Three Douglas County nonprofit agencies were among 77 agencies awarded community grants by the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) of Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation.
Douglas County’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.3% in October, compared with a revised 5.7% in September. The rate is down from 6.5% in October 2020, according to data released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department.
A Roseburg homebuilder and his wife have lost their appeal of a previous ruling that they must pay more than $5 million for mismanaging a family trust, including borrowing millions of dollars and not paying it back.
Four insurance companies have filed a lawsuit against PacifiCorp and its subsidiary, Pacific Power, seeking more than $3 million for purported negligence in the Archie Creek Fire last year.
The convenience store attached to the Sinclair gas station at 792 NW Garden Valley Blvd. in Roseburg is undergoing a renovation inside and out, which when finished will result in a much bigger store with hot food, in-house ice cream and coffee, a full walk-in cooler, and more.
A Douglas County logging company has been named Operator of the Year for Southwest Oregon by the Oregon Board of Forestry.
The racketeering trial of well-known local winemaker John Olson, former owner of TeSoAria Vineyard & Winery in Roseburg, has been postponed yet again, this time just two weeks before it was scheduled to begin.
This is an unusually low unemployment rate for Oregon. Since 1976, when comparable records began, through October 2016, Oregon’s unemployment rate was never as low as 4.4%. However, during the economic expansion just prior to the pandemic recession, Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.4% or low…
After decades of growing fruits, vegetables and hay crops in its fields and making pies, turnovers and cinnamon rolls in its bakery for sale to the local community, Kruse Farms will soon be downsizing.
It started out as a straightforward hemp deal between two Douglas County businessmen.
It’s fall! The rains are upon us and aren’t we grateful after the long hot summer!
Two Douglas County companies that work with the Oregon Employment Department were recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor this week with the HIRE Vets Medallion Award for their investment in recruiting, employing, and providing long-term career opportunities to this nation’s veterans.
A city of Roseburg program that provides grants to businesses that promote tourism is back on track, after being suspended due to the fallout from COVID-19.
We can hardly to believe the holiday season is already here. Life seems to speed up this time of the year, and with Thanksgiving just weeks away, it’s a perfect time to reflect on what we can be thankful for. Please, take a few moments from your busy day, away from endless to do lists, and f…
Oregon’s total employment is projected to grow by 317,600 jobs between 2020 and 2030, according to new projections from the Oregon Employment Department that were released this week.
Watch where you crouch, especially if you’re working in a busy store like Walmart.
A crew works Tuesday at the site of a new Douglas County Farmers Co-op being constructed in Winston. The co-op held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the development.
A Douglas County woman has filed a complaint against a Roseburg real estate company for what she claims is representation so bad that it cost her a fifth-wheel trailer she owned, and the chance to buy a house she wanted.
Sarah Everman and Keith Tidball want people to know that they don’t have to spend a fortune for a good bottle of wine, and as owners of a new wine bar in downtown Roseburg, they aim to prove it.
Looking for something to do Friday afternoon and evening? A group of downtown Roseburg business owners have just the ticket: (Re)Discover Downtown.
Oakland’s favorite season is coming and the town is preparing.
Employment in Douglas County bounced back in September after a brief setback in August, according to data released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department.
A former employee of a Roseburg equipment rental business has filed a complaint against the company after he said his bosses wrote him up and then fired him because he filed a workers’ compensation claim against their wishes.
Hello from the Myrtle Creek ~Tri City Area Chamber. I hope this message finds everyone happy and healthy. I am excited to write about many exciting things that have happened recently or will be happening in the near future.
Workers this week tore down a vacant property on West Harvard Avenue to make way for what will be a new drive-thru ATM of Cascade Community Credit Union.
Roseburg Forest Products announced this week that it has purchased about 30,000 acres of timberland in the southern United States from Forest Investment Associates.
The fall season is upon us! We had a great summer with lots of events here in Drain and are looking forward to more fun for the upcoming holiday season.
Umpqua Holdings Corp., the parent company of Umpqua Bank, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Columbia Banking System, the parent company of Columbia State Bank, under which the companies will join together in an all-stock combination.
Darrell Orth knew a little something about Pete’s Drive-in when he decided to buy it five years ago. After all, Orth had worked there cutting french fries from the sixth through the eighth grade.
Enjoying the delicate sound of rain outside the open window as I type and loving it. Summer has its perks but there is something so pleasant about the season change. Have you made any plans for the fall? What was your best memory from this summer?
A Douglas County woman who said she became so sick after drinking a tainted cup of coffee from the 7-Eleven in Winston that she had to be rushed to the emergency room, has filed a civil complaint against the corporation and the local franchise owner.
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Three multi-million-dollar construction projects are underway – two in Roseburg and one on the western edge of Winston.
A California forest products company has acquired Seneca, a Eugene-based company that had owned more than 130,000 acres of land in Douglas County and employed about a dozen people here.
Walgreens has entered into an agreement to acquire Bi-Mart’s pharmacy business, which includes patient prescription files and related inventory of 56 Bi-Mart pharmacies located across Oregon, Idaho and Washington.
