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.

Three local women were injured in a Thursday evening crash on Gazley Road, police said Saturday.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking the whereabouts of 16 Douglas County residents who are owed unclaimed income tax refunds.

Rather than be disappointed the empty building, a former diner, wasn't selling, Dave Akins decided to fill it full of Christmas cheer.

Kristina Tjernlund, a certified personal trainer for Nivens Northwest Personal Training of South Salem, competed Oct.

KATU's first edition of "Restaurant Report Card" looks at the Lucky Lab Brewing Co.

A Canyonville woman was lifeflighted from a crash that took place on the Tiller Trail Highway Thursday afternoon, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office reported this morning.

Gavin Smith, 86, of Lebanon passed away at his home on Oct. 24, 2009. Gavin was born Sept.

Four-year-old Dalton Gidcumb of Sutherlin reaches to pick a lollipop off of a tree in the lollipop forest during a visit to the Pumpkin Patch in Melrose, Saturday.

Sharon Straus, founder of the Sunshine Pantry, recently won the governor's "Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award". It's not hard to see why.

Simply recognizing a need is often the start to coming up with a solution that will improve individuals' lives.

You are never too old to chase down your dreams, and two women at the Forest Glen Retirement Community in Canyonville, Ore.

These days, weight is something everybody wants to keep off. But this harvest, the pumpkins are packing on the pounds and in Canyonville, Ore., that's a good thing.

Forest Glen Senior Residence resident Ilene McKinley hits the gas while fulfilling her 100th birthday wish by going for a ride on four-wheel all-terrian vehicle with the help of facility Administrator Debbie Wilson in Canyonville on Tuesday.