Camas Valley News

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

A helicopter crashed on private timberland Sunday, causing minor injuries to the pilot.

Annie Johnson a 2009 South Umpqua High grad sits among piles of clothing and other possessions as she prepares for her move to OSU.

Middle school test results were the highlight Monday as the state Oregon Department of Education released scores for the 2008-09 school year.

Robb Paul, the Douglas County public works director, stands on a piece of the old Brown's Bridge over the North Umpqua River west of Roseburg.

The state last week published Annual Yearly Progress reports for all of the almost 200 Oregon districts.

Number of patients currently holding medical marijuana cards in Oregon: 20,307 Number of patients holding cards in Douglas County: 1,102 Number of Oregon-licensed medical physicians who have signed applications: 2,983 Number of new applications received July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009: 11,900 Number of applications denied July 1, 2008 through ...

Cade Claughton, 13, and Brad Dancer, 13, enjoy the Scrambler Tuesday at the Douglas County Fair.

Cade Claughton, 13, and Brad Dancer, 13, enjoy the Scrambler Tuesday at the Douglas County Fair.

The Douglas County Planning Commission heard Thursday that construction of a 230-mile liquefied natural gas pipeline through Southern Oregon could encourage economic development and the creation of new jobs in the region.

The Douglas County Planning Commission on Thursday will weigh in on a short portion of the 230-mile liquefied natural gas pipeline proposed for southwest Oregon.

A multi-national corporation has submitted plans to build a hazardous liquefied natural gas import terminal on the North Spit of Coos Bay, and a 230-mile pipeline through Southern Oregon's neighborhoods, rivers, streams and public lands.

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.