Douglas County News

About 100 lightning strikes peppered Douglas County on Tuesday, putting firefighters on the lookout for wildfires.

Firefighters from the Douglas Forest Protective Association and local fire departments responded to four wildfires over the weekend.

Motorists traveling north on Interstate 5 should expect lane closures, congestion and delays between Drain and Cottage Grove Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19, due to pavement repairs.

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A jail inmate due to be released July 24 walked away from a work crew assignment at the County Courthouse on Wednesday morning, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Friday afternoon.

The stepmother of Kyron Horman, the boy who disappeared from his Portland-area school four years ago, is in the process of changing her name, according to Douglas County court records.

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.

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

Curtis Hannevold of Roseburg holds daughter Emma Hannevold, 2, as he says hello to his grandfather Don Jenkins who was driving in the Graffiti Night Cruise in downtown Roseburg Saturday.

A man stabbed someone he knew in the chest Sunday night, Roseburg Police said. Officers responded just before midnight to a NE Jacobson home and found Kennith Wilson, 50, of Roseburg with a stab wound to the chest.

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.

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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.

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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.

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