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Deputies Discuss Boat Safety
ASHLAND, Ore. — Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies say spring 2013 is already proving to be a dangerous season on Southern Oregon waterways. There have been boat crashes on both the Rogue River and...
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Firefighters Hold River Rescue Course
GOLD HILL, Ore. – Personnel from police and fire agencies across the Rogue Valley are learning how to tame the Rogue River. It’s part of a voluntary weekend-long training course. Officials say river...
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Annual Rooster Crow Event Begins!
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Today kicks off the National Rooster Crowing Contest in Rogue River. Rooster crow signs are all around the town. This has been an annual event for 60 years. The community center is...
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Rogue River Levels Lower Than Last Year
NEAR SHADY COVE, Ore. — The extreme heat and lack of rain is causing lower water levels along the Rogue River, and water managers are working to make sure there’s enough to help farmers, fish, and...
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Rafting Companies Benefit In Hot Weather
MERLIN, Ore. — As temperatures rise, so do the number of rafters along the Rogue River. Orange Torpedo Trips in Merlin said the heat has caused their August rush to come early this year. Their shed...
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Water Rescue Training Begins
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. – Some of the people who typically are out rescuing stranded river goers on waterways throughout Oregon are sharpening their skills and learning new techniques this week. Twenty...
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Rogue Is The Only Route For Fire Crews
NEAR GALICE, Ore. — Fire crews and local rafting guides teamed up and packed up rafts full of supplies and floated down the Rogue’s rapids to structures in danger. Firefighters from across the country...
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Grass Fires Along I-5 Near Rogue River
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Two grass fires have started along I-5 three miles south of Rogue River. The first is southbound near mile marker 45.5 and the second is northbound near mile marker 48. Expect...
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Friday Night Blitz Preseason Special
The NewsWatch 12 Sports team previews the 2013 high school football season. Stories include: how the smoke from nearby fires has and will affect the teams in Grants Pass, an up-and-coming star at...
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Park Study Conducted on Rogue River
GOLD HILL, Ore. — A project to develop a world-class whitewater park on the Rogue River at Gold Hill is moving a step forward this week. A team of volunteers, and scientists from a Corvallis company...
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House Fire in Rogue River
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Just before sunrise on Friday, a neighborhood in Rogue River woke to a fire burning through the roof of a home. The house fire was reported in Rogue River on the 100 block of Evans...
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Woman in Jail for Murder; Identity Theft
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. – A 65-year old Rogue River woman is in jail for murder. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Susan Monica is also facing identity theft and theft charges. Deputies were...
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Murder Investigation Continues
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Caution tape blocks off the private driveway that leads to a property where two sets of human remains have been found. The road to this point in the investigation began on New...
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Deputy D.A. Speaks on Murder Case
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Detectives are not slowing down at the scene of the double murder case in Rogue River. Law enforcement officers are still serving search warrants on Susan Monica’s property. Deputy...
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Suspicious Device is Exercise Equipment
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Rogue River Police now say the suspicious object blown up by the bomb squad on Thursday was a piece of exercise equipment. The Oregon State Police bomb squad detonated the object...
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Susan Monica: A Deeper Look, Part 1
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. –”This is Susan Monica, I”m here in Rogue River, Oregon.” Susan Monica popped up on Youtube two and a half years ago. She recorded a six minutes video, and explained that the U.S....
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Potential Whitewater Park Explored
GOLD HILL, Ore. — The Rogue River roared as a group toured the rapids led by a man who has plans to make a three hundred yard stretch of the river a prime destination for kayakers around the world....
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Rain Leads to High Water Levels
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. – River levels were noticeably higher Monday morning after rainfall in the Rogue Valley over the weekend. From Sunday to Monday, Rogue River water levels increased by about seven feet...
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New Proposals Could Impact Miners
ROGUE RIVER, Ore.–New rules are being proposed to deal with mercury levels in the Rogue River, but gold miners are not happy about it. At a hearing Monday night, miners said they are being blamed for a...
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Deadly House Fire is Accidental
[UPDATE 6:45 P.M.] — Rogue River Police have confirmed the cause of an overnight house fire in Rogue River that killed two people and sent a third to the hospital. Police said, Johanna Campbell-Smith,...
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