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Winchester — Douglas Timber Operators will hold its no host breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. June 26. Held at The Loft at Del Rey Cafe, 5669 NE Stephens St., Winchester, Con-Vey CEO Dave Larecy will present on wood production automation…

A sea of signs and flags. Flashes of red, white and blue waving in the air. Cars honking. Joyful cheers followed by roaring expletives. Country music playing on portable speakers in the distance. Faces young and old peering out from…

When the Sutherlin Bi-Mart’s pharmacy closed in 2021, Sutherlin Drug became the only place to fill a prescription for miles.

DOUGLAS COUNTY — The Umpqua National Forest has announced some temporary adjustments this week to the schedule of the North Umpqua Ranger Station.

ROSEBURG — Roseburg Fire Department, Central Douglas Fire & Rescue and Cow Creek Tribal Fire Management will be actively engaging in wildland fire training and exercises on Reservoir Hill in Roseburg on June 23, 25 and 27.

ELKTON — Elkton Community Education Center will use the first full day after this year’s summer solstice to host Blooms and Butterflies.

An encore program today with Oregon Community Foundation President and CEO Lisa Mensah.

June 17, 2025 11:00 a.m.  The Roseburg Fire Department’s annual hydrant flushing will end soon. Through June 30th hydrant flushing is being conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week. RFD realizes that hydrant flushing may cause some inconvenience, however it is necessary to ensure proper functioning and delivery of adequate water...

June 17, 2025 10:50 a.m.  In the KQEN Cultural Spotlight: It’s the final week of “Noise Off” at Umpqua Actors Community Theatre. The production is a relentless, high-energy farce filled with embarrassing moments, behind the scenes shenanigans, physical comedy hijinks, and even flying sardines. Audience members will take a trip behind the scenes as everything...

June 17, 2025 10:20 a.m.   Ticket sales continue for the 2026 Luau presented by the Douglas County Republican Party. The fundraiser will take place on Saturday, June 28th at Bar Run Golf & RV Resor, northwest of Roseburg. A social hour will begin at 4:30 p.m. The evening will feature Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham...

June 17, 2025  10:00 a.m.  Free summer meal distribution is underway in the South Umpqua School District. The summer food program is a part of USDA Food and Nutrition Service and is administered by the Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition. Meals are available to children and teens age 18 and younger. Meals are given...

June 17, 2025 9;40 a.m. The 2025 Umpqua Woofstock Festival will take place in Sutherlin’s Central Park on Saturday. Billed as “The Biggest Dog Block Party of the Summer”, the event includes music, food and unique vendors, guest speakers, a silent auction, kid’s activities and more. There will also be a dog parade and a...

June 17, 2025 9:20 a.m. Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle in the Lookingglass area on Sunday. A DCSO report said at 12:00 p.m. a 62-year-old Winston man was driving northbound in the 9000 block of Lookingglass Road when he came around a curve and encountered a vehicle headed...

Live from the Nichols Bandshell in Roseburg’s Stewart Park, Kelly Leonard talks about the start of the Music on the Half Shell series for 2025.

June 17, 2025 9:00 a.m. In the KQEN Cultural Spotlight: Music on the Half Shell begins its 33rd season on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. The weekly summer concerts are presented at Nichol’s Band Shell in Roseburg’s Stewart Park. Half Shell begins with The Revelers performing Swamp, Pop, Cajun, Zydeco, Country and Blues, all while...

June 17, 2025 5:40 a.m. A Sutherlin man was jailed following an injury crash on Sunday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 2:30 p.m. a SUV driven by 42-year-old Nicholas Knickerbocker left the roadway in the 2000 block of Eagle Valley Road in the Yoncalla area and crashed into the rear of a...

June 17, 2025 4:00 a.m.  Passengers in a vehicle were taken to the hospital following a two- vehicle crash on Sunday afternoon in the Melrose area. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said shortly before 1:30 p.m. a 65-year-old Oakland woman was driving her sedan westbound on Melrose Road near Busenbark Lane while a 40-year-old...

June 13, 2025 3:50 a.m. In the KQEN Cultural Spotlight: Music on the Half Shell begins its 32nd season on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. The weekly summer concerts are presented at Nichol’s Band Shell in Roseburg’s Stewart Park. Half Shell begins with The Revelers performing Swamp, Pop, Cajun, Zydeco, Country and Blues, all while...

June 17, 2025 3:40 a.m. The City of Roseburg Fire Department, Central Douglas Fire & Rescue and Cow Creek Tribal Fire Management will be actively engaging in wildland fire training and exercises on Reservoir Hill in Roseburg on June 23rd, 25th and 27th. An RFD release said training will take place each day from 9:00...

June 17, 2025 3:30 a.m. The City of Roseburg Downtown Parking Committee will meet on Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. A city release said the meeting will be held in the Umpqua Room of the Public Safety Center on Southeast Douglas Avenue. The committee will continue their discussion of ideas from their previous meeting regarding...

June 17, 2025 3:20 a.m. Roseburg Parks and Recreation has “Just for Fun” golf for women on Wednesday nights, beginning this week. A city release said women will have five opportunities to play golf and make new friends every other week at the Stewart Park Golf Course on Northwest Stewart Parkway. This year, a...

June 17, 2025 3:05 a.m. The Oregon Department of Transportation has extended its Online Open House for the Exit 124/125 Interchange Area Management Plan and Garden Valley Corridor Plan through this Friday. The site has information about the plan alternatives as well as a form for people to send feedback, ideas and concerns to the...

June 17, 2025 2:50 a.m. The Umpqua National Forest has announced some temporary adjustments this week to the schedule of the North Umpqua Ranger Station. A UNF release said the station, which is typically open on Wednesdays, will be closed this Wednesday. To ensure continued access to the public, the office will instead be open...

Wildland fire training burns will take place on Reservoir Hill June 23, 25 & 27. Controlled burns begin June 18. Public access is restricted. Drones are prohibited. For media inquiries, contact Amy Rice at 541-492-6727

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June 16, 2025 3:30 p.m.  On Monday, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released a statement following reports that the GOP’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” includes provisions that would allow the federal government to sell off millions of acres of federal lands, including thousands of acres in Oregon. Merkley said, “Our public lands – which contribute...

Terry Brock, Cody Clark and Tom Maddux talk about the upcoming Sutherlin Stampede which includes new events that are being added for this year.

Live from Salem, State Representative Court Boice talks about last week’s decision from the Fish and Wildlife Commission,  current hot topics in the legislature, and what remains  before adjournment later this month.

June 16, 2025 11:00 a.m.   The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District, has canceled its prescribed burn schedule for this week. The agency was preparing for a 122-acre prescribed burn within the North Umpqua Management Area, six miles west of Glide, off North Bank Road. BLM Public Affairs Specialist Joey Nikirk said the cancelation decision...

June 16, 2025 10:50 a.m.   Roseburg Police jailed a fugitive on Sunday night. An RPD report said officers contacted the 41-year-old in the 1000 block of Northeast Stephens Street and arrested him on a Douglas County Circuit Court warrant. He was detained without bail.

June 16, 2025 10:40 a.m. Roseburg Police jailed a man for an alleged trespass incident on Friday. An RPD report said at 10:40 a.m. officers contacted the 50-year-old at a business in the 700 block of Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard after he returned to the store after being trespassed earlier in the day. The man...

June 16, 2025 10:20 a.m.  Roseburg Police jailed two people for reported trespass incidents on Sunday evening. An RPD report said the 29-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were suspects in an ongoing case regarding individuals repeatedly trespassing onto someone’s property in the 500 block of Southeast Chadwick Street. The pair were allegedly captured on security...

June 16, 2025 10:10 a.m.  Roseburg Police jailed a man following an alleged theft incident on Sunday morning. An RPD report said at 6:20 a.m. officers witnessed the 33-year-old fill a fountain drink cup with soda at a store in the 700 block of Southeast Jackson Street and walk out the front door without paying...

June 16, 2025 10:00 a.m.  Roseburg Police jailed a man for an alleged retail theft incident on Friday. An RPD report said at 4:30 p.m. an officer saw the 49-year-old walk out of a store in the 2800 block of Northeast Stephens Street with $7 worth of concealed merchandise in his pockets. The man had...

June 16, 2025 9:50 a.m.  Roseburg Police jailed a man for a reported harassment incident on Friday night. An RPD report said at 6:00 p.m. the 51-year-old suspect from Coos Bay and a victim were involved in a disturbance where the man allegedly slapped the victim in the face,and pulled her hair in front of...

June 16, 2025 9:40 a.m.  Roseburg Police jailed a man for alleged harassment early Saturday. An RPD report said at 1:45 a.m. officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of Northeast Cummins Street. A victim called 911 and said a man had climbed through a window on their residence, thrown a cup of...

June 16, 2025 9:20 a.m. Roseburg Police jailed a woman on the charge of assault in the fourth degree on Saturday night. An RPD report said just after 10:30 p.m. officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Northeast West Avenue after medical personnel responded to a call indicating that a man had...

June 16, 2025 3:50 a.m. The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District, is preparing for a 122-acre prescribed burn within the North Umpqua Management Area, approximately six miles west of Glide off North Bank Road. A BLM release said fire ignitions may begin as early as Monday, if conditions are favorable. Local systems may be...

June 16, 2025 3:40 a.m. The 2025 Douglas County May Special Districts Election has been certified. Douglas County Clerk Daniel Loomis told News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN that this year’s voter turnout rate of just over 14.5 percent was the lowest voter participation rate in the last 20 years. The certified results, including...

June 16, 3:30 a.m. Covering coastal Douglas County: The City of Reedsport Main Street Program has received a $400,000 grant from Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Oregon Heritage has awarded 35 matching grants worth over $10.6 million to Oregon Main Street Network organizations across the state for building projects...

June 16, 2025 3:20 a.m. The Oregon Department of Emergency Management has announced the delivery of advanced water rescue equipment to two Oregon communities as part of the State Preparedness and Incident Response Equipment grant program. An OEM release said Central Douglas Fire & Rescue and the City of Grants Pass have each received an...

June 16, 2025 3:05 a.m. This summer Source One Serenity invites veterans, their families, and the wider community to join a series of hands-on trail stewardship projects in the Umpqua National Forest. A release said the efforts will offer more than just trail maintenance. They will be opportunities to build community, preserve public lands, and...

June 16, 2025 2:50 a.m. The Douglas Timber Operators will have their next meeting on Thursday, June 26th. Con-Vey CEO Dave Larecy will have a presentation titled, Wood Products Automation – Built in Roseburg, Oregon”. The meeting will be held in The Loft of the Del Rey Café on Northeast Stephens Street in the Winchester...

GLIDE — The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District, has canceled its prescribed burn schedule for this week.

FLORENCE — As agencies and organizations see state and federal funding slashed nationwide, child advocacy organization Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has looked towards private grants amidst the uncertainty, according to CASA of Douglas County Executive Director Angela Gross.

For many in Oregon, fall means fishing season as anglers take to the water with hopes of reeling in flavorful wild-caught fall chinook salmon. The ODFW is expecting a solid fishing season in most coastal rivers, but one in particular…

RIDDLE — As Brandy Blankenship walked up a dusty dirt slope, surveying the land that will make her a first-time homeowner, she didn’t stop smiling.

As summer break begins, parents throughout Douglas County are looking for opportunities to keep their children active, safe and socially engaged. Research shows that many children experience a significant decline in both academic skills and physical activity during the summer…

GLIDE — The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District, has announced a 122-acre prescribed burn within the North Umpqua Management Area, approximately 6 miles west of Glide off North Bank Road.

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has announced the delivery of advanced water rescue equipment to two Oregon communities as part of the State Preparedness and Incident Response Equipment grant program.

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June 15, 2025 8:30 a.m.  A Dillard woman was jailed following a reported strangulation incident early Saturday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 12:30 a.m. deputies responded to a fight in the front yard of a residence in the 100 block of 2nd Street in Dillard. It was discovered that 34-year-old Alexsis Dees...

June 15, 2025 8:15 a.m. A Bend man was jailed following an alleged menacing incident at the Umpqua Hot Springs on Friday night. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 6:00 p.m. the 32-year-old was said to be disturbing the peace while soaking in the hot springs naked. The man got upset with a...

June 15, 2025 8:00 a.m.  An Oakland woman was jailed following a DUII crash on Friday night. An Oregon State Police report said shortly after 10:35 p.m. troopers responded to the wreck on Highway 138W about 4 miles west of Sutherlin. The driver was reported to be intoxicated. The westbound vehicle was located. The 37-year-old...

Six white stripes, seven red stripes and 50 stars on a blue backdrop; To some, these symbols may just be shapes and colors, but to others they stand for so much more.

Six white stripes, seven red stripes and 50 stars on a blue backdrop; To some, these symbols may just be shapes and colors, but to others they stand for so much more.

MYRTLE CREEK — Joe Weiss said he’s been spending his Father’s Day weekends at the Tri-City Horsemen’s Arena for over 20 years now.

WINCHESTER —

June 14, 2025 7:00 a.m. On Friday, the Fish and Wildlife Commission of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife adopted a limited fall Chinook fishing and retention season on the mainstem Umpqua, Smith and North Fork Smith rivers. An ODFW release said this came after receiving many public comments and hearing from a Douglas...