Canyonville News

Four years ago, a few friends visited about using woody weeds like Scotch broom for fuel "rather than just burning 'em into the air." That conversation sprouted a local initiative to create Umpqua Bio-Alternatives Cooperative.

All evenings are merry and bright at the Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights, Roseburg's signature holiday display.

Douglas County residents will celebrate the beginning of a new year Friday. Many businesses and offices will be closed to allow employees to spend time with their families.

Standing in Myrtle Creek, from left, Ted Romas, Pam Landell and John Impson are part of the Main Street Oregon Program.

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

Kevin Parazoo captured this photo of Little River just below his house near Glide on Dec.

A family is homeless after a house caught fire late Tuesday evening on Canyonville-Riddle Road, officials said this morning.

Police arrested a Canyonville couple accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was staying with them.

Two Canyonville residents face charges of sex crimes after sexually explicit photos depicting the couple and a 17-year-old girl were sent to an acquaintance's cell phone, the sheriff's office said Monday.

There are plenty of ways to measure the economy of a particular area, and one of those indicators is in our schools.

The second suspect in the murder of a Canyonville man more than two years ago is asking a judge to suppress some evidence.

Harvest Christian Assembly is expecting 300 guests for the Myrtle Creek Church's annual Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.

About 300 people took advantage of a free Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, at the Myrtle Creek Community Center.

BLM archeologist's John Goodwin sifts through small pebbles collected from an archaeological excavation near the confluence of Williams Creek and the North Umpqua River on Wednesday.

Chef Jonny Cavaner puts glaze on hame for a lunch at the Canyonville Christian Academy on Thursday.

Join the trend and give something green this holiday season. Canyonville's Commonwealth Garden Shoppe is celebrating its second annual holiday open house from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Jonny Cavaner had never made borscht before, but he wanted to make something special for a small group of Russian students enrolled at Canyonville Christian Academy.

Turns out the Dreamgirls weren't busy that evening. So when they donned their dangle earrings, high heels, false eyelashes and sequined gowns slit up to here, it was for charity, not wages.

A gathering of congregations is set to be hosted this year at 4 p.m. Sunday by the Canyonville Adventist Church at 714 N.W. Frontage Road.

The Jazz Club, a local musical group, will play at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1624 W. Harvard Ave.