Child Care For Children And Families On May 19, the Oregon Senate unanimously ed HB 3560, legislation that expands locations where child care centers may be permitted, making it easier to open and operate facilities in neighborhoods, near schools, parks, and places[Read More…]
South Valley Academy has outgrown even the Live Oak Grange for its graduation ceremony. “What a wonderful problem to have. We have so many graduates and families wanting to celebrate them,” Principal Jennifer Parks said about a half-hour after being hired as principal at South Valley, the district’s brick-and-mortar/online hybrid[Read More…]
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) s Oregon Department of Forestry and other local, statewide and national partners in recognizing May as Wildfire Awareness Month. Campfires are a beloved tradition when visiting Oregon State Parks, and staff encourage visitors to enjoy them safely when and where permitted. The first step[Read More…]
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High golf coach Rob Isom called this season a “rebuilding year” back in March, and the season did present itself, more than others in recent memory, to learn to play the game and be coached in it. The Chieftain boys finish ninth in the Class 3A/2A/1A[Read More…]
JACKSON COUNTY • OREGON 99 (Rogue River Highway), MP 10.8-12.2, Birdseye Creek, Foots Creek and Millers Gulch Bridge replacement project ($11 million), https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=22290 This project will replace three 1920s-era bridges on Rogue River Highway with structures that are better able to withstand earthquakes. The bridges are located east of the[Read More…]
MAY 22, 2024 Through deft, determined, and coordinated police efforts on both ends of the valley, an arrest was made for the May 13th afternoon robbery at Umpqua Bank in Rogue River. Rogue River Police Department reported on May 18th that 52-year-old Timothy Michael Spencer was arrested following a robbery[Read More…]
The improvement was evident this season for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball program through 2025. It wasn’t so much the four more victories the Chieftains accumulated during the season than they did in 2024, finishing 6-18, 3-12 in the 3A Southern Oregon Conference with their 20-3 and 10-0[Read More…]
There wasn’t much suspense regarding the election of the Rogue River School Board directors. Each of the incumbents was up for election. There wasn’t much suspense regarding the election of directors of the Evans Valley Fire District. Two had announced their intentions not to run, and their apparent replacements, both[Read More…]
