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A number of schools are on high alert after social media posts circulate threatening violence toward schools. Some schools around Oregon have called on law enforcement to investigate any possible threat to local schools. On Twitter, the Lake Oswego Police tweeted a series of tweets regarding a situation Thursday. We are managing a possible threat […]
Myrtle Creek, Ore. – Am issing Myrtle Creek woman who dissapeared last month has been found. On November 27, 2021, at about 1:30 AM, Bonnie Jo Short, 77, of Myrtle Creek, left her residence driving a silver 2015 Ford Escape. Over the next two weeks an extensive search was conducted by members of the Myrtle […]
WINSTON, Ore. – A Winston man has been arrested on charges related to the fatal vehicle crash that occurred on Willis Creek Road on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Preliminary indications were that Samantha Star Cole was the only occupant of the vehicle and was believed to be the driver. However, while conducting the follow up investigation, […]
Douglas County, Ore. – On Saturday, December 4th, at approximately 2:00 AM, detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) intercepted a large shipment of methamphetamine coming into our community. A traffic stop was initiated on a vehicle at milepost 98 on Interstate 5 northbound, returning from California. DINT detectives had reason to believe the […]
Drain, Ore. – On Tuesday November 30, 2021, at approximately 1:30 PM, Oregon State Troopers and Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a medical assistance call on Interstate 5 near milepost 153. Officers learned a male had been struck by a bullet while driving on Hwy 38, west of Drain. The male victim, Larry Eugene […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment today charging a former resident of Newberg, Oregon with calling in hoax bomb threats to three schools and one hospital in Oregon. Sean Case McGinley, 40, has been charged with four counts of making interstate threats involving explosives and four counts of conveying false information […]
Salem, Ore. – Peter DeFazio, the longest-serving member who represented Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District for 36 years has announced he will not seek re-election Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today announced he will not seek re-election in 2022. DeFazio, Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, served 36 years in the House of Representatives, […]
Douglas County, Ore. – The Douglas County Board of Commissioners are excited to officially kick off the Christmas Season with the lighting of the 2021 Douglas County Christmas Tree on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm on the front lawn of the Douglas County Courthouse. That evening we will flip the switch and light up our 2021 […]
Roseburg, Ore. – In October, Umpqua Watersheds filed a complaint against the US Forest Service challenging the Forest Service’s decision to remove ‘Danger Trees’ along 65 miles of public roads comprising nearly 2,600 acres of the Umpqua National Forest. On Aug 18, 2021, the Forest Service issued a final decision on its proposed Archie Creek […]