MYRTLE CREEK — Nathan White was teaching art classes at Coffenberry Middle School on Tuesday when three representatives from Northwest Community Credit Union came in with balloons and a big check.
CRATER LAKE — Officials say the Army Corps of Engineers Road System at Crater Lake National Park is among Oregon’s latest entries in the National Register of Historic Places.
Christmas tree tags will be available from Nov. 25 to Dec. 24 from the Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg District and the Umpqua National Forest.
The 2019 Douglas County Christmas Tree — a 45-foot-tall Douglas fir tree — arrived Wednesday at the Douglas County Courthouse in Roseburg and was raised into its customary position, front and center on the courthouse lawn.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, introduced federal legislation last week that aims to improve the safety of pipelines transporting gas.
Safety, security and energy efficiency are the key focuses of a Glendale School District tax levy on the May 2020 ballot and have been at the forefront of discussions regarding the bond from the start.
Saving Grace Pet Adoption Center had an unexpected intake of 24 bunnies and is now looking for foster parents, supplies and adopters.
A lien has been placed on the property in Sutherlin a developer wants to turn into a theme park, which along with permitting issues, have put the project in limbo.
The Roseburg Police Department is warning people of misinformation being spread on social media that is causing “unnecessary alarm.”
An Oregon State Police trooper is on administrative leave after being accused of drunken driving Sunday night and crashing his car west of Roseburg.
There were feisty kittens playing with plastic covers, cuddly kittens waiting for hugs and sleepy kittens having purr-fect dreams at Saturday’s adoption event by New Beginnings SPCA at Petco in Roseburg’s Garden Valley Shopping Center.
Twenty-three babies whose cremated remains had been left on a mortuary shelf were remembered in a ceremony Sunday at Roseburg Memorial Gardens, where the remains have now been buried.
A loving father. A happy little girl.
SUTHERLIN — Applying medication to a goat, handling a bull and being able to identify different parasites are just a few of the things Umpqua District FFA students were doing during Thursday evening’s Veterinary Science Career Development Event.
A recent analysis said the population of Douglas County jumped by one-half percent this past year, the lowest population growth rate in Oregon for counties with populations of 100,000 or more.
A Douglas County judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Optima LLC against Atrio Health Plans LLC should be transferred to Marion County in Salem, where the Atrio administration offices are now located.
After several months of being closed, Casa de Belen reopened its doors Monday to provide shelter for transitional housing for Douglas County youth.
An inclusive play-based preschool will open in January 2020 on the Eastwood Elementary School campus as a partnership between Roseburg Public Schools and Douglas Education Service District.
COOS BAY — The proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal and its 230-mile feeder pipeline in southern Oregon would have some adverse and significant impacts, according to staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
MYRTLE CREEK — Bonnie Gregory has put her Ye Olde Art Shoppe in Myrtle Creek up for sale and it’s difficult to argue with her logic.
For a while at least, the old Roseburg Book and Stationery store was alive again.
Roseburg Forest Products laid off about 30 employees at its Dillard plywood plant Friday, citing “unfavorable conditions in the North American plywood market” as the reason for the move.
The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society will present "Carnivores & More: Remote Camera Surveys in the Umpqua Valley" at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Ford Room of the Roseburg Public Library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg.
A Winston man and his two dogs are dead after being involved in a head-on collision in the 1300 block of Willis Creek Road south of Winston, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Next year residents of Douglas County should see continued low unemployment, a strong housing market for homeowners offset by a shortage of affordable housing and a relatively steady forest products industry, a panel of experts said this week at the Economic Forecast 2020. However, looming o…
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation Thursday that would bar county officials from using timber safety net money for lobbying trips.
A missing father-daughter duo has been found deceased in the Umpqua River by search crews, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Shane Ryan Micheal Wayman, 21, for the murder of his roommate Destiny Anne Finch, 20, on Tuesday morning.
On Thursday morning, students at Roseburg Junior Academy could still feel the back-breaking work they’d done the day before.
A Douglas County judge is considering two motions by Atrio Health Plans, Inc., to move a lawsuit filed in Douglas County against Optima, LLC, to Marion County and to consolidate the lawsuit with one that Atrio filed against Optima.
Veterans and active military personnel got some help with their dental needs Wednesday during Freedom Smiles day at Dr. Alanson Randol’s dental offices in Roseburg.
Education for foster children who are housed by the Douglas County Juvenile Department will be taken over by the Douglas Education Service District, according to an announcement made by Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman at Wednesday’s commissioner’s meeting.
It’s been more than 2 1/2 years since the Roseburg City Council settled on a set of goals it wanted to pursue, and on Tuesday, the council met to hammer out its priorities for the next two years.
More than 20 babies whose cremated remains had sat on local mortuary shelves, some for as many as 70 years, will receive a memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday at Roseburg Memorial Gardens.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College will start its nursing program with 64 students next school year.
Umpqua Community College will increase its nursing program from 48 students to 64 students, according to President Debra Thatcher's report, which she will provide to the college's board of directors at its monthly meeting on Wednesday.
