Douglas County News

Sasha the dachshund stays warm in a wrap handmade by owner Iris Arnold of Roseburg, left, as they take a walk Tuesday evening in Roseburg's Stewart Park.

The force used against two men who died this year while being arrested was justified in both cases, a Douglas County grand jury has ruled.

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

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

Two Roseburg men were arrested Monday evening in connection with a burglary in the 2100 block of Doerner Road, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said today.

A Douglas County grand jury has found that police officers in two separate incidents were justified in using stun guns against the suspects - both of whom died following their confrontations with police.

Lucy Fry, 2, of Roseburg takes in the spectacle of the fully lit Christmas tree in front of the Douglas County Courthouse during the annual tree lighting ceremony Sunday night.

Douglas County grew by 655 residents, most of them in Roseburg, in a one-year period that ended July 1, according to an estimate by the Portland State University's Population Research Center.

The moisture soaking the Northwest will be on its way out just as a blast of Arctic air moves the freezing level down to the valley floor, the National Weather Service said Monday.

Douglas County Commissioner Doug Robertson, who chairs the Association of O&C Counties, on Monday said his group is finding a lot more to dislike about Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden's plan for managing some 2 million acres of federal forests in western Oregon.

The long-awaited forest management plan has arrived from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. It's too bad it's taken almost the entire year since Wyden became chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee before producing a bill, because it doesn't look favorable for Douglas County.

Though many Douglas County residents are interested in genealogy, they may not be familiar with the Genealogical Society of Douglas County and its resources.

U.S. Forest Service Tiller Ranger District biologists Andre Silva, right, and Casey Baldwin pause during a Nov. 20 field trip to explain new tree planting possibilites in areas more severely burned from last summer's Whiskey Fire.

Twice a year semi-formal teen dances were held in the Elks Lodge ball room back in the 1960s.

A Eugene woman was arrested for DUII Saturday afternoon after police caught her driving over 100 miles per hour on Interstate 5 with heroin inside the car, state police officials said.

Frigid Arctic air will move into Douglas County on Monday night, possibly bringing up to an inch of snow on the valley floor and driving temperatures to record lows later in the week, according to the National Weather Service.

ROSE Plate pals Adobo and pancit and platters of lumpia. These were a few of the favorite things found Sunday at the Roseburg YMCA at a dinner prepared by the Douglas County Filipino-American Association.

Police logs were unavailable from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office today. ARRESTS The News-Review publishes the names of individuals who have been arrested on suspicion of at least one felony charge or three misdemeanors or a combination of felony and misdemeanor charges.

A retired Oregon state trooper says he will run for Douglas County commissioner because he wants to see the county return to the prosperity it enjoyed when he moved here in 1978.

Today's holiday means altered schedules at sites around Douglas County. Most News-Review subscribers received today's issue this morning rather than this afternoon.