By Christy Solo – Editor As the Upper Rogue Independent continues to kick off our 50th year of publication, and because this – our last printed issue (for the foreseeable future) – is a special Collector’s Edition – we thought we’d take a stroll down…
By Julia Butler – GEMS Reporter The Hop to it Gems 4-H rabbit club had its first meeting of the year Nov.15th. Club leaders are Deb Brown and Kristy Grieve. Before the meeting, the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H pledge were said. After the…
By Christy Solo – Editor Several thousand containers of grated cheese which were recalled in Nov. 2025 due to listeria concerns have been bumped up to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most high-risk recall category. The recall is now a Class I recall. What…
By Wayne Lee – Sports Editor The Eagle Point City Council held their first meeting of the new year Jan. 13 which was dedicated to kicking off 2026 with four resolutions. This is the same process each year as Mayor Kathy Sell made appointments of…
By Christy Solo – Editor In our Jan. 21, 2026 Shady Cove City Council meeting article we mentioned that government transparency is not council (or county commissioners or state level elected officials) answering questions asked by the public in the course of a public meeting.…
By Wayne Lee – Sports Editor Eagle Point residents in the 400 block of Crystal drive found their street blocked off for roughly 12 hours Jan. 6 as local police served a search warrant on a home that had been the subject of complaints dating…
By Christy Solo – Editor There was one item added to the Jan. 15 Shady Cove City Council Meeting agenda; “City Administrator Employment.” Mayor Lena Richardson began the discussion on this topic saying, “This agenda item is related to a personnel matter, which is also…
By Christy Solo – Editor By the time you read this the Upper Rogue Independent will be online! So we thought we’d go over some basics again and answer some questions we’ve received from readers. We’ve already entered all the active subscribers into the website…
By Hansi Lo Wang – NPR (NPR) Changes at the U.S. Postal Service are forcing people who rely on postmarks when voting, filing taxes or mailing legal documents to be extra careful when cutting it close to deadlines. Postmarks include the dates that USPS stamps…