CHINHAE, Republic of Korea — Rasha Urtecho of Roseburg serves in the U.S. Navy as they monitor surface contacts from the pilothouse aboard the USS Benfold.
CHINHAE, Republic of Korea — Rasha Urtecho of Roseburg serves in the U.S. Navy as they monitor surface contacts from the pilothouse aboard the USS Benfold.
KELLOGG — Earthquakes, hurricanes, oil spills, tornadoes, wildfires and now war. Robin Loznak, a freelance photojournalist, has seen the devastation created by those natural and man-made events.
When John Tapogna, president of the Portland economic consulting firm ECONorthwest, spoke to the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce in November, he said the unprecedented growth and record low unemployment Oregon was experiencing had one potential downside: the chance of a recession in 2020.
When Knotty Lady Yarns owner Kelley Trinchero heard animals affected by the wildfires raging throughout Australia needed help, she got to work.
A company named in a report on illegal logging practices in the Congo Basin alongside Roseburg Forest Products had its logging license at two sites suspended by the Gabon government.
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PORTLAND — Lea Vlcek of Elkton describes herself as a long-time feminist. Feminists changed the world for women, she said, opening shelters for battered women, improving women’s health and opening up jobs to women where none had been before.
The Umpqua Valley Havurah held its annual Hanukkah party at the Douglas County Library Thursday. A festive group partook of customary food and menorah lighting, while celebrating Jewish culture and tradition.
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Jordan “Bruno” Gegenhuber, a 2012 Roseburg High School graduate and co-valedictorian, has recently been named a Fulbright scholar.
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 570 injured …
On many, many occasions over the years, Albert Nijsten has traveled through the Brussels Zaventem Airport and the city’s metro subway station.
