Timber companies say a bill proposed in the Oregon State Legislature intends to cripple logging operations across the state.
It’s officially spring and oh how we are enjoying the sun and the beauty of nature. Our volunteer-maintained flower boxes in the downtown area are blooming gloriously.
Frasier’s Barbershop opened at 655 SE Jackson St. in Downtown Roseburg. Joshua Frasier runs the walk-in only barbershop after being overseas with the National Guard for a year.
Customers pop their heads in the door and lounge in the chairs against the long wall as if they were sitting in Floyd Lawson’s barbershop, waiting for Sheriff Andy Griffith to walk through the door any second.
Roseburg Forest Products is halting all production and sale of wood siding products made with okoume wood after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement informed the company of an investigation into whether suppliers got the wood from illegal logging in the Congo Basin rainforest.
When Zak Otjen stepped into a grocery store during the recent snowstorm, he saw a flock of people unprepared for any sort of disaster, despite having a disaster food company in the city.
There’s no shortage of farmers markets in Oregon.
Aspen Chiropractic added a new location in Roseburg to bring Oregon Health Plan services closer to people who need them.
WINSTON — Shirley Rummel and Robert Zuver were honored with the First Citizen awards at the Winston Area Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Banquet on Monday night.
Fruits, veggies and sandwiches sit in the cooler by the front door of Downtown Market while the rest of the large room is stocked with 25 coolers of alcohol, a back shelf with cigarettes and shelves with snack food and wine.
As the new Chamber President of the Myrtle Creek/Tri City Area Chamber of Commerce, this is my first Chamber Update. I (Carol Olson) am the owner of Homestead Furniture & Gifts in Myrtle Creek.
Umpqua Community College will receive a pair of new semitrucks for its truck driving program.
Firehouse Fudge is closing its storefront, but owner and fudge maker Dean Martin will still be taking his plethora of flavors to farmers markets and festivals.
Asbestos removal for the old Safeway building at 406 SE Rose St. started on Wednesday. The building will go in front of the Historic Resource Review Commission on March 20 before it can receive a complete demolition permit.
Douglas County unemployment in January increased to 5.8 percent from 5.4 percent in December according to the latest Oregon Employment Department numbers. From last January, the unemployment rate increased from 5.3 percent.
Zach Iachini knew there had to be a quicker, safer way to give customers quotes on their roofs.
The Downtown Roseburg Association released a survey on Monday asking what people think of downtown and what they want it to be.
Circle Star Ranch claims the Parrott House asked to have four pigs slaughtered in June and July, but when it came time to pay, the owner said she never ordered the pigs.
Mawson Resources, an Australian mining company with its major drilling sites in Finland received drilling permits from the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in October and drilled two holes in the fall with plans to resume mining in the spring.
Chairman and CEO Michael Hudson said it could be 10 years before the company pursues permitting a mine in the area.
The Oregon Department of Forestry encourages landowners to act quickly to remove downed or damaged trees to prevent a native pest from damaging more trees.
The Food and Drug Administration warned on Tuesday that it found asbestos in three cosmetics from Claire’s, which sells jewelry and makeup to teenagers.
The people who started buying the town of Tiller in June still don’t have a master plan — but they're working on one.
Local property managers and landlords say Oregon’s first-in-the-nation rent control law will hurt the state in the long run by discouraging developers and pushing homeowners to sell off their units.
Community members and supporters for the people of Weed, California, brought a complaint again the the Forest Stewardship Council for it’s “Responsible Timber” certification for Roseburg Forest Products production facility in the city of Weed.
When Douglas County woke up on the Monday of the snow storm, everyone who had an appointment at Lithia Paint and Body cancelled.
J.C. Penney Company Inc. announced on Friday it would close 18 full-line stores — including three announced in January — and nine furniture stores across the country. The Roseburg J.C. Penney store, however, will stay open.
Swanson Group announced the permanent closure of its sawmill in Glendale on Friday.
As cracks and snow-leadened thuds scared home and car owners through the nights on Sunday and Monday of this past week, orchard owners worried about the damage to the trees themselves.
SUTHERLIN — Tuffie Curtis Jr. of Sutherlin thought losing power in his temporary home at Techbuilt Inc. was a challenge already, until he heard a sound and discovered snow had brought down half of the building.
With the snow dumping outside, employees at Shop Smart in Sutherlin were handling transactions with “flashlights, calculators and pencils,” said Clay Firestone, the store’s assistant manager.
As we work our way through the last official month of winter, it’s a great time to recap what we’ve been up to in the Yoncalla area.
Local cannabis dispensary owners and managers hope a hearing at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee will mean better access to banking options.
The Sutherlin School District School Board voted on Monday to reconfigure grade levels next year in an effort to help evenly distribute students among schools and increase student achievement.
City of Roseburg Public Works Commission recommended several projects at the Feb. 14 meeting. It recommended the City Council authorize the 2019 Pavement Rehabilitation design services, a preliminary design contract for the Douglas Avenue Improvements and an agreement to pre-fund the design …
MYRTLE CREEK — According to Jim, the Redbarn Dispensary in Myrtle Creek is “one of the most beautiful dispensaries in the state of Oregon."
NeighborWorks Umpqua introduced a new data analysis business on Friday to help non profit organizations and small businesses.
WINSTON — Mark and Lydia Nunnelee brew their beer in a separate building at their home a drive away from the taproom, but with the increasing demand both in the bar and on the order sheet, the homebrew system can’t keep up.
