Days Creek News

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.

HEATHER MORSE/ The News-Review Greg Falk, a Canyonville doctor, speaks to students in the Days Creek High School gym as part of the "Possibilities are Endless" assembly.

The Douglas Education Service District has voted to extend the new superintendent's contract through 2012.

Opponents of the proposed Pacific Connector liquefied natural gas pipeline that would run through Southern Oregon have not had any luck so far stopping the project.

A Days Creek teenager has been found guilty of murder and faces a 25 year prison sentence for helping kill a Canyonville man two years ago.

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

Area teens pretend to be tigers Thursday as they take part in the Oregon FFA Umpqua District Leadership Conference at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Last week, the state released its tally on K-12 students who didn't have "fixed, regular or adequate nighttime" homes to live in last year.

Annie Johnson a 2009 South Umpqua High grad sits among piles of clothing and other possessions as she prepares for her move to OSU.

It's time for motorists to take extra care to watch out for kids. Some schools, as in Days Creek, have already been in session for a week, but most schools will open their doors to returning students Monday.

The state last week published Annual Yearly Progress reports for all of the almost 200 Oregon districts.

Melissa Arp works at prepping Hot Topic, her grand champion market steer at the Douglas County Fair, for the Friday evening auction.

Melissa Arp works at prepping Hot Topic, her grand champion market steer at the Douglas County Fair, for the Friday evening auction.

Melissa Arp works at prepping Hot Topic, her grand champion market steer at the Douglas County Fair, for the Friday evening auction.

A Eugene man died in a four-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 5 late Tuesday night, according to state police.

High school graduates around Douglas County captured more than $6.2 million in scholarship money this year.

Smaller schools may come out the winners in the current fiscal free fall affecting all Oregon districts this year, but by default.

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

The wife of convicted drug kingpin Kent Allen Jones will get to keep a house, a sport utility vehicle and a collection of baseball cards that had been seized by the federal government.

The South Umpqua School District may experience a 16 percent budget cut during the next year.