Drain News

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking the whereabouts of 16 Douglas County residents who are owed unclaimed income tax refunds.

Rather than be disappointed the empty building, a former diner, wasn't selling, Dave Akins decided to fill it full of Christmas cheer.

Douglas County Public Health has scheduled four clinics to provide H1N1 vaccines for people considered to be in priority groups for inoculations.

A Springfield man was hurt in a one-vehicle wreck Saturday afternoon on Highway 38 near Drain, Oregon State Police reported this morning.

Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies reach out to control a load of marijuana as it is lowered from a helicopter into a truck for disposal Sept.14, 2007 near Glendale.

A scheduled hearing for arraignment of a Drain man was cancelled in Douglas County Circuit Court Monday morning.

Police say multiple young women have come forward saying they had sexual encounters with a teacher while they were underage, but the teacher says it's not true -- and school officials say police never contacted them about the allegations.

A former high school teacher and varsity basketball coach faces charges he sexually abused students.

Blunt force trauma from a head injury was determined as the cause of death of the Drain man who was found unconscious and bleeding near the Civic Center last week, according to a Douglas County Sheriff's Office news release.

Drain, Ore.-A Drain man died of blunt force trauma last Thursday after he fell near Drain Civic Center that Tuesday.

Oregon's Sesquicentennial, celebrating 150 years of statehood, includes many small celebrations as well as large, statewide events marking the milestones of statehood.

Drain resident Tawny Erickson leaves flowers by the town's covered bridge. This is where a homeless man, known as "Mikey," was found unconscious Tuesday morning.

A Drain man who fell Tuesday morning near the Civic Center suffered a severe head injury.

Paul Parker has never forgotten the morning 64 years ago when he climbed into a P-47N Thunderbolt and roared off at sunrise bound for Tokyo.

Dogs like this one will vie for the top spots at this weekend's Colliding Rivers trials.

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

Richard Germond of the Lookingglass area asks U.S. Rep Peter DeFazio a question during a town hall forum Wednesday at the Drain Civic Center.

So many people showed up for a town hall meeting on health care reform here Wednesday morning, Rep.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio will kick off a series of Douglas County town hall meetings Wednesday in Drain.

Wagon Trek 150 project manager Tom Marquette drives his team of mules while sitting with Helen Latimer, right, and Linda Baird as they prepare to depart from Drain Monday morning.