Camas Valley News

A small forest fire in southwestern Douglas County on June 18, led to the discovery of what Douglas Inter-agency Narcotics Team officers said was a recently planted cartel grow of marijuana plants.

Firefighters taking a short cut through the woods while in search of a small fire stumbled across a marijuana grow that yielded more than 8,600 plants last month, according to the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team.

High school graduates around Douglas County captured more than $6.2 million in scholarship money this year.

The 70th annual Douglas County Lamb Show wrapped up Saturday night with the annual Rotary Lamb Auction.

Smaller schools may come out the winners in the current fiscal free fall affecting all Oregon districts this year, but by default.

Fourteen high school seniors were honored with scholarships Saturday night at the annual Cow Creek Umpqua Community College Scholarship Dinner.

Dropout numbers and percentages from each school district for the 2007-08 and 2006-07 years as reported to the Oregon Department of Education are listed below: School - 07-08 enrollment, dropouts, percentage; 06-07enrollment, dropouts, percentage: Camas Valley - 48, 0, 0%; 62, 2, 3.2% Days Creek - 156, 3, 1.92%; 99, 2, 2% Elkton - 66, 4, 6.06%; 61, ...

Beckie Brooks lines up her kindergarten students at Oakland Elementary on Tuesday.

A sure sign of spring - there aren't any eggs left in the dairy case at the local supermarket.

David Roth, 10, left, his brother Jonathan, 8, and Veronica Stadig, 15, knot a blanket at the Winston Mennonite Church.

Adverse weather, a power outage, an earthquake or a forgetful relative could all result in a disaster for many of the homebound seniors living in Douglas County.

A Shady Cove man remained hospitalized this morning after crashing a car on Highway 42 west of Camas Valley.

KPIC anchor and reporter Megan Sweeney works in the Roseburg studio on Thursday.

It takes a village to raise a child, or so goes the adage. Folks in Elkton have taken that to heart.

From left: Riddle High School students Lacee Martin, Megan Matthews and Asia Ramsey, from left, watch the inauguration of Barack Obama on television during their second period multimedia class.

A Camas Valley woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly eluded police from Coquille to Winston.

Days Creek Senior Andrew Coleman, 18, works on shop project in November at the local charter school.

A car travels south on Highway 138 north of Sutherlin past a downed tree which was cleared from the roadway on Friday morning.

Heavy winds and downed trees kept power crews busy Friday. EPUD crews worked to restore power to hundreds of customers in the Marcola area.

A peek out the window likely brought either relief or disappointment to many Douglas County residents this morning as the forecast for a fresh blanket of snow fell short.