Curry County Commissioner Court Boice will head to Salem as Oregon’s State House District 1 representative.
Curry County Commissioner Court Boice will head to Salem as Oregon’s State House District 1 representative.
OAKLAND — The city of Oakland is searching for volunteers for the parks commission and the planning commission. Applications for the positions are due 5 p.m. March 15.
SALEM — In August 2022, Willamette Week published a story which highlighted a Department of Administrative Services policy allowing state employees to work remotely while living in states with no income tax, and having their travel reimbursed by taxpayers. The policy states that “employees w…
WINCHESTER — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will be holding a Douglas County Town Hall starting at 5 p.m. Saturday at Umpqua Community College.
SALEM — Since he was old enough to wear a baseball glove, Bob “Bobby” Livingston has always been about the team.
SUTHERLIN — Fair Oaks Rural Fire Protection District is looking for a budget committee member.
OREGON — Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers are partnering to pay licensing application fees of aspiring social workers.
Roseburg City Council appointed Emily Brandt to the planning commission during its Monday meeting.
The Oregon Department of Revenue allows Oregon taxpayers to file electronically at no cost, with different options available for those with different incomes.
Tensions ran high at a Douglas County Planning Department meeting Thursday evening while discussing the city of Roseburg’s request for a permit that would allow the development of three miles of hiking trails in Sunshine Park.
SALEM — Virgle Osborne has hit the ground running.
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Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman was a featured panelist and host for this month’s Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce’s Project Leadership workshop on the role of government.
ROSEBURG — Roseburg city buildings will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Commissioners from Douglas, Coos and Curry counties are meeting Wednesday to select the person who will take over as Oregon Senator for District 1.
SALEM — Representative-elect Virgle Osborn, R-Roseburg, will be serving on three different committees during the upcoming 82nd Legislative Session.
An open board meeting for the Roseburg Senior Center will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Roseburg Public Library, according to the center’s Facebook page, but not all agree that the meeting was organized by the center’s authorized leaders.
Sutherlin City Councilor Tom Boggs will be resigning his position.
SALEM — Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield announced committee assignments for the 2023 legislative session, which will start Jan. 17.
The landmark bipartisan wildlife bill, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, failed to be included in the $1.7 trillion 2023 omnibus spending package released by Congress last Monday.
Government offices in the Douglas County Courthouse, located at 1036 SE Douglas Avenue in Roseburg, as well as the Douglas County Justice Building, Douglas County Courthouse Annex in Reedsport, Transfer Stations, Fairgrounds, Museum and all external Douglas County Government Offices will be …
SALEM — Governor-elect Tina Kotek has launched a new website for her administration to share transition process information with Oregonians.
SALEM — Oregon Senator Dallas Heard announced Thursday he will be stepping down and retiring from his seat in the Oregon Senate effective Jan. 1, 2023.
ROSEBURG — Roseburg residents who’d like to serve on the Roseburg Planning Commission can apply by 5 p.m. Jan. 13, 2023.
ROSEBURG — City of Roseburg buildings will be closed Dec. 23 and Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday.
SALEM — The State Land Board took historic action Tuesday toward creation of the Elliott State Research Forest.
In one of her final actions as Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is using her executive clemency powers to commute the sentences of the 17 people on Oregon’s death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Brown’s commutation includes two inmates with…
Local health care officials are thrilled about the executive order Governor Kate Brown signed Wednesday that addresses staffing shortages. The governor intends to spend $25 million to bring more nurses and other healthcare workers into Oregon’s struggling hospitals.
The state’s new gun law remains blocked, as the Oregon State Supreme Court denied a petition by Oregon Department of Justice to review a ruling by a Harney County Circuit Court Judge which placed a temporary restraining order on the implementation of Ballot Measure 114.
An Oregon state judge ordered that the state cannot enforce Measure 114 for the time being, with a hearing being scheduled for Dec. 13 on whether a preliminary injunction will be ordered.
Employees for the City of Roseburg have donated pajamas, food, clothing, toys, supplies and cash to local organizations working to help those in need this Christmas.
WINSTON — The Winston Planning Commission Wednesday night voted to deny a conditional use permit application from a California land developer to build a recreational vehicle park near Abraham Avenue and Highway 42 on the west end of town.
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Douglas County Senior Services is joining Meals on Wheels and Subaru of America in the 15th year of Sharing the Love, preparing and delivering meals to homebound elders located in rural Douglas County during Thanksgiving.
WINSTON — The City of Winston Planning Commission is again weighing a proposal for a recreational vehicle resort on the west end of the city near Lookingglass Creek.
DOUGLAS COUNTY — The Douglas County Commissioners are seeking people to serve on the Douglas County Planning Commission.
Just days before the midterm election on Tuesday, new information about Reedsport mayoral candidate Kevin Noel has come to light.
Roseburg Municipal Court Judge Jason Mahan wrote to the City Council asking for help in finding programs that could benefit those who come into his court room.
