Road rage may have been a factor in a crash on Interstate 5 Thursday morning near the Northwest Edenbower Boulevard interchange.
One confirmed COVID-19 case and six presumptive cases at CHI Mercy Medical Center qualified the hospital as having a workplace outbreak, the Oregon Health Authority confirmed Wednesday evening.
Despite people across the country stepping up to give blood in the wake of a pandemic, the American Red Cross said the need for donations is as strong as ever.
A California man accused stealing guns from a Myrtle Creek gun store and leading police on a chase down Interstate 5, has been ordered by a Douglas County judge to be sent to the Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
A COVID-19 outbreak has been reported at CHI Mercy Medical Center, according to the Douglas County COVID-19 Response Team.
Umpqua Community Veg Education Group has announced that a virtual version of the lifestyle and nutrition course that will teach people new strategies to improve health.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office located the body of a missing Roseburg man Tuesday afternoon, according to a press release.
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.
Motorists in Douglas County will find several highway projects this summer that could have impacts on travel with speed restrictions and some occasional lane closures.
A crash on Northeast Odell Avenue next to The News-Review building totaled a car that had been parked next to the building at about 2 p.m. Thursday.
If you happen to find yourself in downtown Roseburg in the near future take a moment to look at the beautiful hanging flowers that seem to be everywhere. It may not seem like much, but a ton of work goes into hanging the more than 100 flower baskets and tending to them. Much of that work is …
Douglas County had just one new case of COVID-19 to report on Thursday, while the state had another big number, with 416 cases reported and five new deaths. Nearly one-fourth of the new cases were in Umatilla County, including two of the deaths.
The Douglas County COVID-19 Response Team reported two new positive cases of the infection Wednesday. The county has logged 121 cases since March.
The attorney for a California man accused of breaking into a storage facility and into a gun shop in Myrtle Creek, stealing firearms and leading police on a chase on Interstate 5, plans to file a motion that his client is not fit to proceed to trial.
Douglas County had its first day without a positive test for COVID-19 in over a week. At the same time, the state had its first decline in the percent of positive tests since cases started climbing toward the end of May.
A crash early Monday morning in west Roseburg did major damage to a home on Northwest Troost Street.
The Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley in Roseburg will soon have access to telemedicine for children who attend the club who might have an illness or injury.
Daniel Thomas and Judd Louis are musicians, builders and businessmen. They are renovating a spot, at 663 SE Jackson St. in downtown Roseburg, that is in the same historic building that houses the Masonic Lodge. Their one-of-a-kind music venue, SunnySide, features pianos turned into bars, a l…
For people who want to get tested for COVID-19, one local store is offering to do the test for no charge.
For the second time in her young life, 9-year-old Tenley Cummings donated her long, blond hair to a program called Wigs for Kids, which donates wigs to children that have lost their hair.
The trial for a Reedsport man accused of attacking two women and sexually abusing them in secluded areas along Highway 101 in western Douglas County, has been rescheduled for October.
There was just one new COVID-19 case and one presumptive case in Douglas County Monday, bringing the total number of positive tests and presumptive cases to 88 with 26 people now in isolation.
A log truck lost part of its load around 10 a.m. Monday on the Northeast Edenbower Boulevard freeway overpass, closing one lane of traffic for about two hours.
Douglas County health officials reported five new positive COVID-19 test results Saturday, bringing the total number of positive and presumptive cases in the county to 83.
Redeemer’s Fellowship has a pretty large space in which to worship. Normally, it can seat 460 for a Sunday church service. But with parishioners now having to sit with 6 feet of space between family groups, its capacity is just 150.
The North Umpqua Invitational Pro-Am disc golf tournament teed off on Saturday morning at Whistler’s Bend Park east of Roseburg with a field of close to 100 competitors from all over the Oregon.
Douglas County COVID-19 Response Team announced four new people with positive test results on Friday, for a total of 79 confirmed and presumptive cases since the coronavirus pandemic started. There are now 24 people in isolation, but no patients are hospitalized.
The process for reopening schools in Roseburg should be based on public health and science, not politics, Roseburg Public Schools Superintendent Jared Cordon said Wednesday night.
Pavement rehabilitation projects for Northeast Winchester Street and Northeast Beaulah Avenue could affect traffic at times during the work that is expected to last into August and September.
Douglas County added two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, raising the county’s total number of positive tests to 66 after one presumptive case was moved to confirmed.
Firefighters from three departments responded to a blaze on the Interstate 5 median south of Roberts Mountain just after 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Strong winds quickly spread the blaze, which burned about 5 acres before firefighters had it out.
It has been five years since Jim Clymer died unhoused. Members of Housing First Umpqua, who keep his photograph at the top of their Facebook page, said he died waiting to get into rehab.
Major Donald Kitzman’s story began on Jan. 2, 1923, in What Cheer, Iowa, (Yes, that’s a real place) — population 624. It ended last Friday with full military honors and burial at the Roseburg National Cemetery, including four F-15 jets from the Kingsley Air Force Base in Klamath Falls, flyin…
The trial that was scheduled to start next Tuesday for a Reedsport school bus driver accused of attacking multiple women and sexually abusing them in secluded areas along Highway 101 in Lane and Douglas counties, has been postponed.
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.
Douglas County’s number of positive COVID-19 cases rose to 60 on Friday, with two new cases reported and one new presumptive case, according to the Douglas Public Health Network. No deaths have attributed to COVID-19 in the county.
Roseburg police want to inform citizens about how the department implements the use of force.
