Douglas County News

Suzanne Tibwe kneels among crop rows at Big Lick Farms in Myrtle Creek. She and her husband, Asinete Tibwe, have grown their business to the point at which it will support 100 community-supported agriculture members in 2014.

A man wanted for burglaries and vehicle thefts out of Lane County fled from deputies this morning on Sand Creek Road in North Douglas County.

Family: Husband; daughter, less than one; baby girl due this summer Occupation: Homemaker, technical writer by trade , quilter, blogger on occasion, vintage treasure-hunter About: Adrienne transplanted from Boise, Idaho two years ago with her husband, Nick, to seek out new adventures in Oregon.

Paul Stephenson, 26, of Oakland, was first reported missing by his family in December, three weeks after they said they last heard from him.

A person died in a head-on crash Saturday morning between a pickup and a tanker truck reportedly hauling helicopter fuel along Highway 38, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.

Twenty-four district winners representing fifth- through eighth-grade schools throughout the county qualified to take the stage in the Wildlife Safari auditorium and vie for the title of the county's best speller.

Andy Helmer, 10, of Roseburg checks out model solar cars for sale Saturday at the Douglas County Earth Day and Energy Fair at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Police say 3 kids were taken into protective custody and several arrests were made in a meth bust in the Green District of Roseburg Monday night.

These twin lambs find comfort in being close to their mother in mid-February on a Days Creek area ranch.

About: Destiny was born and raised in the Texas panhandle. She spent her college years plus some enjoying the city life of Minneapolis/St.

Miss Douglas County Scholarship Program contestants take the stage at Jacoby Auditorium in Winchester Saturday.

Last year, an extreme group made headlines when they rappelled down the state Capitol to protest the sale of state forest parcels that would benefit public education.

For his decades of volunteer service, Fred Smith is being recognized with the Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Oregon's Coastal communities share a lot in common. Seven counties are on the coast, but Douglas and Lane counties are mostly in the interior of the state, with only small parts on the coast, while Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties are more confined to the coast and coastal mountain range areas.

Randy Jones of Roseburg tries on a jacket last week at Sunrise Shop & Save in Roseburg as Linda Jensen, manger of Sunrise's skills development center, looks on.

About: A local pastor's wife, Marla Smart stays busy with her family of five and her church.

A 52-year-old faces accusations he sexually abused a 13-year-old girl from Cottage Grove in 2011 and 2012.

A new trial date has been scheduled for a man accused of faking his death in a fishing accident 15 years ago to avoid a trial on child sex-abuse charges.

Seneca Jones Timber Co. on Wednesday announced it bid on land for sale in the Elliott State Forest to deliberately challenge environmental groups that warned they would sue to block the state from divesting forestland potentially housing the threatened marbled murrelet seabird.

A temporary ban on medical marijuana dispensaries will now be in effect for Douglas County.