A researcher at Oregon State University has developed a new way to predict the future price of logs that uses readily accessible economic information, information that could be critical at a time when lumber prices are skyrocketing.
The old Valley Hotel in downtown Roseburg is filling up with people again — this time in the form of an apartment building — after being vacant for more than 40 years.
The Umpqua Indian Development Corp., the business division of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, has raised the minimum wage it will pay its workers to $14 per hour.
We all know how hard it’s been to keep a small business going this past year. Imagine what it must be like to START a business during the pandemic.
A decision on whether to allow WinCo Foods to build a supermarket at the site of the vacant Kmart will not be rendered for at least six weeks, and most likely longer, as the legal wrangling over the proposal has begun.
Employment in Douglas County continues to rebound from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic last year, with payroll employers adding a net of 160 jobs in February, after a loss of 30 jobs in January and 190 in December.
Back in 1921, several Douglas County farmers formed a cooperative to secure needed farming supplies and to save money in the process. They named the co-op the Douglas County Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange.
Douglas County businesses have received hundreds of federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in 2020 and 2021, records from the nonprofit ProPublica database show.
The decision to build a WinCo Foods supermarket in Roseburg has been a long time coming.
NeighborWorks Umpqua, which has been struggling financially for several years and lost its top two executive officers on the same day in February, has hired a new chief financial officer.
Adapt, the Roseburg-based nonprofit agency that provides myriad primary care and behavioral health services in four Southern Oregon counties, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and with the milestone comes a new name.
After nearly three months of rapid increases, Oregonians can expect to see a cooling off period when they pull up to the pumps.
Choosing when you run your dishwasher or clothes dryer could deliver big savings on your power bill under new options available to Pacific Power customers in Oregon.
Roseburg officials hired a Portland consulting firm to analyze the downtown parking situation, and they discovered what many people who have to park there already knew — it’s a bit of a mess.
In honor of National Ag Week, March 21-27, I’d like to share a few things I’ve learned while working for Oregon Farm Bureau since 2004.
Casey and Grace showed people around their new play area, during the virtual grand opening of the cat lounge at Saving Grace Pet Adoption Center.
The patio at Skog’s restaurant in Oakland has been closed by Douglas County building officials because the owners did not obtain the required permits for the space.
For the past 13 years, one of Travis Nash’s favorite things was to walk into his Pass Creek Nursery greenhouses and see all the happy plants waiting to greet him.
MYRTLE CREEK — School buses, log trucks and passenger cars blared their horns and waved as Scooby-Doo, donning a slightly askew Irish top hat, greeted them near the center of downtown Wednesday.
Two restaurants located next to each other in a Roseburg strip mall are the subjects of complaints filed with the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleging the businesses were not following COVID-19 safety regulations.
Oregon’s unemployment rate edged down slightly in February, going from 6.2% in January to 6.1% last month, according to data released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department.
TENMILE — Ryder Sawyer, a seventh grader at Camas Valley Charter School, has had several business ventures, and now he’s bringing other young entrepreneurs together.
The Record Loft is a designated area upstairs at Good Vibrations where 2 channel audio, turntables, and vinyl are celebrated, according to owner John Hooper
Say what you want about Sam Gross, but the man stays busy.
NeighborWorks Umpqua, a Roseburg nonprofit agency that over the decades has helped thousands of low-income families with housing, economic assistance and other forms of aid, is facing some financial issues of its own.
It looks like another apartment complex is coming to the Diamond Lake Boulevard corridor, east of downtown Roseburg, bringing the total to about 400 units becoming available there.
WINSTON — Wildlife Safari’s education team acknowledged this school year has been different than those that came before it, so to help children learn about animals they created Creature Crates.
Douglas County’s unemployment rate continued its downward slide, dropping from 6.4% in December to 6.1% in January, according to data released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department.
Welcome friends! Here in beautiful downtown Riddle spring is on the horizon. The many bulbs that were planted by volunteers last fall are pushing their way through the wet and mud; soon beautiful daffodils will be making their cheery appearance!
The owner of the Roseburg Pet Crematorium is building a bigger facility at 635 NE Chestnut Ave., also in Roseburg, in order to handle the businesses’ growing customer base.
From plants to porta-potties, tractors to trinkets, homespun crafts to window dressings, the 2021 Umpqua Valley Home and Garden Show had a little something for everyone Saturday.
Over the past year, Douglas County residents have enjoyed moderate prices when they pull up to a gas pump.
Like just about all business owners, Heidi Lael, owner of the fine dining restaurant The Parrott House in south Roseburg, had a difficult go of it in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lael closed her restaurant down for six months, and in doing so lost most of her two dozen employees. Th…
