State Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, said he turned up at Douglas High School Wednesday morning for a speech that some students invited him to give, but the administration kicked him out.
State Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, said he turned up at Douglas High School Wednesday morning for a speech that some students invited him to give, but the administration kicked him out.
Roseburg Republican Steve Loosley has formed a campaign committee for the House District 2 seat formerly held by Rep. Gary Leif.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Patrick Starnes may have changed parties, but his positions on the issues remain consistent.
Each decade, new maps for Congressional and legislative districts are drawn based on the latest U.S. Census data. Democrats and Republicans from the state Senate and House Redistricting Committees have put forward separate proposals for where the boundary lines should be.
Douglas County is one of the 10 slowest growing counties in Oregon.
Christine Goodwin was appointed interim representative for state House District 2 Thursday.
More Oregonians oppose the idea of losing parts of the state to Idaho than support it.
State Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, said Tuesday he remains concerned about whether the state Capitol will reopen to the public after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
Voters will decide next year whether to enshrine a right to health care in the Oregon Constitution.
Roseburg Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Romero has laid out some campaign promises he calls his “Contract with Oregon.”
In the current legislative session, state Sen. Dallas Heard has voted “no” on every bill that’s come up for a vote. It’s his protest against the closure of the state Capitol to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Population in the state and congressional districts that serve Douglas County has declined, but how that will affect the new district maps being drawn by Oregon legislators remains unclear.
Republican legislators serving Douglas County think the governor’s COVID-19 executive orders are gone too far and it’s time for the Legislature to step in.
Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, is back to work and voting “no” on everything after recovering from COVID-19.
Each of Oregon’s state legislators was asked to submit projects this week for how they’d like to see millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money spent in their districts.
A newly proposed bill would bar state Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, from holding office in the Oregon Republican Party while simultaneously serving as a state elected official.
The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that will provide $1.5 million in funding for an emergency shelter in Roseburg.
Longtime businessman, state legislator and World War II veteran Bill Markham will be remembered as a man of service to his family and community.
The state Legislature on Thursday moved forward on funding for low-barrier emergency homeless shelters, including $1.5 million for a shelter in Roseburg.
The boundaries that determine state legislative and congressional districts will shift based on the 2020 Census.
State Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Myrtle Creek, was elected Saturday to serve as chairperson of the Oregon Republican Party.
Felicity and Lauralee Barnhart have been doing school work from a family dayroom, used by five other families as well, at the women and children’s homeless shelter in Roseburg.
Fresh off an unsuccessful run for Congress, Roseburg’s Alek Skarlatos has taken up a new cause.
Legislators serving Douglas County at the state and national level voiced opposition Tuesday to an Oregon Republican Party statement that condemned 10 U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump and claimed the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol was a “false flag” event.
Stephani Bastian couldn’t get in touch with her 81-year-old father, Kenneth Plank, who lived alone in the Elk Apartments on Main Street in Klamath Falls. Although it’s not unusual for him to miss occasional calls from his daughter who now lives in Roseburg, Bastian said she had a feeling tha…
Oregon State Police reported Monday that a man who allegedly attacked journalists covering the Dec. 21 protest at the Oregon State Capitol has turned himself in.
Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg, was one of 12 state legislators who wrote to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Friday, asking her to join a federal lawsuit that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Roseburg Republican Paul Romero plans to run for Oregon governor in 2022.
In 2004 a group consisting of a legislator and a team of journalists stumbled upon a ghastly sight while touring the Oregon State Hospital. They discovered a dusty forgotten shed-like structure with over 3,500 copper tins with unclaimed human cremains inside. It was referred to as the “room …
Douglas County voters want to remain a part of Oregon.
Most Douglas County residents faced choices between incumbent Republican state legislators and Democratic challengers in this election.
In a move cheered by ranchers and bemoaned by environmentalists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday it was removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection across the Lower 48 states.
As Democratic state Senate candidate Kat Stone sends out campaign texts to likely voters, she said she’s all too frequently receiving the same question back from voters — if you’re running for Senate, why aren’t you in the Voters’ Pamphlet?
Incumbent Republicans Sen. Dallas Heard and Rep. Gary Leif have raised quite a bit more money than their Democratic challengers in the legislative races for Senate District 1 and House District 2.
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