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ROSEBURG, Ore. – Keeping adult and jack wild spring Chinook salmon on the North and mainstem Umpqua rivers will be prohibited Feb. 1 – June 30, 2024, ODFW announced today. Anglers may still retain hatchery Chinook during that period. South Umpqua adult wild spring Chinook were historically low in 2023 with just 18 wild adult spring […]
Roseburg, Ore., — A former Douglas County Sheriff Corrections Officer was arrested for embezzlement. At the request of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Roseburg Police conducted an investigation into allegations that a former Douglas County Sheriff Corrections Deputy had embezzled money. During the investigation, former Deputy Peter Collins, a 44 year old Roseburg resident, admitted to […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Scammers are posing as officials from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) in an effort to scam community members out of money. Deputies began receiving reports from people contacted by phone by individuals posing as DCSO employees. Some names they are providing are actual names of Sheriff’s Office staff members. The scammer will tell […]
Salem, Ore., — The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs signed a formal agreement with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians on November 29, that will provide a framework for collaboration and increased resources dedicated to supporting the Tribe’s veterans in accessing their earned federal and state veterans’ benefits. The Memorandum of Understanding […]
OREGON COAST, Oregon — Oregon State Parks will once again host Winter Whale Watch Week at 15 sites along the Oregon Coast Wednesday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Every year thousands of gray whales migrate south through Oregon’s waters at the end of December, and state parks invites visitors to the coast to […]
UPDATED RELEASE NOVEMBER 29, 2023 11:45 AM REDDING, CA. — A week after fleeing the scene of a homicide, a Riddle, Oregon man has been located and taken into custody in Redding, California. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon was notified that on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office […]
RIDDLE, Ore. – Detectives are renewing their request for information as to the whereabouts of a homicide suspect who killed A Grants Pass man last Monday. Gauge Douglas James Main of Riddle is wanted in connection to the homicide of 20-year-old Devonte Lovell Clark of Grant Pass. A felony warrant has been issued for his arrest. […]
RIDDLE, Ore. — A Grants Pass man is dead and another is wounded after a shooting on Monday night in Riddle. On Monday, November 20, 2023, shortly after 11:30 p.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers received information about a shooting which had taken place in the area of Main Street / E. Third Avenue in Riddle. Deputies arrived on […]
ROSEBURG, Ore. — One man is dead and a second victim is presumed drowned after an incident in the South Umpqua River on Monday. On Monday, November 13, 2023, shortly after 1:00 pm, 9-1-1 dispatchers received a report of two men who were trying to cross the South Umpqua river on foot when they lost […]
WILBUR, Ore. — The body of missing person, Billy Wayne Whitehead, has been located. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, shortly before 9:30 p.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers received information that a deceased body was found in the area of Highway 99 near Wilbur Road. Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed the presence of a deceased body, which […]