Roseburg News

A Glendale man traveling west on Highway 138 East near Milepost 66 swerved to avoid hitting several deer in the road and plunged down an embankment early Saturday, Oregon State Police said.

HEATHER BARKLOW/For The News-Review Jon Riggs talks with a customer at his booth at the Umpqua Valley Farmers Market.

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

"Having driven on Stewart Parkway's 'S' curves numerous times, I can say confidently that they're not challenging to navigate.

An altercation which began with an argument about swearing at children ended with the arrest of two Roseburg women at Gaddis Park in Roseburg about 8 p.m. Saturday.

A Roseburg man arrested Saturday on suspicion of taking a car without the owner's permission and damaging it also faces a charge of failing to register as a sex offender.

CRAIG REED/The News-Review Mark Zerbach, left, and his brother, Mike Zerbach, discuss cabinet options Thursday morning at a display in the showroom of Your Kitchen & Bath in Roseburg.

After just three years in business and many millions in sales, Roseburg-based Willowood USA is being recognized as one of Oregon's top 100 fastest-growing companies.

Oregon legislators on Monday continued to work on a bill allowing the imposition of emergency taxes in financially ailing counties struggling to maintain basic law enforcement services.

HillCrest Vineyard in Roseburg, Ore., has been recognized for being the first in the state to plant pinot noir grapes.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN/The News-Review Rob McCallum reads to his 11-month-old son Blake at their Roseburg home recently.

Photo courtesy of Brittany Arnold Audrey Arnold of Roseburg gets to know her new sister, Evelyn, who was born June 3. Audrey will be 3 years old on Wednesday.

"We're in the midpoint of one of the driest years from January to this point that we've had in 50 to 60 years," said Steve Renquist, a horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service in Roseburg.

Tree sitters, blockaders, and the support crew have found their new home near the head waters of Myrtle Creek on O&C land in the White Castle timber sale.

ROSE Pilot project When Roseburg's Larry Durst goes the extra mile for kids, it's wa-ay up in the sky above Douglas County.

A Roseburg man accused of trying to murder his father with an ax in January may change his plea to guilty except for insanity, according to his lawyer.

A man armed with a machete and alarming people by talking about an upcoming assault he may be involved in was arrested at gunpoint Thursday by Roseburg police.

The deputy superintendent of the InterMountain Education Service District in Pendleton will become interim superintendent of the Douglas ESD in Roseburg, Ore., starting July 1. Lasher was the director of the information technology department when he first arrived at IMESD.

A Roseburg man wielding a machete at an apartment complex was arrested Thursday night, Roseburg police said.

Douglas County's population has thinned slightly since the 2010 census, a downward trend shared by other Oregon timber counties, according to figures released today by the Census Bureau.