- Building owners to Roseburg: Let’s make a deal
- Meet Your Merchant: Roseburg brothers find partnership in Your Kitchen & Bath
- Belly dance competition provides outlet for women of all shapes and sizes
- Rose closes doors after final field day
- Swearing leads to altercation, arrests at Gaddis Park in Roseburg
Roseburg High graduate Ally Malone in Alabama to compete for Distinguished Young Woman
After capturing two titles, Roseburg High School graduate Ally Malone hopes to bring home one more. Malone, who graduated this month, departed Saturday for Mobile, Ala., where she will represent Oregon and compete against 49 other young women June 2 …
Read More »Building owners to Roseburg: Let’s make a deal
If the city of Roseburg buys an abandoned Rite Aid, the current owners will invest the money into remodeling their vacant Safeway across the street, the son of the owner said Monday. “We would take the proceeds from that project and dump them rig …
Read More »Farm to Fork: Riggs Family Gardens cultivates local clientele
Do you shop the farmers markets of Douglas County? If you answered “yes,” chances are you are familiar with Riggs Family Gardens. Jon and Akiyo Riggs have been growing a variety of naturally raised veggies and fruits for almost 20 years. While still …
Read More »Douglas County sheriff’s deputies practice responding to school emergencies
GREEN — Douglas County sheriff’s deputies in combat gear stormed the halls of Sunnyslope Elementary on Monday, practicing to respond to campus emergencies. All week, deputies are going through annual training exercises, which also include testing th …
Read More »Jemelene Wilson: Words of (parenting) wisdom
Recently, a friend in an online group posed other mothers a question. She had concerns about her daughter’s first boyfriend. It generated great discussion regarding rules, boundaries and values. Moms are usually happy to offer their own perspective. …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Roseburg brothers find partnership in Your Kitchen & Bath
Mike Zerbach worked in construction in the Roseburg area. Mark Zerbach worked for Boeing in the Seattle area. Despite the distance, the brothers talked regularly over 30 years or so. One subject that came up repeatedly during their phone calls in re …
Read More »Neighbors: Melanie Prummer came from Down Under to give others a boost up
Fifteen years ago, Australia native Melanie Prummer arrived in America with nothing but two suitcases and $100 in her pocket. The director of Battered Persons’ Advocacy was 21 at the time. While serving as a medic in the Royal Australian Army Reserv …
Read More »Homegrown in Douglas County: Roseburg Hydraulic Cylinder
Editor’s Note: The following is the 17th in a monthly series, Homegrown: Made in Douglas County. Profiles of companies with roots deep in Douglas County will be featured in this series. To suggest a company, email business reporter Craig Reed at cree …
Read More »Belly dance competition provides outlet for women of all shapes and sizes
CANNONYVILLE — Growing up in a cabin without electricity outside Mount Shasta, Calif., Serene Knight practiced dancing to her father’s hand drums. She was picked on as a child for being different, she said, and belly dancing was where she found com …
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