The 36th annual Umpqua River Clean-Up Day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 28.
Douglas Forest Protective Association will officially end fire season within the Douglas District on Monday as a result of significant rainfall and an overall cooling trend in the area.
Opening night of the Umpqua Actors Community Theatre play "The Last Five Years" went a little different than expected Friday when law enforcement came in to evacuate the building.
Roseburg Police K-9 Nike spent his third birthday showing an alleged car thief what happens when you pretend to surrender — not once, but twice.
Two additional applicants filed for the interim Douglas County Clerk position by the Friday deadline. Both currently work in the Douglas County Clerk’s Office.
About 150 protesters stood on the sidewalk outside Fred Meyer on Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard on Friday to call for action on climate change. Climate strikes were being held around the country the same day.
Children stroll through the walkways at the hilly campus of Winchester Elementary School. Meanwhile on the other side of a blue slatted fence, garbage is piled high and the residents are known drug users.
Minestrone soup was on the menu Thursday for the students signed up for the after-school program Kids in the Kitchen at Jo Lane Middle School.
State Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg, filed Thursday for reelection to House District 2.
A 21-year veteran of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has been assigned to crack down on illegal trash dumping.
U.S. Senate candidate Paul Romero, Jr. believes socialism is growing in the Democratic Party, and he believes Oregon Democrats are increasingly disenchanted with their party because of it.
The Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host a free Veterans Stand Down at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 in the Building 16 auditorium at the VA campus, 913 NW Garden Valley Blvd., Roseburg.
Community rights will be the topic of a presentation at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Roseburg Public Library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
The Douglas County Transportation District will hold a public hearing Monday to consider changing the name of the district.
Douglas County school districts North Douglas, Elkton and Oakland scored above the state average on school assessments for English and math, according to results released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education.
Admission will be free Saturday to the Douglas County Museum of Natural & Cultural History, in celebration of the 14th annual National Museum Day.
Demonstrators are expected to gather Friday in Roseburg to call for immediate action on climate change. It’s one of many such demonstrations planned around the world that day.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Basin Water Association officials said Thursday the threat from Wednesday’s sewage spill has passed and the association is again taking in water from the North Umpqua River.
A 19-year-old man was injured after flipping his car on the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the West Harvard Avenue on-ramp Wednesday morning.
The League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley will register voters at a Roseburg bar next week.
WINCHESTER — The timber industry has changed, and with it, the education needed to succeed in the industry.
Mark Hopfer taught at Days Creek School District for 38 years before retiring in 2011, but it hasn’t slowed his passion for educating students.
Hucrest Elementary School students and staff start their day at school with a morning meeting each day. We see every class as a family who starts each day with a family meeting at the carpet.
MELROSE — Visitors to the sixth annual K-9s in the Grapevines event Saturday night at Melrose Vineyards watched police K-9s chase down “suspects” fleeing from police and then hanging on until police officers gave the command to let go.
Dan Loomis, an Army veteran and former Douglas County commissioner candidate, is the first person to file to run for Douglas County clerk in 2020.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin filed Friday to run for reelection to a fourth term, according to the Douglas County Elections Office.
Tickets are now on sale for the fourth annual Umpqua Community College Foundation Legacy Ball on Nov. 1 at Seven Feathers Casino Resort in Canyonville.
A Roseburg High graduate used his video filming talents to document plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean during an 80-day sailing expedition earlier this summer.
WINSTON — The Winston-Dillard Melon Festival, in its 51st year, began with overcast skies Saturday morning before giving way to blue skies and sun on a day that began with a parade and carried over to Riverbend Park.
A back to school event at Fremont Middle School doubled as a celebration of becoming the first Blue Zones Project Umpqua approved middle school last Monday.
WINCHESTER — A fire alarm went off in the community workforce training building at 9 a.m. Thursday on the Umpqua Community College campus.
A former groundskeeper for the Glide School District has been convicted on six counts in connection with sexually abusing his stepdaughter.
Students from Fir Grove Elementary School took turns Friday walking to Pete’s Drive-In to get ice cream with their classroom.
With protesters from the timber support group #TimberUnity gathered along the road, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown arrived at the Swanson Group Manufacturing studmill at about 10:45 a.m. Friday for a tour of the mill and a meeting with representatives from several sectors of the local business commu…
Roseburg High School's Career Center is hosting a financial aid workshop at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Roseburg High School Media Center.
Applications are open for high school juniors and seniors for the 2019-2020 United States Senate Youth Program.
Despite the recent rainfall, a small grass fire burned about half an acre east of Myrtle Creek on Thursday, according to the Douglas Forest Protective Association.
