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Douglas C.A.R.E.S.A Roseburg organization that helps children who have been assaulted — the only one of its kind in the rural county — is pausing services amid a budget shortfall. -
Jane Vaughan/JPRUnhoused adults are at least three and a half times more likely to die than the general population. Many groups that work with homeless people hold services around the winter solstice to highlight the dangers of homelessness and to remember those who passed away during the year.
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An investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission into the former CEO of a social services nonprofit serving Josephine and Douglas Counties was dismissed on Friday. -
Three camps are owned and operated not by the city, but by Elk Island Trading Group, a landowner that flips blighted real estate. -
The proposed ordinance would primarily affect the nonprofit HIV Alliance, which provides a needle exchange program for drug users in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. -
A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day. -
Heavy rains battered areas of Southern Oregon this weekend, resulting in widespread flooding and damage. -
Nurses in Roseburg have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract after planning to picket. -
The City of Roseburg is considering whether to punish some camping code violations with jail time. -
Three Oregon federal lawmakers are pushing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to move swiftly to fund a new 154-bed long-term home for veterans in Douglas County. -
Umpqua Community College purchased three commercial buildings in downtown Roseburg a year ago to develop housing for students. -
Planners envision a 172-mile route connecting Roseburg to Crater Lake, then heading southwest on Highway 62 to Eagle Point. -
Downtown Roseburg is becoming home to a growing number of students from Umpqua Community College. -
At a meeting Monday night, the Roseburg City Council expressed its support for a state bill that would create a liability exemption, thereby removing the financial concern from lawsuits over urban campgrounds, potentially from unruly residents.
