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You've probably got one sitting in the back corner of your cupboard. Or maybe it's out in the garage on a shelf. You know it's supposed to be used in the kitchen. more...
  02/05/2010 2:40pm
Tim Allen of Tim Allen Equipment said he started the locally-owned company in 2002 and recently launched a new division called Roseburg Rental at the same location
  02/05/2010 2:38pm
Some of us became habitual newspaper readers when we were still kids, especially if our families subscribed to daily delivery. It wasn't necessarily the news about politics or world events, or even the sports, that hooked us.
  02/05/2010 2:34pm
Interesting reactions to last Sunday's “Second Thoughts” regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's disastrous decision allowing unlimited corporate and union spending in political campaigns have prompted a second chapter on a more local...
  02/05/2010 6:33pm
Each February, the Douglas County Health Department sends letters to parents of children who are not current on their school-required immunizations.
  02/05/2010 12:07pm
I wish someone would explain to me how computers and today's technology have made living easier. I am told by my software engineer son, Jack, that life is easier, but when my telephone company says I now have to dial ten digits to telephone my...
  02/05/2010 10:05am
People in Roseburg neighborhoods may be receiving not one but two census forms to be filled out in the coming months. In responding to these two very different documents residents will face a mystifying contrast, and one that may occasion some concern.
  02/05/2010 10:03am
A couple of years ago my wife and I each took a retirement readiness test with a possible score of 26 points. She scored a 24 and I tallied a two. A few months later she retired from her position as a library/media specialist.
  02/02/2010 1:03pm
Throughout my life I've kept a running list of purchases that seemed like a good idea at the time, but now, in the harsh light of day, leave me scratching my head and asking, “What was I thinking?”
  01/29/2010 5:16pm
Jupiter sinks as Venus soars. These bright planets will only briefly share the sky, barely peeking above the west-southwestern horizon in the evening twilight.
  01/29/2010 12:46pm
Some Supreme Court decisions seem distant and often irrelevant to main street Douglas County. But the latest one, allowing unlimited cash support of ... or opposition to ... political candidates should rattle the teeth from “tea partiers” to...
  01/31/2010 11:16am
The OSU Extension Service will be offering a great no-school day opportunity for kids in the third to fifth grades on Presidents Day, Feb. 15th. It is the Annual 4-H Forestry FUN Day, which is an afternoon packed with fun and games. If you are looking...
  01/29/2010 12:56pm
I have never missed a deadline in my 60-odd years as a journalist, but there is always a first time. The News-Review features editor, Craig Reed, asked me to join readers and write 100 words about the wonders of the 100 valleys of the Umpqua for an...
  01/28/2010 4:31pm
The pun is often called the lowest form of humor, and yet most puns do not produce laughter, but — as the crossword wisdom has it — groans.
  01/22/2010 2:38pm
As homeowners begin trying to squeeze food gardens into their limited landscape space, people have started to experiment with blended food and ornamental gardens.
  01/22/2010 2:05pm
One of the joys when building our home several years ago was the addition of a large HDTV on the wall and a very nice, state-of-the-art sound system. Great for sports and action movies. We've enjoyed it.
  01/22/2010 5:15pm
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