Douglas County News

Imagine walking around in 100-degree temperatures, lugging 85 to 100 pounds of gear for maybe 12 hours in a land thousands of miles from home, not knowing if your next step will be your last.

A classic Chevrolet owned by Tracy Bradley of Shady Cove on display at a Graffiti Week kickoff car show Wednesday at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Occupation: Writer, Mom, Pastor's Wife Family: Married with two daughters and one son-in-law About: Jemelene is a passionate storyteller.

Longtime Roseburg photographer Gary Leif filed Tuesday to run for Douglas County commissioner, becoming the fourth candidate for the seat Doug Robertson will leave at the end of July.

Retirement & Rest Home Tour - meet at Roseburg High School 12:30 pm, tour & short display at local senior centers, 541 673-8543 Cruzin' And Viewin'- Ten Down & Splitz, outdoor music and BBQ, 6-10:00 pm, 2400 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., 541 672-3601 Roseburg Tire Pros Graffiti Welcome - live music with Flashbak and food, 6-10:00 pm, 1735 NE Diamond Lake ... (more)

About: Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Jayne has lived in Douglas County since 2007.

The Woods Creek fire near Days Creek started with a lightning strike early in the morning of July 2. The restrictions go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for all private, county, state and U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands protected by the Douglas Forest Protective Association .

A 16-year-old St. Helens girl was killed and her passenger injured when her car left U.S. 30 near Rainier and rolled over early Sunday.

The former site of Douglas Community Medical Center, which closed in February 2000, is one of thee possible locations for the Roseburg office for the Oregon Department of Human Services.

About: Robbin is transplanted from Atlanta, Georgia, married to a native Oregonian who brought her to Roseburg to follow his career as an attorney.

"This morning we had a lightning storm travel the full length of the district and drop about 100 strikes, some storms with moisture," said Melvin Thornton with the Douglas Forest Protective Association.

A plane flies over the Woods Creek fire in Douglas County, which was pummeled with lightning strikes in the past 24 hours.

About: From fashion shows, concerts, smart phones, little black dresses, fine dining and everything else the city life offers to packaging hunted elk meat, shooting guns, casserole dishes, endless laundry and an SUV, join her on this journey from city shaker to green acres.

An investigation into a string of burglaries led police to search two homes Monday and arrest 9 people, including a man wanted on an unrelated warrant who tried to escape capture by jumping into a river.

Southern Oregon has about 12% of the state's population, and about 12% of the votes cast in Oregon in the last presidential election came from the region.

A Douglas County jury found a former Roseburg man guilty of raping a girl during the 1990s and early 21st century.

Motorists traveling on Interstate 5 through Douglas County late tonight can expect delays while an oversized load carrying a gate for a California hydro dam passes through.

Banner Corp., the parent company of Banner Bank, has completed its acquisition of six Southern Oregon bank branches from Umpqua Bank.

The search for the Kim family gained national attention in 2006 after the family got lost on an old logging road trying to make their way to Gold Beach.

The Barnes first became familiar with the Nickel Mountain property in the late 1990s.