Agness News

Kids, jet boats, and a barbeque made up the 2009 Rogue River Cleanup held last Saturday, May 30.

Associated Press A May 15, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. -- A light snowpack has allowed highway crews to plow the snow well before the traditional Memorial Day opening for a popular mountain road to the Southern Oregon coast.

Thanks to a lighter-than-usual snowpack in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains, the snow has been plowed from the nearly 50-mile Bear Camp Coastal Route between Galice and Agness.

The following information is taken from the daily logs of local law enforcement agencies.

With March unadjusted employment figures in Curry County now exceeding 15 percent, the county's first experience with a "shovel ready" project under the federal stimulus package didn't exactly put people to work from our county.

Between the years of 1851 and 1856, the Rogue River Wars were waged throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California, with some brief intermissions.

Click this picture to view a larger image. One of the proposals is to prohibit motorized use on the 17.2-mile Silver Peak-Hobson Horn Trail located on both the Gold Beach and Wild Rivers Ranger Districts and the 3-mile Fish Hook Trail , also located on both Ranger Districts.

James Ellis Bennett, 28, Hanford, Calif., was convicted March 30 of driving while suspended.

Back in the 1970s when timber "was being cut like crazy," according to Walt Schroeder, and the county was flush with dollars, the county commissioners hired a woman named Rebecca DeWulf to record an oral history of Curry County.

The following information is taken from the daily logs of local law enforcement agencies.

The expected budgets keep rolling in. Superintendent Jeff Davis stated the Central Curry School District will be fine for the rest of this year.

Yes, that really was an earthquake many of you felt in the early hours last Thursday morning.

The following information is taken from the daily logs of local law enforcement agencies.

Agness residents could have operational cell phone service within 30 days, County 911 Supervisor Mike Brace said Friday after construction began this week to add AT&T equipment to the county's new communication ...

The Oregon State Legislature passed a motion to set aside January 27 of each year to recognize the Fire Service Departments for their often heroic efforts in saving and protecting structures and property from ...

Winter steelhead fishing is in a transition on the Rogue this week as lowering and clearing water is forcing anglers to change tactics and locations to catch fish.

Pop quiz. Pick one of three rivers within a 30-mile radius of Brookings that kicked out fair numbers of steelhead last week.

Trapping with culled pears dramatically reduces Foothill Road herd and the orchard and fence damage it has caused Loading... Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Steve Niemela baits a Roosevelt elk ...

The cold blast of winter storms much like our country's chilly economic condition signaled the last week of 2008.

As the year 2009 begins to unfold, yet another new beginning takes form as the two new commissioners, Bill Waddle and George Rhodes, both from Brookings, took their seats this past Monday next to Commissioner ...