With students getting ready to return to school, community members should prepare to see an increase in school buses, pedestrians and bicyclists on the road.
While students enjoyed summer vacation, crews have been hard at work freshening up school campuses throughout the county.
DAYS CREEK — Thursday marked the inaugural back to school bash at Days Creek.
Backpacks filled with school supplies will be given away to children at the intermission of Saturday's auto races at the Douglas County Speedway.
DRAIN — After more than a decade without a full-time superintendent at North Douglas School District, Terry Bennett has stepped into the position.
Children learned to solve mysteries based on the clues left behind by animals during Wildlife Safari’s Conservation Science Investigation summer camp.
TRI CITY — Summer vacation is almost over for students across the state.
The tax levy for the 20-year bond to improve Douglas High School will be lower than expected, according to the Winston-Dillard School District.
TRI CITY — Kate McLaughlin received a warm welcome by South Umpqua School District staff.
With blow-up planets, an assortment of activities and a short presentation, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History taught youth in the area about space, Earth and our place in the universe.
WINCHESTER —Umpqua Community College’s campus store reopened Tuesday after undergoing renovations that helped accommodate a credit union and an expanded food area.
CAMAS VALLEY — Don Wonsley has spent the last month in an office at Camas Valley Charter School, a luxury that was hard to imagine when he was a high school student himself.
Nikki Messenger will become Roseburg’s new city manager starting Sept. 1.
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.
Registration for high schools in the Roseburg school district take place from Tuesday, Aug. 20 until Friday, Aug. 23.
Registration for Joseph Lane Middle School will take place Wednesday, Aug 21. Students who attend Fremont will register on Thursday, Aug. 22.
Roseburg Public Schools will host a listening session from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Roseburg High School media center.
Community members, Yoncalla Elementary School staff and parents gathered Wednesday, to recognize another successful year of summer reading.
GLIDE — Vegetables, fruits and herbs continue to grow at the Glide Elementary School Paw Patch with the help of dedicated volunteers and students.
Once they built their own precision agriculture farming machine, it didn’t take long for Sutherlin High School FFA students to see how FarmBot is revolutionizing food production.
Lian Lininger placed his rocket on a plastic straw and then blew to make the spaceship fly through the conference room at Roseburg Public Library on Tuesday.
RIDDLE — Keyboards were clacking, jokes were cracking and the vinyl and 3D printers were hard at work last week at Expanding Horizon’s Drafting and Product Design camp, held at Riddle High School.
Roseburg High School senior-to-be Brighid Rickman was selected as the 2020 Distinguished Young Woman of Oregon on Saturday at Chemeketa Community College in Salem.
Roseburg Public Schools announced four listening sessions in August, giving community members a chance to share their thoughts about the district.
The Douglas County Museum offers free admission during the Douglas County Fair from Aug. 6 until Aug. 10.
SUTHERLIN — Morgan Krepky explained how to fold and create accordion books to more than a dozen children Wednesday at The C Giles Hunt Memorial Public Library.
Sentencing for a former Riddle teacher accused of stealing more than $80,000 from the school district has been moved to Aug. 19.
PORTLAND — Oregon State University’s College of Education will host a free, day-long curriculum symposium for K-12 educators who will soon be required to teach about the Holocaust and other acts of mass violence under a new Oregon law.
CORVALLIS — Oregon State University’s College of Engineering is accelerating its work in artificial intelligence, robotics, driverless vehicles and other areas by acquiring six advanced NVIDIA systems that give the college some of the most powerful computing resources among universities worldwide.
Logan McGrew, Evelynne Villanueva and Isabel Webber were the recipients of the 2019-2020 Casey Diemert Memorial Scholarship Award.
Kindergarteners in Oregon will be able to jumpstart their college savings plan with the Kinder Grad incentive program.
Educators can now register for the 2019 STEAM Summer Institute, a series of professional development workshops, online.
Students who attended Cobb School last year will be attending new schools this fall.
The Oregon Farm Bureau Memorial Scholarship program has awarded $20,000 to students for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year.
Umpqua Community College’s women’s basketball team didn’t just prosper on the court, but in the classroom as well.
Umpqua Community College's accounting and finance department received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive annual financial report of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States …
More than 300 students made the Umpqua Community College spring term honor roll.
