Oakland News

By Lindsey Doi June 28, 2009 A Oakland, Ore. -- Camp Millennium might look like your typical week-long summer camp, but it's so much more to its 100 campers.A The camp is dedicated to kids dealing with cancer, and includes those youngsters that either have a sibling or parent with cancer, or have had cancer themselves.A Though some campers are ...

For Oakland resident Duane Waller, volunteering is a disease. It started out as an isolated incident, something Waller didn't think would spread much further.

YONCALLA, Ore. - The Oregon State Police arrested a Sutherlin woman accused of driving with a blood-alcohol level of more than four times the legal limit.

The Umpqua Valley Arts Association will hold its 41th annual Summer Arts Festival next week at Fir Grove Park.

Douglas County Library System patrons will continue to notice shorter library hours and fewer materials in the 2009-10 fiscal year.

For the past year and a half wea ve been working on Neighborhood Navigators. Neighborhood Navigators is a k-8 curriculum program that builds student knowledge related to transportation choices and safety.

The Pond and Patio Tour begins tonight and continues Saturday. News-Review file photo JIMMY AND THE BLUE SHADES - Catch this rootsy rock show at 7 tonight at the Drain Civic Center, 205 W. A St., Drain.

Trent Pynch of Dixonville has a few words with his lamb after the two earned grand championship honors Saturday at the Douglas County Lamb Show.

By Lindsey Doi May 31, 2009 A SUTHERLIN, Ore. -- The Papa Murphy's in Sutherlin is shuttered until Monday morning after a car crashed into its wall Friday night.

We often talk about how important tourism is in Douglas County and how it has the potential to grow and boost our economy.

A 45-year-old Oakland woman crashed through the side of Papa Murphy's Take 'n' Bake Pizza Friday, leaving a car-sized hole in the cinder block wall.

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

An evening of fun is planned for 5:30 tonight with crafts and a 6:30 movie at the Douglas County YMCA, 1151 Stewart Parkway, Roseburg.

Chills ran through Janna Roselund as she recounted how she stumbled into the next chapter of her life.

Less than a fifth of the ballots sent out for Tuesday's election for school board, fire department and other special district positions have been filled out and returned.

A Roseburg teacher and piano technician injured in a crash last week near Oakland continues to recover in a Portland hospital, while the man accused of causing the wreck remains in jail.

A Douglas County Judge has increased the bail for a man accused of assault in connection with a head-on accident involving a motorcycle east of Oakland last week.

Former Roseburg High School teacher John Granholm continues to recover in a Portland hospital after being hit while riding his motorcycle east of Oakland.

'Take Care of Oregon Days' - designed to muster volunteers to work on more than 500 projects across the state - will run through May as a part of Oregon's sesquicentennial celebration.

An Oakland man was arrested this morning after being involved in a hit-and-run accident that severed another man's leg.