07/13/11 CANYONVILLE, Ore. - Drivers will notice a new rest area along Interstate 5. But it's not run by the state and it isn't costing tax payers a dime. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe Indians has opened their own rest stop off Exit 99. It cost about $1...
07/06/11 (UPDATE 2) As of 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, the Beals Creek Fire will be officially contained. The final size of the fire has ben mapped at 88 acres. (UPDATE) Firefighters expect the wildfire 25 miles South of Roseburg to be completely contained by late Wednesday night. The Douglas Forest Protective Association says fire crews expect to enter the burning acres Wednesday night to put out hot spots ...
07/06/11 CANYONVILLE, Ore. -- Firefighters continue to contain the fire on Beals Creek. Crews built containment lines Tuesday night and will strengthen those trails Wednesday, according to a press release from the Douglas Forest Protective Association. The...
07/05/11 By Melissa Frey DAYS CREEK, Ore. -- A wildfire started late Monday night in Douglas County. Fire crews, including three engines, 33 firefighters and a bulldozer, responded to the Beals Creek Fire, three miles southwest of Days Creek Monday night. By Tuesday morning, the fire had already spread to nearly 100 acres. Crews worked overnight, building 2,000 feet of fire trails. 100 firefighters have ...
07/05/11 Just when everyone thought the fireworks were over, a fire east of Canyonville sent firefighters scrambling into the hills near Days Creek late Monday night.
05/30/11 Flyovers are scheduled all over the state on Monday, as the Oregon Air National Guard observes Memorial Day. read more
05/13/11 The South Coast's three smallest high schools will compete at the same site Saturday in a pair of district track meets.
04/21/11 While the Coos County Meet has great history as the oldest annual high school track and field meet in Oregon, being held the past 103 years, the Prefontaine Rotary Invitational is the largest meet on
03/23/11 AMERICAN RIVER- Blown out with flows at 25,000 cfs. A new run of small adults had entered the river before flows increased. Try Nimbus Basin just below the dam when the river drops by half.
03/17/11 North Bend's boys beat visiting Canyonville Christian Academy 7-1 in the Bulldogs' season-opening match Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon.
03/03/11 Almost two years after the remains of Stephanie Condon were found near a logging road outside Glide, Ore., the man accused of kidnapping and murdering her has gone on trial.
03/02/11 AMERICAN RIVER-Decent steelie fishing for adults and halfpounders from Rossmoor Bar on up to the Basin.
01/08/11 Cal Chambers, a DirecTV customer, hardly noticed when his KMVU-TV signal went dark a week ago. Sitcoms aren't his thing, he says.
01/05/11 The Seven Feathers Casino Resort in Canyonville, Ore., didn't bet on black or red, it bet on green. Now, they are seeing the payoff, and it's a big one.
12/11/10 Seven ceremonial wreaths will be placed at the Eagle Point National Cemetery late this morning as part of the annual Wreaths Across America event.
12/09/10 Marshfield's wrestling team split a pair of Midwestern League duals in Eugene, beating Sheldon 62-15 and falling to Churchill 56-16.
12/09/10 A public health advisory against water contact on part of the South Umpqua River was lifted Wednesday after tests showed reduced levels of a toxic blue-green algae that killed a dog there this summer.
12/08/10 GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Obama administration is working on a pair of pilot logging projects in southwestern Oregon that are designed to find a new way out of decades of conflict between timber jobs and spotted owls and salmon.
10/27/10 David Duwayne Williams wept at his attempted murder trial Tuesday as his ex-girlfriend testified that her attempts to end the relationship resulted in a violent attack.
10/18/10 BOYS SOCCER 6A Non-League Ashland (5A) at Grants Pass, 4 p.m. Cleveland (5A) at Lincoln, 7 p.m. 6A Southern Oregon South Medford at Crater, 4 p.m. North Medford at Roseburg, 6 p.m. 6A-2 Mt. Hood Conference Barlow at Central Catholic, 4 p.m., Delta Park David Douglas at Reynolds, 4 ... |