Yoncalla News

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that destroyed an abandoned home in Yoncalla Friday night.

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

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

A man is in custody tonight after he allegedly attempted to suffocate his eigiht-month old son.

A tree swallow glides in to land on a utility wire along Highway 99 near Yoncalla recently.

A father faces assault and strangulation charges after a family member reported seeing him place his hand over the nose and month of his 8-month-old son.

Tom Marquette of Lacomb will be a featured guest when he finishes his 132-mile "Wagon Trek 150" trip by rolling into town as part of the On to Oregon Cavalcade celebrations.

Drivers on Territorial Highway, you're forgiven if you thought you stepped back in time.

Wagon Trek 150 project manager Tom Marquette drives his team of mules while sitting with Helen Latimer, right, and Linda Baird as they prepare to depart from Drain Monday morning.

Drivers on Territorial Highway, you're forgiven if you thought you stepped back in time.

High levels of naturally occurring arsenic have been found in Sutherlin-area wells, officials say.

Jason Wilks is Max Bialystock in "The Producers," one of three plays that make up the Oregon Musical Theatre Festival at Umpqua Community College.

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

After finding high levels of naturally occurring arsenic in some privately owned Sutherlin-area wells, state public health officials are urging area residents who have not tested their wells to do so.

A Central Oregon Pacific Railroad train derailed in Yoncalla Monday afternoon for unknown reasons, according to an Oregon Emergency Management spokeswoman.

A train derailment has blocked the north-south route of the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad's line between Roseburg and Eugene.

Kramer waits patiently for Lesley Nishiguchi at an ATM. Kramer is the 11th puppy that Nishiguchi, a Yoncalla resident, has raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

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

Branding won't be easy As a native of Portland and a graduate of both Portland State University and the University of Oregon, I am proud of the decision by Portland's Historic Landmark Commission to deny the University of Oregon's request to plaster the old water tower with a six-foot tall, neon "O" . While former University of Oregon President ...

Teaching position retained by YoncallaA half-time teaching position that had been on the budget chopping block was restored at a Yoncalla School Board meeting Monday evening.