This is the first of a six-part series exploring the various programs, classes and professional advice available to area residents from Oregon State University Extension Service in Douglas County. For more information, call 541-672-4461, go online at www.extension.oregonstate.edu/douglas or visit the Extension office at 1134 S.E. Douglas Ave., Roseburg.
This is the first of a six-part series exploring the various programs, classes and professional advice available to area residents from Oregon State University Extension Service in Douglas County. For more information, call 541-672-4461, go online at www.extension.oregonstate.edu/douglas or visit the Extension office at 1134 S.E. Douglas Ave., Roseburg.
The concert lineup for the 2023 Douglas County Fair will have a decidedly country feel this August.
Oregon State University Extension Service, Douglas County Soil Water Conservation Service and the Umpqua Soil Water Conservation Service are hosting a Mud and Manure Management workshop.
Question: There are so many different sources out there about diet and nutrition. It’s confusing. How do I know that I am getting good information?
The Altrusa Club of Roseburg, which works to bring literacy to children across Douglas County, is being forced to find a new location. The building Altrusa currently occupies has been sold.
Adapt Integrated Health has added a mobile crisis team, a sobering center, purchased two motels on Stephens Street and hired nine community peers to expand services and reach out to more of the community.
The Oregon Department of Forestry started a seed-collecting effort in 2019 and five staff members have collected 900,000 seeds from 245 mother ash trees that represent 27 distinct forest populations around Western Oregon.
The time has come again for tree trimming, pruning and possible removal as a number of local, state and federal entities begin their public tree safety programs.
SALEM — Court Boice resigned from his job as Curry County Commissioner at 10:59 a.m. Thursday and was sworn in as the new Oregon House Representative for District 1 just a minute later.
All children in public schools will need to be up-to-date on their vaccinations as the annual Exclusion Day is Feb. 15.
WINCHESTER —U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley started off his town hall meeting Saturday at Umpqua Community College by giving recognition to Wayne Elsworth of Umpqua Heart and his work with the homeless community at Sutherlin’s Hastins Village.
Thick fog hung low over the main fork of the Umpqua River as a steady flow of drift boats slowly passed by. Wood ducks and Canada Geese expressed their displeasure with honks and quacks or quick flaps against the water as they took off and flew to other areas during the 2023 Annual Umpqua Fi…
DOUGLAS COUNTY — Jennifer Catlett misses the nice, quiet neighborhood she moved to near Council Creek outside of Riddle two years ago. It’s where children played freely and livestock — such as horses, chickens and goats — wandered around.
SUTHERLIN — The Sutherlin Area Chamber of Commerce was awarded a $12,000 grant from Travel Oregon’s Capacity and Small Grant Project on Jan. 26.
Growing up, Robert Johnson didn’t have a lot. The son of heroin addicts, he and his younger brother, Daniel, were frequently homeless. They often ate out of trash cans and slept under the stars. While they spent the majority of their time in North Portland, they also lived in Southern California.
The search for an attempted murder suspect who authorities said may be hiding in Douglas County entered its third day Saturday.
Each year, The News-Review celebrates its annual Readers’ Choice awards. The community votes on their favorite people, places and establishments located throughout Douglas County, from the Cascades to the Oregon Coast.
SALEM — The Oregon Capitol saw 200 city officials representing 80 different Oregon Cities come together Wednesday to participate in a City Day at the Capitol event.
OREGON — Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission issued a recall for two retail cannabis vaping products due to positive tests for pesticides.
The Oregon Department of Forestry held a series of public forums to discuss the Oregon Wildfire Risk Map during the 2022 summer, which was met with concerns and complaints.
Roseburg Public Schools’ board met in a work session Wednesday to discuss options for a proposed $81.3 million school bond that will appear on the May ballot.
Green — Mary-Lela Gilbert has lived at Rising River RV Resort & River House in Green for five years with her husband, but due to surging rent she decided to join a class-action lawsuit against the company that owns the resort.
UC-VEG held its first potluck of the year Saturday at the First United Methodist Church of Roseburg, where 138 people gathered to share homemade plant-based dishes.
CANYONVILLE — It was a winter wonderland at Canyonville Community Library on Saturday with crafts, hot chocolate, snowmen and stories.
TRI CITY — South Umpqua High School will be closed Monday to students and staff due to a fire in the building Saturday.
The Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking a new board member.
The Bureau of Land Management is looking to expand its solar services across the Western United States and is holding a public meeting to solicit feedback on the BLM’s utility-scale solar energy planning.
Douglas County Commissioners awarded Scott Timber Company a logging contract of the recently reclassified Britt Nichols area on Callahan Road in Roseburg.
The Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby will host its 31st annual series of events in February, with proceeds going toward fish restoration, enhancement and education projects in the Umpqua Basin.
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.
Nicole Watson and her family have lived in the yellow house on Grange Road in Green for nearly four years. The one-mile stretch next to her home is nothing short of chaos: trash, RVs, dogs and about 10 homeless people occupy the area. Piles of garbage bags litter the wet dirt and grass.
State Representative David Brock Smith, of Curry County, was unanimously appointed to the Oregon State Senate District 1 seat Wednesday by county commissioners from Douglas, Coos and Curry counties.
Douglas Education Service District will receive nearly $7 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education for the hiring of additional licensed mental health providers.
Today, it’s easier to buy cannabis than ever before. Even with dispensaries popping up on what seems like every block, a large black market for the drug has remained robust, with illegal grows becoming larger and more frequent across Northern California and Southern Oregon in recent years.
CHI Mercy Health President and CEO Kelly Morgan will retire early this summer, according to a release issued Thursday.
In his last act as the Douglas County Commissioner’s sitting chair, Tim Freeman presented his State of the County address Wednesday to a room of around 25 interested and engaged audience members and county workers.
New funding of $3 million to help small businesses and microenterprises get their products and services up off the ground is ready to be administered through a partnership between Business Oregon and a private nonprofit that supports Coos, Curry and Douglas counties, CCD Business Development…
