MYRTLE CREEK — Myrtle Creek city officials have closed the South Umpqua Memorial Pool after the assistant pool manager, Blake Lewis, suffered a serious head injury Thursday afternoon.
TRI CITY — The radio traffic coming from South Umpqua High School sounded scarily familiar at first.
Winston residents are still divided on whether or not the city should allow marijuana dispensaries.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold public comment sessions for the Jordan Cove Energy Project in four Southern Oregon counties next week.
MYRTLE CREEK — The South Umpqua Memorial Pool’s capacity was maxed out in the first hour of opening day Saturday.
Construction workers on Friday continue rennovating the Lookingglass Creek Bridge in Winston. The bridge is undergoing foundation repairs funded through the Oregon Department of Transportation. The project began on Thursday, and ODOT said the bridge on Highway 42 could be closed for up to fo…
WINCHESTER — Hundreds of family members and friends filled Jacoby Auditorium at Umpqua Community College to honor 81 graduates at Douglas High School’s graduation ceremony Saturday night.
Winston City Council has scheduled a workshop to discuss marijuana retail shops at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 17 at City Hall, 201 NW Douglas Blvd.
The Winston Police Department unveiled its three new police vehicles Friday.
MYRTLE CREEK — As one police chief stepped down, another was sworn in to take his place at the Myrtle Creek Police Department.
MYRTLE CREEK — Myrtle Creek business owners might seek damages after a diesel fuel spill contaminated the city’s drinking water and forced them to close last week.
Fire crews extinguished a natural cover fire Saturday evening five miles west of Winston near Hidden Valley Lane.
Repairs to the Lower Lookingglass Creek Bridge are scheduled to begin later this month and will create a detour around the bridge for more than one month.
Myrtle Creek resident Alyssa McConnel earned a name for herself as a government watchdog during the three-and-a-half years she lived in Douglas County.
With blues, soul, classic country, folk and bluegrass, youth theatre, cowboy poetry and humor, the 23rd annual Riverbend Live! will feature a little something for everyone at its five-week concert series in Winston this summer.
The City of Myrtle Creek lifted a drinking water advisory Tuesday night after two rounds of tests showed diesel fuel contamination was below harmful levels.
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State and local agencies are continuing to investigate a diesel fuel spill that leaked into the Myrtle Creek drinking water system Monday morning.
The Grocery Outlet under construction in Myrtle Creek is preparing for opening day with a hiring fair at noon on Thursday at the Grand Victorian Theatre.
Adapt’s Prevention and Education Program is hosting its eighth annual Art of Prevention Art Show 5 p.m. Thursday at the Winston Community Center.
More than two weeks have passed since a Myrtle Creek woman disappeared into the South Umpqua River and, so far, there has been no sign of her.
Young patrons of the Canyonville, Glendale, Myrtle Creek, Riddle and Winston libraries can now receive a free book each month thanks to a partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The city of Myrtle Creek will host a South County viewing center for the weekly Douglas County Board of Commissioners meetings.
Flood fears dwindled like the water levels of local rivers and waterways on Wednesday thanks to a dry spell that brought sunshine to the Umpqua Valley on Tuesday.
WINSTON — When Dick Nichols passed away on March 24, just short of his 90th birthday, he left long legacy of community involvement and public service.
The city of Myrtle Creek recently landed in the middle of a controversy over fee waivers at the Douglas County landfill.
Roseburg City Councilor Ashley Hicks asked the Douglas County Board of Commissioners Wednesday to reinstate landfill fee waivers for community cleanups.
The Douglas County Solid Waste fee waiver program has been disposed of until a new formal process can be approved by the public, according to a press release from the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.
It’s officially spring and oh how we are enjoying the sun and the beauty of nature. Our volunteer-maintained flower boxes in the downtown area are blooming gloriously.
The Riddle firefighter who had been missing since March 12 was found dead Thursday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
WINSTON — The charred remains of the inside of an automobile repair shop were all that was left Tuesday afternoon after a fire raged out of control and gutted the building on Main Street.
WINSTON — Shirley Rummel and Robert Zuver were honored with the First Citizen awards at the Winston Area Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Banquet on Monday night.
As the new Chamber President of the Myrtle Creek/Tri City Area Chamber of Commerce, this is my first Chamber Update. I (Carol Olson) am the owner of Homestead Furniture & Gifts in Myrtle Creek.
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Police have ended the search for a suspect who reportedly exchanged gunfire with police in the area of Grant Smith Road and Ingram Drive earlier Saturday evening.
It wasn’t until Josh Norton stood in front of more than 100 Myrtle Creek community members waiting for him to speak that he realized it was time to take control of his own story.
