Rogue River News

Click this picture to view a larger image. 5K Women's Division winner, Susan Holt , finishes eighth overall and three minutes ahead of women's runner-up, Shannon Schlavore.

The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has received $22 million in federal stimulus funds to cut hazardous fuels near rural communities.

In 2008, at the request of the Save the Wild Rogue Campaign, I conducted two economic analyses concerning the Wild & Scenic Rogue River.

Kicking of Rooster Crow on Friday June 28 was a Rogue River Friends of the Library Book Sale, Piecemakers Quilt Show, the Kickoff Dinner and evening entertainment at the Woodville Museum Bandstand.

"Red Ryder", namesake of Red Ryder Shuttle owned by Jeff and Terry Seal took 5th Place at the 2009 Rooster Crow Championship.

By Teresa Pearson RR Press Publisher This weekend is very exciting!! Not only the 4th of July, but als o my youngest son will have his fifth birthday soon.

A nationally known author and sustainability activist will speak about building local sustainable economies in Ashland next week.

Leaking fuel from a two-vehicle collision on Rogue River Highway late this morning has closed the road.

Wanda R. Solace of Grants Pass received only minor injuries today when her car collided with a commercial truck on Rogue River Highway.

Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed for two hours early this morning after a four-vehicle accident near Rogue River that left one person dead.

Lost Creek Lake had its scarlet "A" officially removed Monday when public health officials - buoyed by reports proving that its toxic algae bloom was over - lifted the advisory against water contact there.

Federal stimulus money will pay for removal of another dam from the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, adding to a string of dam removals designed to help salmon and steelhead.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Oregon State Police didn't find too many people boating while intoxicated during a weekend crackdown from the mouth of the Rogue River to Foster Bar.

Oarsmen John scouts Rainie Falls during a raft trip on the wild part of the Rogue River in mid-May. KATHY KORENGEL/The News-Review "Get in the middle," our oarsman said calmly as we headed into the rollicking rapids.

By Andrea Calcagno A June 26, 2009 A ROGUE RIVER, Ore. - The city of Rogue River is preparing for the 57th annual Rooster Crow weekend.

By Steve Warga RR Press Staff Writer "Well, why not?" asks Bob Gail, chairman of the Rogue River Booster Club, circa 1953.

By Patricia Cruz RR Press Staff Writer Back strutting his stuff for Rooster Crow 2009 is Rogue River Press' own Leif Birdsall as Master of Ceremonies, announcing each parade entry as they approach the judges viewing stand at the intersection of Main and Depot Streets.

Good deeds are planned Saturday as Boy Scouts team up with U.S. Forest Service employees and volunteers to work on projects along the upper Applegate River.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Workers taking apart a dam on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon say they're at the end of the first part of the work.

The House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy Committee are expected to hold a hearing on these bills in the near future.