RIDDLE — Citizens in Riddle gathered at the city’s gazebo on Main Street on Monday afternoon to celebrate the 130 years that have passed since the city’s incorporation on Jan. 30, 1893.
RIDDLE — Citizens in Riddle gathered at the city’s gazebo on Main Street on Monday afternoon to celebrate the 130 years that have passed since the city’s incorporation on Jan. 30, 1893.
The city of Riddle was incorporated Jan. 30, 1893, making this her 130th birthday.
MYRTLE CREEK — The River United Pentecostal Church at 194 Old Pacific Highway in Myrtle Creek will provide a warming center Sunday night. It will be open from 7:30 p.m. through 7:30 a.m. on Monday.
MYRTLE CREEK — Officers with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office were unable to locate a man who fled a traffic stop Saturday morning in the Myrtle Creek area near Bills Road.
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.
WINSTON — After being closed since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and suffering a state of disrepair, the Winston Veterans of Foreign War building is returning with a new staff, a new roof, a new bathroom, a kitchen and a refreshed outlook on community engagement and involvement.
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.
MYRTLE CREEK — Umpqua Valley Community Hospital stood in Myrtle Creek as a beacon of health from 1953 until 1994. Now, the building is being gutted of lead and asbestos before the city will have the building torn down for being hazardous and derelict.
TRI CITY — Twenty-four steel posts were damaged early Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 near Tri City, after a commercial motor vehicle jackknifed.
RIDDLE — After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Douglas County Woodworking Club is back up and running with members old and new gathering on the first Saturday of each month at the Riddle High School wood shop.
MYRTLE CREEK — Kiya Speckman had recently gotten her driver’s license and was bragging to her brother about the Subaru Turbo WRX manual that she was going to have before him. At the time she was 16, and set to receive settlement money from an auto accident she had suffered earlier in the year.
On Sept. 14, Chris Musquiz, a student at Winston Middle School, was struck by a vehicle as he was riding his bike to school in the morning. The accident amputated his leg, caused severe injuries, and led to him being transported to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland for treatment.
CANYONVILLE — The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV, office in Canyonville was closed Wednesday due to a staff shortage. The closure was announced less than an hour before it was scheduled to open that morning.
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series about people in Douglas County.
When the Canyonville Community Library closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers saw an opportunity to spruce the place up.
WINSTON — The animals at Wildlife Safari helped Santa on a quest to bring back believers, gingerbread cookies were decorated and holiday light displays were exhibited throughout the Safari Village for the annual Wildlights event last weekend.
MYRTLE CREEK — It took Lorna Blansett about a week to decorate a First Student school bus for the 29th D.R. Johnson Memorial Timber Truckers Light Parade on Saturday evening. But, when it was time to move the bus out of the shop, the antlers installed on the mirrors were just a bit too wide …
WINSTON — After all the checks cleared and each donation was counted, the total contributed to the Oktoberfest 2022 Veteran Suicide Prevention Fundraiser was $18,000.
WINSTON — A fight between two brothers in Winston sent one of them to jail.
MYRTLE CREEK — The Myrtle Creek Grange hosted the first night of its two-day “Merry Little Christmas” event in Myrtle Creek on Thursday.
Members of the Black and Gold Inc. are taking over the Douglas County Toy Run.
WINSTON— Winston Police Department received a tip, May 26, 2022, that Dayton Foster, 22, was having inappropriate contact with a minor over social media. Foster was arrested Thursday.
After a two-year in-person hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Silver Bells Luncheon was held Thursday at Seven Feathers Casino Resort, to kick-off the 29th Festival of Trees.
For the past 28 years the D.R. Johnson Timber Truckers Light Parade has dazzled and delighted spectators, this year, number 29, should be no different as the cities of Myrtle Creek, Riddle, and Tri-City all prepare for this year’s parade on Dec. 10 beginning at the D.R. Johnson lumber yard a…
WINSTON — Twenty Winston middle school students will embark on an Australian and New Zealand adventure from June 26 through July 5, 2023, as part of an Australian Science, Technology, Engineering and Math project. The students will not only collect three college credits, but they will also l…
TRI CITY — South Umpqua High School held a schoolwide Thanksgiving feast Friday.
MYRTLE CREEK — The Myrtle Creek Elks Lodge hosted a Veterans Stand Down event Wednesday, bringing together multiple organizations to help assist veterans in need within the community.
RIDDLE — William “Lucky” Mullins was laid to rest at noon Monday at Riddle Cemetery. Friends, family, loved ones, local community members and servicemen were all there to show love, admiration and support to the military veteran who lived to be 103.
TRI CITY — The South Umpqua School District board voted Tuesday night to approve the resignation of Superintendent Kate McLaughlin at the end of the school year.
We are finally experiencing fall in beautiful Riddle, it’s been a long time coming but we welcome the change from all the heat and especially welcome the rain.
Haunted houses are beginning to open as the Halloween season gets into full swing, and scare-seekers across Douglas County will be excited about the upcoming events.
WINSTON — Chris Musquiz was going to school on the morning of Sept. 14 when his life forever changed.
