The City of Drain has plenty of activities taking place the rest of 2019. First, this coming Halloween the Church of Christ is hosting a Trunk and Treat at the corner of 1st Street and B Avenue. There will be some hot, exciting cars there. The event starts at 6 p.m. and candy will be availab…
Mandy Piercey doesn’t know how many times her daughter, Alana, has broken bones in her body. That’s because any effort to keep track, she said, would be an effort in futility and frustration.
UMPQUA — Every year on her birthday Helen Fischer goes to her aerobics class, gets on her back, does a backward roll and touches her toes to the floor, just to prove she can still do it. Last Thursday, she performed the flexibility maneuver at her regular aerobics class, on her 99th birthday…
DRAIN — A Facebook post helped Douglas County sheriff’s deputies solve the case of an abandoned boat that was found dumped on BLM land in northwestern Douglas County. Deputies said the case was solved hours after a picture of the boat was posted.
Police rushed to the site of an apparent motor vehicle accident 2 miles west of Sutherlin on Tuesday morning after 911 dispatchers received a call that the driver of the car was shooting out the windows of the vehicle.
Oakland is open for business and wearing its beautiful fall colors. The gold and red tree foliage standing bright against the deep green of our forests provides classic Oregon fall vistas.
The Glide Fire Station has a new look that will help provide emergency electrical power for the facility and save the department money at the same time.
Prospective voters in Reedsport and the Tenmile Rural Fire District must register to vote by Tuesday in order to participate in the Nov. 5 special election.
A sanitary sewer overflow released about 100 gallons of raw sewage in the 300 block of West Central Avenue in Sutherlin on Monday afternoon.
OAKLAND — Every student and staff member at Oakland Elementary School on Monday wore a blue shirt with the saying, “I am a buddy. What’s your superpower?” surrounding a big “S” on the front, similar to the Superman logo, in honor of the World Day of Bullying Prevention.
For generations, the Applegate family shared stories of how their relatives were led to a spring by native people to settle in the Umpqua Valley.
Staff from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service confirmed Friday morning that a wolf group located in the Umpqua National Forest has given birth to pups.
Beginning in early October, library cardholders at Roseburg Public Library and Mildred Whipple Library in Drain will be able to share library materials.
It’s a little hard to picture, just looking at the barren patch of land that’s been sitting here seemingly forever. Then again, most projects of this size and scope are.
YONCALLA — Susan Applegate’s love for creating art goes back to her childhood.
It has been an amazing summer here in Yoncalla. It’s hard to believe that it is almost over.
ELKTON — Historical reenactments, live music and craft booths filled the Elkton Community Education Center (ECEC)on Saturday afternoon for the annual Fort Umpqua Days celebration.
Reedsport and Winchester Bay have been bustling with activity this summer! The annual events in the area have all gone well and we are hoping to expand those.
The town of Elkton is putting out the welcome mat Labor Day weekend for our annual Fort Umpqua Days Celebration.
Members of the Sutherlin Tourism Committee will see their hard work come to fruition on Thursday when gates open for the first Sutherlin Country Concert.
Adrenaline still pumping, Brad Cooley stepped out of his 1986 Toyota Tercel and took off his helmet after his last race on a hot Saturday afternoon.
GLIDE — Three members of a five-man crew felled trees perched precariously close to the edge of an unstable hillside above Little River Road Wednesday.
Attention all wine lovers — the “Wine About Your Bike” event is rolling through Elkton on Saturday.
Repairs to the Sutherlin High School gymnasium, caused by February’s record snowstorm, are on track to have the facility ready for the first day of school.
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.
Brewers hid under pop-up tents to get out of the sun at the first Oakland Brewfest on Saturday. The constant breeze kept locals and visitors moving across Locust Street and between vendors.
Douglas County's Flood Insurance Rate Maps are being updated, and the time for property owners to appeal or comment on the new maps ends soon, on Aug. 20.
The Douglas County Planning Commission on Thursday approved the location of a commercial explosives and storage operation near Yoncalla.
They’re juicy, they’re sweet and nothing can beat them as filling for a pie. Blackberries are everywhere in August, and Sutherlin celebrates that with an annual festival.
Local country music group Dan Harmon and Cascade Country will entertain both Myrtle Creek and Sutherlin this week for back-to-back shows at Music in the Park and Music off Central.
Take a tour through the reconstruction of historic Fort Umpqua while historic re-enactors demonstrate the life of a pioneer.
OAKLAND — It’s been 50 years and counting for the Oakland Museum.
Oakland, Oregon: The town that time forgot, but we hope that people don’t forget. One hundred years ago Oakland was the center of commerce at the end of the rail line. Everyone came to Oakland to ship their wool, hay, turkeys and timber to bigger markets. Other local cities have long since s…
DRAIN — Umpqua Community Health Center has opened its new North County Health Clinic that leaders hope will give residents in the area some much-needed access to health care.
REEDSPORT — City Manager Jonathan Wright remembers a time when most of Old Town’s storefronts sat vacant.
WINCHESTER BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued six people from a boat which sank at the jetty point of the Umpqua River Bar on Friday morning.
YONCALLA — Yoncalla area residents made clear Thursday that their response to a proposed explosives storage facility was this: Not in my backyard.
