If Douglas County nonprofit groups could write a letter to Santa, some would ask for gifts that many people would be happy to see under the tree, such as a Wii game console or a 32-inch flat screen TV. But

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Over the past month in Oregon 17 people have lost their lives in the most horrible way imaginable ... through domestic violence. Men killed women, fathers shot children in front of their mothers, and in seven of the incidents, the

RoseEvergreen givingEvery year at about this time, Burl Ives warbles about silver and gold in the long-running TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.""How do you measure its worth? Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth," Ives intones in

GRAND VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER THEATRE - Guests are invited to partake in a meal of prime rib and au jus potatoes or Cornish hen with stuffing with roasted vegetables, a grape salad, dessert and wassail while watching an 18th-century classic

The top-ranked Roseburg High wrestling team pounded fifth-ranked North Medford 55-10 in their Southwest Conference home opener on Thursday night at a packed Robertson Memorial Gym. In his first home dual, freshman Kody Matthews (103) pinned Chris McFall - a

The economic downturn is expected to take its toll in another area in Douglas County: population growth.Over the next 20 years, the county's population is projected to increase by 1.2 percent per year, according to a projection forecast by the

Ron Simpson is quickly becoming an expert in helping low-income people save money, but he's also intimately familiar with what it means to fall on hard times.After losing his job at a fencing company almost a year and a half

GLIDE - The Glide wrestling team had four champions and eight finalists at the Holiday Classic to edge South Umpqua in the team standings Thursday.Michael Loomis (112), Corey Melton (130), Gabe Forrester (160) and Brian Philpott (171) all won their

BANDON - Tim Williams hit a 3-point shot with three seconds to play to lift the Douglas boys basketball team to a 61-58 win over Coquille in the first round of the Bandon Dunes Invitational.David Guthrie scored 20 points to

CAMAS VALLEY - Every basketball team has a center. Not every team's center can also swing out and play point guard.The Camas Valley girls have just that in Christina Carter, one of the top returning players in the Skyline League