Elkton News

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

A few months ago, rock medians were added to Highway 38 in Elkton. A few days ago, they were ripped out.

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

Opal Home, 2, center, eyes a Monarch butterfly held by Colten Moore, 4, while Opal's sister, Ember, 5, takes a photograph during Saturday's Blooms & Butterflies Celebration in Elkton.

A worldly concert is set for 7 to 9 tonight at Jasmine's, 809 S.E. Main St., Roseburg.

The fifth annual Blooms & Butterflies Celebration is set for Saturday. The day's events take place at the Elkton Community Education Center, 15850 Highway 38 West.

Several North County cities are banking on state grants to complete needed infrastructure projects.

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

Only one of five positions on the Elkton School Board is a contested race in this month's election.

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, ...

Eugene-area woman died Saturday evening when she lost control of her motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail while attempting to turn off a county road onto Highway 38 east of Wells Creek in western Douglas County.

For the past 64 years, students from Reedsport and Elkton have spent a day each spring planting trees as part of the Lower Umpqua Schools Tree Plant Day.

The Oregon Department of Forestry is selling off its only tree nursery. Spokesman Kevin Weeks said Monday that declining logging on national forests and increased availability of seedlings from private nurseries forced it to close last year.

Lost Highway will perform at the Drain Civic Center on Friday. So you know... WHAT: The band Lost Highway is set to perform at the next concert arranged by the North Douglas Performing Arts Council WHEN: Door ...

Gallery Madera has gathered many of the Northwest's best woodfired ceramic artists together in one comprehensive showcase for their second annual "A Path of Flame" exhibit.

The parents of the Elkton High School Class of 2009 are preparing for the annual drug and alcohol free party on graduation night, June 5. Monetary or merchandise donations are welcome.

This special section is dedicated to OregonA's statehood. Within these pages, youA'll find accounts of Douglas County history, as well as stories about our communities and chronicles of pioneering families.

A 23-year-old man remained hospitalized this morning after suffering a head injury in a logging accident near Elkton Thursday.

A rock painted to resemble a large, aquatic reptile glowers at motorists Wednesday along the Sutherlin-Elkton Highway near Tyee.

Oregon has come a long way in it's 150 years as a state, and every township and city has written it's own chapter in the state's history books.