At a time when we only had to worry about the Russians nuking us, I was a reporter for a morning newspaper in Los Angeles covering the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office night police beat.
Age 67, of Winston, Oregon, died Wednesday, July 15, 2008, after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on August 24, 1940, in Sumter, South Carolina, but lived most of his working life in Roseburg, Oregon.
There was no ceremony paying tribute to the century-old Oakland Police Department when the baton was passed from Oakland to Sutherlin, so I wanted to publicly thank and remember the countless individuals who worked for little or no pay over
DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL ENERGY COMMISSION TO USE THE TRADITIONAL LICENSING PROCESS FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY PROJECT (FERC PROJECT NO. 12743-001-OREGON).
Douglas County Fire District No. 2 staffers made it clear in a press conference Wednesday that the district is still interested in assisting Sutherlin with fire and ambulance services by way of a contract or an enhanced automatic-aid agreement.
A 31-year-old woman has been indicted on charges stemming from the Feb. 1 death of Roseburg resident Lance Michael Emmons outside a bar on Southeast Stephens Street.
Strolling through a field under the July sun with plastic gloves on hand and smiles on their faces, two neighborhood best friends counted cigarette butts as they dropped the litter into trash bags.
