Reedsport News

A minor injury three car crash occurred on the McCullough Bridge Wuesday afternoon, causing all lanes across the bridge to be closed for about two hours.

REEDSPORT - The Bureau of Land Management says a controlled burn of more than 120 acres will improve elk forage and habitat at the popular Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area near Reedsport.

Chain saw carvers from across the region trekked to Reedsport to compete in the Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship this Father's Day weekend.

A driver suffering from a medical complication lost control of her car on a two-lane bridge across Coos Bay, sparking a three-car crash that shut down Highway 101 for two hours Wednesday.

Salem-News.com - June 25, 2009 - 1:51 am Jun-24-2009 19:22 Crash on McCollough Bridge Halts Traffic for 2 Hours Two people were transported to Bay Area Hospital for evaluation and treatment.

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

Sutherlin police chief Tom Boggs is retiring after 29 years of police work. On a recent afternoon, Sutherlin Police Chief Tom Boggs was heading back to the station from lunch when a drunken driving report crackled over the radio.

Free summer lunch programs have started up this week around Coos County, providing meals for kids and adults.

In just a few short days, giant Spruce logs will be turned into works of art during the 10th Annual Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship .

As I looked over the paper on June 14, I was surprised to not see one red, white and blue flag.

Douglas County animal control officer Lee Bartholomew lifts a kitten into a cage on the back of his pickup after taking the animal from outside a home in the Mill Pine area of Roseburg on Wednesday.

A $407,000 budget for the Douglas County 4-H, Master Gardener & Extension District was established Wednesday for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, sitting as the governing body of the district, unanimously approved the recommendation from the district's Budget Committee.

School is just about out for Summer, which sadly means that some students could go hungry if not for one particular program that looks to make sure they get their regular lunches.

Paving work to bring 101 delays Road paving work on Highway 101 between Reedsport and Winchester Bay will bring intermittent lane closures and brief delays.

Gary Groth, head of the Douglas County Land Department, stands in front of a map of Douglas County.

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

A scarcity of funds is preventing the city of Reedsport from using any general fund dollars for capital improvement projects in the 2009-10 budget year, unless grant money can be acquired for the projects.

Glide High School students Dana Honse, Clara Gilman and Rachel Engle hide under a table during an atomic bomb drop drill in the musical 'Zombie Prom,' set in 1958 at Enrico Fermi High School.

Deep in the South, where every occasion is a good excuse for a picnic, people still gather on Mondays in late May to pass around food, let the kids run wild in the fresh air and scrub down headstones.

In honor of Memorial Day, groups across the county are holding activities and tributes to soldiers throughout the long weekend.