Yoncalla News

Teaching position retained by YoncallaA half-time teaching position that had been on the budget chopping block was restored at a Yoncalla School Board meeting Monday evening.

Before it stopped here during the third week of June, the Tooth Taxi's route during the past several months sounded like an Oregon version of the Johnny Cash classic "I've Been Everywhere." "We've been all over the state," Tooth Taxi program manager Mary Daly said.

They are barbecuing in Yoncalla at the rodeo . The Veterans of Foreign Wars in Springfield plan to cook up chicken to raise money for veterans.

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

During the tough economic times, chatter about community gardens seems to be spreading across the country, state and county.

The Douglas County Veterans Service Office will be closed Friday through June 12 to allow staff members to attend accreditation training at the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers conference.

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

As a kickoff to the 2009 summer reading program, the Douglas County Library System will offer an adventure on the high seas.

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

Dee Gilchrist rakes mulch that members of the Douglas County Democrats spread in Norma Kain's Myrtle Creek yard Saturday.

Three people are vying for one seat on the Yoncalla School Board and two incumbents are running uncontested to retain their positions.

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

Margie Reece has been fostering children off and on in Portland and Douglas County for more than 25 years.

'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.

The air in 77-year-old Nick Botner's 7-acre Yoncalla, Oregon, orchard is redolent with the aroma of apples, a sweet-tart sensation guaranteed to make your mouth water in anticipation.

Douglas County commissioners and other state and federal officials toured the proposed site of the Milltown Hill Dam, east of Yoncalla, in this photo from 2005.

Oregon lawmakers are looking at ways to improve the financial management of the state's school districts and education service districts.

A Drain man was injured Saturday when he crashed a motorcycle on Elkhead Road. Omar Newbury, 38, was traveling east on a 2005 Yamaha motorcycle when he came up behind a slow moving truck as he rounded a corner on the 1000 block at about 5:40 p.m., according to a Douglas County Sheriff's Office report.

Police have accused one Yoncalla man and two Springfield men in the theft of about 1,400 gallons of diesel stolen from sites in Rice Hill and Pleasant Hill.

The Rev. Aaron Auer, a modern-day circuit rider, will give a presentation at 1 p.m. April 16 in the Heritage Room of the Yoncalla Branch Library, 2640 Eagle Valley Road.