Sutherlin News

A Missouri couple was rescued Monday after they followed directions from their GPS unit that led them to an almost impassable unpaved road in the Mount Scott/Rock Creek area, police said Wednesday.

The following workshops are geared toward helping college-bound students apply for financial aid: Scholarship Workshop - 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec.

Chuck Cook, a local magician, exaggerates his ever-present smile with balloons. Cook says he has seen many people in need of a smile due to the recent economic downturn.

Contract instructor Marguerite Garrison leads a recent GED prep class at the Umpqua Training & Employment center in Roseburg.

Ore. -- Two log truck drivers survived a head-on crash near Sutherlin, Ore., on Tuesday.

A driver led police on a high-speed chase through rural roads northwest of Roseburg this morning and then ran into a wooded neighborhood off of Cleveland Loop Drive, north of the Melrose Country Store.

The News-Review's editorial staff has compiled a weeklong series that looks at how Douglas County has been affected by the downturn in the economy.

Over and over, Aqqa Kreutzmann used the word "scary" to describe his recent health emergency.

At least one person was injured Tuesday morning following a three-vehicle crash on East Central Avenue at Umatilla Street.

Pauline Childers holds several of her ferrets at her Rice Valley Road home this morning.

West Intermediate School will hold its Scholastic Book Fair from Nov. 16 through Nov.

A review of a Sutherlin police tasing incident that left a local resident hospitalized found the officer with the stun gun acted appropriately.

Toni Rudolph is a volunteer counselor with the Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance program.

Jennifer Coalwell, Clara Langton and Kathey Linn present a "Homemade for the Holidays: Gifts from Your Kitchen" workshop at the next In The Kitchen cooking class.

Voters on Tuesday rejected two measures that Sutherlin city officials had hoped would bring some stability to municipal water rates.

Investigators say 36-year-old Erica Leif Price ignored police orders during a disturbance at her daughter's apartment.

The Douglas County Global Warming Coalition promotes a healthy climate and "global cooling" through awareness, advocacy and collaboration.

A daughter of a Sutherlin woman hospitalized after being stunned with a Taser by a police officer on Tuesday says the tasing was not necessary.

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.

The Glide area will have a new solid waste collection service. The county commissioners have approved an agreement with Sutherlin Sanitation to take over the solid waste collection and recycling from Glide Disposal.