Sutherlin police arrested a suspect Friday evening in connection with a stabbing early Friday morning in Oakland.
SUTHERLIN — What was once nothing more than deserted property around a forgotten log pond on the west end of town has begun transforming into a park.
Nominations are being accepted for the 65th annual Sutherlin First Citizens Awards. Categories include Man and Woman of the Year, Inspirational Leader, Outstanding Service Award and Outstanding Business. Nominations will be accepted until March 19.
Organizers of the Sutherlin Blackberry Festival are searching for a chairperson for the Blackberry Festival Cook-Off.
The Sutherlin Post Office was unexpectedly closed on Thursday afternoon. A handwritten sign taped to the front door of the office read, “closed due to cleaning” and the inner doors leading to the service area of the post office were closed and locked.
Nominations are being accepted for the 65th annual Sutherlin First Citizens Awards. Categories include Man and Woman of the Year, Inspirational Leader, Outstanding Service Award and Outstanding Business. Nominations will be accepted until March 19.
In an age of emails and text messages, Rebecca Machain became known for the numerous handwritten correspondence she sent out over the years.
SUTHERLIN — Sutherlin is a little less jolly this week after 20-25 miles per hour wind gusts damaged the 50-foot-tall electronic Christmas tree installed at Central Park earlier this month.
It’s been a project two years in the making, with many more to go.
The Sutherlin Timber Town Toy Land Electric Light Parade will return Saturday, Dec. 19 with vehicles of all sorts alight with Christmas lights by the thousands.
The City of Sutherlin Annual Christmas Tree scheduled for Sunday in Central Park announced last-minute modifications Friday in order to comply with Gov. Kate Brown's COVID-19 gathering limitations.
UPDATE: Power was restored at 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
A student at East Primary School in Sutherlin tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from Sutherlin School District Superintendent Terry Prestianni.
Celebrations
SUTHERLIN — Lillian Moreno was the center of her family’s Halloween costume.
Rebecca Machain, who was a 15-year-old Sutherlin High School sophomore back in 2004 when she shot and killed her 14-year-old nephew while he was playing video games, was released from prison Tuesday following clemency granted by Gov. Kate Brown.
A former teacher with the Yoncalla School District was arrested by Sutherlin police Tuesday on suspicion of online sexual corruption of a child and luring a minor, according to the Sutherlin Police Department.
A California man convicted of an attempted murder in Sutherlin from a motor home sale gone bad in 2017, only to have the conviction overturned, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday morning.
This summer may not have been what you expected. That is true for everyone. Many of us had big travel plans, weddings or family reunions that all got postponed or cancelled.
Sutherlin and Oakland cities both had to postpone their citywide garage and yard sales last spring because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Douglas Forest Protective Association have access this weekend to two single engine air tankers to help fight wildfires in Douglas County.
Todd Wingfield a marine deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, is doing a lot of educating when he goes to the lakes and rivers of the county.
SUTHERLIN — Perhaps Squeakers the cat wanted pizza to go.
A California man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Roseburg area teenager.
Two people died and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening just after 8:30 p.m. south of Rice Hill.
Take a doctor who developed a passion for coffee beans and a beautician who dreamed of opening an art gallery.
SUTHERLIN — As they made their way toward Sutherlin High School on Sunday afternoon, graduating seniors could hear the voice of Spanish teacher Ransom Bodeen over the radios in their cars.
A Roseburg woman faces arson and harassment charges after allegedly setting a house in Sutherlin on fire and kicking a police officer in the groin Monday.
Anton Robert Hubschman, 26, of Riddle, was arrested on 23 charges Tuesday night by the Sutherlin Police Department, according to a press release.
There are family businesses, and businesses that include family and friends.
Rick De Young was named Man of the Year and Nancy Anderson Woman of the Year at the Sutherlin Area Chamber of Commerce’s First Citizens Award Banquet, held Saturday at Umpqua Community College.
If you spend any time in our community or with people from Sutherlin, you will find that we are a little different. Different in that we are motivated to make our town better.
Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team arrested a 31-year-old woman Thursday for possession and delivery of methamphetamine within 500 feet of West Intermediate School in Sutherlin.
SUTHERLIN — In his first town hall meeting of the new year, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, told Douglas County residents he would be a fair juror at a Senate trial on President Donald Trump’s impeachment by the House.
SUTHERLIN — December had already been a tough month for 30-year-old Crystal Jensen of Sutherlin. She lost the place where she was living and had been couch-hopping for most of December. She lost her truck earlier in the month, was jobless and her two kids had to stay with her parents.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will hold a town hall at 10 a.m. Jan. 2 in the Sutherlin High School gym, 500 E. Fourth Ave.
As 49 trucks covered in Christmas lights appeared on Central Avenue Saturday evening, extra crowd members popped up like mushrooms, emerging from cars where they’d taken refuge from the rain.
