Douglas County News

Douglas County Fire District No. 2 staffers made it clear in a press conference Wednesday that the district is still interested in assisting Sutherlin with fire and ambulance services by way of a contract or an ...

Police are looking for a serial poacher or poachers who have illegally killed and left to rot at least seven Roosevelt elk in the Glendale area over the past eight months.

A high-speed chase took a wrong turn Thursday when a suspect tried to flee police by driving south in the northboud lanes of Interstate 5, narrowly missing head-on collisions with other drivers.

Thick brown and black pillows of smoke could be seen from miles away on Highway 138 East as the clouds bloomed from a burning Glide High School Saturday.

A 5-year-old Seattle-area boy and a 17-year-old Sutherlin boy drowned in rivers on Saturday, officials said.

Health advisories have been issued for three Oregon lakes where blue-green algae has bloomed.

Spc. Justin Fox is welcomed back to the U.S. by his son Robbie at Camp Rilea in Warrenton.

Douglas County commissioners declined to take action Wednesday against a group selling DVDs of excerpts from Board of Commissioner meetings and hearings.

An assault suspect who is defending himself against an array of charges appeared Wednesday in Douglas County Circuit Court to face even more charges he's racked up while in jail.

Eric Warner and his son William Warner, 10, watch from the banks of the South Umpqua River near Myrtle Creek Thursday as a mammoth tusk is removed.

When ambulances speed past Dune Country ATV Rentals, manager Jeremey Noel fears - even assumes - that another dune buggy rider came to grief in the steep sand hills at Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

Local wild fire agencies have been chasing fires all weekend after a lightning storm that pounded parts of Douglas County Saturday night.

A former Roseburg man who escaped a 14-year prison sentence for aggravated theft convictions two years ago didn't catch the same break Friday.

A Douglas County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Gabriel Scott Riley on charges of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, first-degree assault and first-degree arson, the District Attorney's Office ...

Two Douglas County nurses were reprimanded this month by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

A man shot and killed after entering a stranger's home and passing out on a couch had been drinking heavily that night, but was not a violent person, according to a friend who had been with him that evening.

A Medford teenager has drowned in the South Umpqua River near Tiller. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Lavender of Medford was located Monday night in a deep pool near the top of South Umpqua Falls about 15 miles east ...

Douglas County authorities say a 6-year-old girl died when a tractor backed over her as she tried to give its driver a cold drink.

By Lindsey Doi June 17, 2008 Roseburg, Ore. -- Monday marked the start of fire season and many fire stations are gearing up for a busy summer.

The name of the deceased individual from the Thursday morning shooting in Sutherlin has ben released, as well as the name of the shooter.