MYRTLE CREEK — Bonnie Gregory has put her Ye Olde Art Shoppe in Myrtle Creek up for sale and it’s difficult to argue with her logic.
Roseburg Forest Products laid off about 30 employees at its Dillard plywood plant Friday, citing “unfavorable conditions in the North American plywood market” as the reason for the move.
MYRTLE CREEK — Near the end of a draw about 7 miles east of Myrtle Creek off of Frozen Creek Road, a strange-looking animal roams in the fields, foraging for food on the Uneven Ground Farm.
Human remains found at the end of September have been identified as those belonging to person reported missing in September.
Greetings from Glendale!
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.
MYRTLE CREEK — More than 25 businesses in Myrtle Creek are embracing the fun of the Halloween season with the first Myrtle Creek Scarecrow Contest.
WINSTON — Elementary school students from Days Creek Charter School spent Thursday morning picking pumpkins, getting lost in a corn maze and listening to a story at Brosi’s Sugartree Farms.
MYRTLE CREEK — Besides its sheer beauty, an appealing feature of the Cougar Canyon Golf Course outside of Myrtle Creek is just how quiet it is. One brochure for the course refers to it as A Peaceful Escape.
Fall is here, school is in session and things are certainly hopping in Riddle! The Main Street flower baskets have given way to fall colors of the planter boxes. The beauty of fall is all around us.
MYRTLE CREEK — Ask just about anyone and they’ll tell you that the sixth hole at Cougar Canyon Golf Course is the toughest of the bunch. At about 340 yards, it’s not that long, but the fairway is narrow and uphill and the green is tight.
WINSTON — The Winston-Dillard Melon Festival, in its 51st year, began with overcast skies Saturday morning before giving way to blue skies and sun on a day that began with a parade and carried over to Riverbend Park.
WINSTON — The 51st Winston-Dillard Melon Festival opens a three-day run Friday at Riverbend Park in Winston.
CANYONVILLE — A sewer line break has led Canyonville officials to caution residents that Canyon Creek may be contaminated with untreated sewage.
CANYONVILLE — Beds on wheels raced down Main Street as crowds cheered them on at the 53rd annual Pioneer Days on Saturday afternoon.
MYRTLE CREEK — Bill Michalek’s morning hello comes with an offer of a cup of coffee.
DAYS CREEK — Thursday marked the inaugural back to school bash at Days Creek.
The tax levy for the 20-year bond to improve Douglas High School will be lower than expected, according to the Winston-Dillard School District.
TRI CITY — Kate McLaughlin received a warm welcome by South Umpqua School District staff.
The City of Myrtle Creek is getting two charging stations; one at Creekside Park and the other at Goodog Bakery.
The City of Myrtle Creek and the Oregon Department of Human Services violated multiple child welfare laws while the state investigated a former Myrtle Creek police officer for child sex abuse this winter, according to allegations made in a lawsuit filed on July 18.
MYRTLE CREEK — A mix of rock ’n’ roll, soul and blues will play through Millsite Park Thursday when MERCY featuring Lynda Morrison continues the Music in the Park series.
TRI CITY — Officials briefed U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden on conditions of the Milepost 97 Fire at the incident command center late Tuesday morning.
RIDDLE — Keyboards were clacking, jokes were cracking and the vinyl and 3D printers were hard at work last week at Expanding Horizon’s Drafting and Product Design camp, held at Riddle High School.
RIDDLE — A man who was found dead outside his residence Tuesday morning was determined to be 43-year-old Anthony Martin Malatino of Glendale, according to a police investigation.
The Milepost 97 Fire south of Canyonville was 65% contained as of late Monday night.
Lydia Gunderson, a 5-year-old with Type 1 diabetes, smiled as she ran through the Wildlife Safari Village wearing a pink watermelon hat and carrying a cotton candy bag under her arm.
Kyle Humphrey, 30, of Days Creek was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a minor, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
About noon Tuesday, firefighters at the Milepost 97 Fire who spent the morning felling hazardous trees along Interstate 5 southbound near Canyon Creek stopped for lunch.
As the Milepost 97 Fire enters its second week, crews are making substantial progress, Oregon Department of Forestry officials said.
TRI CITY — Containment on the Milepost 97 Fire jumped 10 percentage points Tuesday to 25% — the largest increase since the fire began one week ago.
TRI CITY — The Milepost 97 Fire burning south of Canyonville has grown to 12,336 acres as of Tuesday morning.
The Milepost 97 Fire burning south of Canyonville grew to 11,668 acres Monday morning.
GLENDALE — Sarena Alessio had planned to return Sunday after a week away from her home off Azalea Glen Road on Sunday.
Wood logs were chopped, sawed and axed at the 2019 Big John Miller Memorial West Coast Lumberjack Show, sending sawdust into the air and earning cheers from the audience.
Putting the shovel to the dirt was a dream three years in the making for Joshua Myers. He’s owned the land on the edge of Winston since 2016 and has been waiting for everything to fall into place so he could build a new dentist office.
