Pilot Rock News

Through the years, I've heard stories of a grizzly bear named Clubfoot. I hear he was notorious for killing livestock around the Pilot Rock area, and that he was caught in a trap; that's how he became Clubfoot.

There always seems to be one tavern in every town that's the favorite of the locals, has great "tavern food," where you're comfortable as an old shoe and you're sure to find not only your favorite micro-brew, but your favorite friends waiting for you.

A fire has destroyed the only bar in Pilot Rock. The Round-Up Room went up in smoke Monday at about 6:30 a.m. Pilot Rock Fire Chief Brian Hemphill says the first firefighters tried to attack the flames from inside, but had to retreat and fight from the outside until additional volunteers arrived.

From the top of Soda Mountain, Mount Shasta can be seen in the distance. On the valley floor is Irongate Reservoir.

Six-year-old Lucas Patterson is happy to demonstrate his hip hop dance moves or his creativity with Legos, K'nex and pretty much anything he can build with.

Six-year-old Lucas Patterson is happy to demonstrate his hip hop dance moves or his creativity with Legos, K'nex and pretty much anything he can build with.

Terry Edmond Smock, 69, a former Sweet Home resident, died June 22, 2009 in Newport.

PILOT ROCK, Ore. - A subsidiary of Boise Cascade has bought a sawmill at Pilot Rock in northeastern Oregon.

An Athena police officer is in custody charged with sodomy, sexual abuse and online corruption of a minor.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will begin closing vehicle access to the newly minted Soda Mountain Wilderness Area early next week.

Ever since settlers began arriving in the Rogue Valley in the mid-1800s, Pilot Rock near the Siskiyou Summit has been a guiding landmark.

Talent residents can look forward to having smoother roads in town by the end of the year.