Umpqua News

Trystin Willbanks, 10, floats on his back while cooling down with a swim in the South Umpqua River at the boat launch at Templin Beach Park Park in Roseburg on Wednesday.

Improved U.S. housing starts and permits have bolstered the price for logs and mill studs in Southern Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied five applications for permits to commercially remove sand and gravel in or near the Umpqua River and its major tributaries near Roseburg.

Rainbow trout come in one size at the Leaburg hatchery viewing pond: BIG! Take time to visit the Leaburg Fish Hatchery , next time you're driving the McKenzie River Highway about 20 miles east of Springfield.

A large clay face looks out from the Piatt Studios booth at the Umpqua Valley Arts Festival at Fir Grove Park in Roseburg on Saturday.

Kena Heck of Eugene dances with an oversized hula hoop during Tuesday's Music on the Half Shell concert in Roseburg's Stewart Park.

Steve Reustle shows off a carving of the archangel Gabriel in his wine cave at Prayer Rock Vineyards.

I am a whitewater neophyte, but I'm joining some far-flung friends to do a trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River over the Fourth of July.

Someday the Interstate 5 interchange at Del Rio Road may be one of the most important in Douglas County for its proximity to the North Umpqua River, the rail line, developable land, the college and highway frontage.

Other action taken at the Wednesday meeting of the Umpqua Community College Board of Trustees included: Approved a resolution to establish a $700,000 contingency fund for the 2009-10 school year.

Travel reporter Terry Richard enjoying Umpqua Dairy's Oregon's 150 ice cream . You can't visit the Land of the Umpquas without partaking of the ice cream.

The governor's authority to approve the site for tribal casinos can be challenged under a ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court.

The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce says it still supports the original interchange design at Del Rio Road, but also gave conditional support to another option that ODOT has proposed.

Fire season starts Friday, and with it comes new restrictions for burning and outdoor activities.

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.

Potter Peppi Melick takes a turn at the wheel in her studio near Roseburg. So you know... WHAT: Bowls of Hope, a United Community Action Network event to honor partners, sponsors and the artists who contribute to the annual Empty Bowls program at the Summer Arts Festival.

The Sutherlin Budget Committee has voted against funding U-Trans bus service in the 2009-10 fiscal year and agreed to foot a larger portion of the cost of a school resource officer.

A fire on the South Umqua River's bank near the V.A. grounds caused some problems for firefighters Monday night.

ROSEBURG - A 200-foot-stretch of the Dread and Terror segment of the North Umpqua Trail is impassible because of high water three miles east of Umpqua Hot Springs.

Kim Rollison tosses popcorn to her daughter, Natasha Rollison-Hodges, as they wait for the movie to start at the first Movies in the Park in Roseburg's Stewart Park Saturday.