Douglas County News

Law enforcement from all over Douglas County came together Thursday morning to honor the officers who have died on duty.

Some Roseburg firefighters are receiving a special training this week as a refresher on how to fight fires caused by propane gas and flammable liquids.

Dozens of fires have raged throughout Douglas County, forcing the Douglas Forest Protective Association to start fire season early this year.

Douglas County Fire District No. 2 has declared a burn ban prohibiting all open burning starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say the man who crashed his log truck Monday afternoon south of Roseburg was driving drunk.

The body that was found last week in the South Umpqua River has been identified.

The body that was found last week in the South Umpqua River has been identified.

Roseburg Forest Products President and CEO Allyn Ford speaks Monday at a Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

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

A Roseburg woman was taken to a hospital Sunday after crashing a motorcycle in the 7700 block of Garden Valley Road, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Dry conditions in Oregon are continuing to produce early season wildfires. The 60-acre Andrews Creek fire in Douglas County was contained Sunday, the cause is still under investigation.

Authorities are still investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in the South Umpqua River last week.

Restrictions on outdoor burning in Douglas County will go into effect Wednesday, the earliest start to the fire season in 23 years, the Douglas Forest Protective Association announced today.

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

Undoubtedly the biggest issue facing Douglas County voters in the May 21 election is the Roseburg School District's five-year, $6 million bond levy.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office was still unable Saturday to identify the woman whose body was spotted Friday in the South Umpqua River near the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Flora Rolfsness didn't become a mother until she was 45. The Roseburg woman describes the arrival of daughter Trina McConnell 51 years ago as a "surprise package." "She was a surprise, but we were happy to have her," said Rolfsness, 96.

Photo courtesy of Javier Goirigolzarri Previous thinning and fuels treatments on the Deschutes National Forest allowed firefighters to successfully ignite backfires, stopping the progress of the Pole Creek Burn in 2012.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN/The News-Review Kay Rogers, middle, of Roseburg speaks with Forest Service public affairs specialist Lucero Hernandez, left, and Forest Service public affairs officer Cheryl Caplan during the Umpqua Connects volunteer fair at the Roseburg Mall Saturday.

A fisherman found a woman's body in the South Umpqua River on Friday. The unidentified woman's body was found near the boat ramp at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.