Umpqua Community College’s welding program is starting a very special project.
WINCHESTER — Kelly Wright’s voice broke as she read the names of nine people who were killed four years ago at Umpqua Community College.
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.
Now that Umpqua Strong has officially canceled its 2019 9K & 5K run/walk because of a lack of volunteers, organizers are hoping to bring the event back in 2020.
WINCHESTER — A low-key ceremony Monday morning marked the third anniversary of the shootings at Umpqua Community College, which took nine lives on Oct. 1, 2015.
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Eight hundred eighty eight runners, along with a host of well-wishers and volunteers turned out for the second annual Umpqua Strong 5K and 9K Run/Walk event at Stewart Park on Saturday.
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WINCHESTER — Toni McDermott from Myrtle Creek clutched her white pearl rosary as bagpipes played under cloudy, rainy skies at the Day of Remembrance event held Friday at Umpqua Community College.
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They didn’t even have time to grab their bullet-proof vests.
A police interview with the mother of the mass murderer who ended the lives of eight students and a teacher at Umpqua Community College two years ago creates a portrait of a lonely, angry boy who grew up to be a lonely, angry man who had difficulty connecting with other people.
In the aftermath of the Oct. 1, 2015, mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, there were four students left uninjured, physically at least, in Snyder Hall, Room 15.
The 26-year-old who killed nine people two years ago at Umpqua Community College thought Christianity should be illegal, watched ISIS beheading videos and was interested in the religious beliefs of Luciferianism, according to documents released Friday as part of the police investigation.
Chris Harper-Mercer lived in an upstairs apartment with his mother Laurel Harper, a nurse, at an apartment complex in Winchester.
On Sept. 29, 2015, Chris Harper-Mercer purchased two textbooks for his Writing 115 class from the Umpqua Community College campus bookstore and, at 10 a.m., attended his first writing class in Snyder Hall, Room 15.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has completed its investigation into the Umpqua Community College shooting, according to a press release.
WINCHESTER — The Umpqua Community College Board of Trustees has awarded the Snyder Hall construction contract to DSL Builders from Salem.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of a bill that would block images of dead bodies that are part of law enforcement agency investigation from public disclosure.
A 100-foot Douglas fir tree has been in the backyard of Umpqua Community College shooting survivor Julie Woodworth as long as she can remember.
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The FBI provided more information Friday about its report that is holding up the release of the Umpqua Community College shooting police investigation.
The police investigation into the shooting at Umpqua Community College won’t be released until 2017 despite past estimates that the case would close by the end of the year.
WINCHESTER — An audience filled the Centerstage Theatre at Umpqua Community College Saturday night to hear community members speak about the acts of kindness that followed the Oct. 1, 2015, shooting at the school.
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After the shooting at Umpqua Community College last October, Brett Sprinkle of Roseburg wanted to do something to thank first responders for risking their lives to help out during tragic events.
Over the past year, Roseburg, and Douglas County, have been tested like never before.
Among the chaos that shook Roseburg one year ago today was also an outpouring of support. Community members expressed their encouragement in a variety of ways, with one of those being blood donations.
For some sophomore students returning to Umpqua Community College, this is a time to remember and honor the victims of the Oct. 1, 2015 school shooting, while also looking forward to the new school year.
Three journalists from The News-Review were interviewed along with 16 other Oregon journalists for a web-based compilation of their experiences, reactions and lessons from the Oct. 1, 2015, shooting at Umpqua Community College.
WINCHESTER — Jasmyne Davis will never forget the morning of Oct. 1, 2015.
The tragedy at Umpqua Community College struck the hearts of people from all over the world, and it didn’t take long for support to come pouring in.
A year ago the unthinkable happened on our campus, our place of work and where we take pride in educating the citizens of Douglas County. Each person on campus has spent the last year figuring out new ways of doing what they love: providing educational opportunities for our current and futur…
The past 12 months have had plenty of ups and downs, plenty of good and bad for Lacey Scroggins.
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Sometimes, the only viable response to unthinkable darkness is to light a candle.
After the Oct. 1 shooting, 10 people were brought to Mercy Medical Center. One died and three were transported to Sacred Heart Hospital at RiverBend in Springfield. Just six of those who were injured but survived have been publicly identified. The News-Review checked up on how they’re doing.
It’s been one year, and the hole remains much the same for family, friends and a community mourning the loss of the nine victims from the shooting on Oct. 1. Even as many who knew them have moved on as best they can, the UCC 9 will never be forgotten. Here are the original tributes as printe…
Just as hundreds gathered on the slopes of Stewart Park one year ago, mere hours after the deadliest shooting in Oregon’s history, community members congregated below this Saturday night’s darkening sky to offer their respects for the nine victims who were murdered last year.
Soggy grass, slippery pavement and thick, hovering rain clouds didn’t have a chance at deterring 2,100-plus participants who crowded around Stewart Park in Roseburg Saturday morning for the Umpqua Strong 9k and 5k road race.
She will forever stand in front of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, arms outstretched, in memory of the nine people killed one year ago today at Umpqua Community College.
SUTHERLIN — Children dressed in green bustled into Sutherlin’s West Intermediate School auditorium Friday morning to remember Treven Anspach, 20, a student who once sat in their same place years ago.
