December 22, 2025

Good morning Douglas County! Here are today's updates live from the Roseburg Receiver Communications Center.

• Current Temp: 42° F
• Humidity: 95%
• Wind: 2 MPH S
• Current Conditions: Partly Cloudy
• Air Quality Index: 21-38
• Today's Forecast: High 51 | Low 38 | Partly Cloudy
• Sunrise: 7:43 AM | Sunset: 4:42 PM

Sutherlin Timber Town Toy Land Electric Light Parade Raises $7,000, Honors 2025 Winners

The parade began at 7:00 p.m. and featured illuminated vehicles traveling through Sutherlin. Organizers confirmed that all donated funds were paid out across multiple judging categories.

The event is organized by Duane Waller, who has been involved with the Light Parade for 18 years and also helps organize other Sutherlin events, including the Blackberry Festival.

In a series of public updates, Waller reflected on the parade’s history and the work that goes into keeping it running. He shared that after nearly two decades of involvement, he partnered with Sutherlin Downtown Development to ensure the parade continues into the future, with leadership transitioning after the 20th year. The partnership has helped bring in additional sponsors and increase prize money.

Waller also shared a personal memory from the 2004 parade, recalling a moment when a float’s generator failed mid-route. As the float moved through town, the generator repeatedly shut down, leaving the lights dark. Each time it failed, Waller pulled the starter rope to bring the lights back on for a few seconds at a time. The float completed the route with the lights cycling on and off, later revealing the generator’s fuel tank was empty. Waller described the incident as one of many memorable moments that have stayed with him over the years.

Sponsorship Totals and Prize Breakdown

Final sponsorship total: $7,000

Prize money per class:

• 1st Place: $950
• 2nd Place: $500
• 3rd Place: $300

Sponsors Added Prior to Parade Day

• B&L Laundry
• Umpqua Plaza Car Wash
• By Your Side In Home Care
• Robertson Shaw CPA, LLC
• The Offyce Bar and Grill
• Misfit Motors

Additional sponsors listed in earlier updates:

• Over The Hill Auto
• Kelly’s Cozy Corner
• Gene Whitaker, Inc
• Sutherlin American Legion Post 121
• Sutherlin Lions Evening Branch
• That’s Kinda Cheesy Food Truck
• Sutherlin Lions Club
• Smoke Shoppe, Etc.

2025 Parade Winners

Best of Theme

• 1st Place: DC Auto Repair, Sutherlin
• 2nd Place: Bill Calvert, Elkton
• 3rd Place: Wes Crawford, Sutherlin FFA

Santa’s Favorite

• 1st Place: Dave Sears, Grande Ronde
• 2nd Place: Triston Mead, Sutherlin
• 3rd Place: Alisha Marquez, Sutherlin

Non-Profit

• 1st Place: Lacey Dewhurst and North County Football
• 2nd Place: Bill Perrin and Sutherlin Stampede
• 3rd Place: Scott Spaulding, Marching for Jesus

Commercial

• 1st Place: Greg and Tiffany Berger, Whit-Log
• 2nd Place: Charles and Della Harp, H&H Event Services
• 3rd Place: Lowell Buehner, Subdermal Art Collective

Organizers thanked participants, volunteers, and sponsors, noting the parade could not take place without their continued support. The event concluded with holiday greetings to the community.

CONTINUED SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS WEEK IN THE UMPQUA VALLEY

A couple more weather systems moving through the region are expected to bring continued showers in the Umpqua Valley leading up to Christmas Day.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Medford told News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN that the heaviest rain will likely be Tuesday evening heading into Wednesday.

Forecasters said while some areas further south in Oregon and into northern California may see heavier rain which could lead to travel issues, the Umpqua Valley will generally remain partly cloudy with light rainfall amounts.

Sunday’s high temperature at the Roseburg Regional Airport was 48 degrees, which is equal to the normal temperature for the date. 0.59 inches of rain was recorded.

FIFTH WHEEL DAMAGED IN FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE

A fifth wheel was damaged in a fire on Friday night in the Drain area.

A report from North Douglas County Fire and EMS said the fire was reported just before 11:30 p.m. in the 7500 block of Laurel Hill Drive. The front end of the vehicle received heavy fire damage, while the belongings in the back half of the trailer were salvaged. The cause of the fire appeared to be overloaded and damaged extension cords.

No further information was released by North Douglas County Fire and EMS.

CITY OF ROSEBURG BUILDINGS TO CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS

City of Roseburg buildings will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holiday and Thursday, January 1st, for the New Year holiday.

A city release said that means that Roseburg City Hall and the Roseburg Public Safety Center, both on Southeast Douglas Avenue, and Roseburg Public Library on Northeast Diamond Lake Boulevard, will not be open to the public.

Police and firefighters will continue to provide public safety throughout the holiday.

The library and other city buildings will be open for Christmas Eve on Wednesday, and on New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31st.

For more information about the City of Roseburg, go to www.cityofroseburg.org

LUNCHBOX EXPRESS DELIVERING FREE MEALS OVER WINTER BREAK

Roseburg Schools has the Lunchbox Express Van delivering free meals over the Winter Break.

A district release said the service helps to ensure that children have access to healthy food and steady support while school is out.

Meals are available Monday and Tuesday of this week and again next Monday and Tuesday. The meals are available to all children up to 18 years of age. All children are welcome and do not need to be students or residents within the school district

Each sack contains both a breakfast meal and a lunch meal. Children must be present to participate.

Lunchbox Express delivery sites and times are:

• Faith Lutheran Church on West Kenwood Street from 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
• Sunnyslope Elementary School on Southwest Cannon Road from 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
• Eastwood Park on Southeast Douglas Avenue from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.
• Creekside Family Church on Newton Creek Road from 12:45 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Saddle Butte Mobile Manor on Saddle Butte Lane from 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For more information about Lunchbox Express, call 677-4221.

WILD SPRING CHINOOK HARVEST PROHIBITED ON MAINSTEM UMPQUA

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced a temporary rule prohibiting wild spring Chinook salmon harvest on the mainstem Umpqua River and keeping the North Umpqua bag limit the same as 2025.

An ODFW release said from February 1st through June 30th:

• Mainstem Umpqua River: only hatchery spring Chinook may be kept. Harvesting wild spring Chinook – both jacks and adults – is prohibited.
• North Umpqua River: one adult wild spring Chinook per day, ten per year may be kept
• Mainstem Umpqua and North Umpqua rivers: anglers may still retain hatchery spring Chinook on both rivers.

ODFW said this temporary rule is meant to help protect the populations returning to the South and North Umpqua rivers as biologists forecast lower than desired returns of adult wild spring Chinook in 2026. In 2025, just 131 adult wild spring Chinook returned to the South Umpqua River, while returns to the North Umpqua were average.

The release said returns in 2025 and a low forecast for 2026 is triggering the restriction of wild spring Chinook harvest in accordance with the Umpqua River wild spring Chinook salmon harvest sliding scale in ODFW’s Coastal Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan. Low returns of spring Chinook in the South Umpqua have been continuing in the last five years and have been as poor as 19 adults in 2023. The harvest sliding scale allows for harvest when populations are higher and restricts harvest when runs are trending below desired levels.

ODFW said the CMP was adopted in 2014 by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. It was developed with help from stakeholder teams within the Umpqua Basin along the Oregon coast.

More information from ODFW is available at: https://www.dfw.state.or.us/

MERKLEY: NOW IS THE TIME FOR COMMONSENSE CANNABIS REFORMS

Last week, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – the lead sponsor of the bipartisan SAFER Banking Act – issued a statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he has signed an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Justice to complete the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III.

Merkley said, “Cannabis rescheduling is a step in the right direction, allowing medical research and legal cannabis businesses to be appropriately taxed on their net profits. But this change from Schedule I to Schedule III still leaves these cannabis businesses in violation of criminal law because the production and use of cannabis for non-medical purposes remain a federal crime. As such, these legal businesses are still prevented from accessing the banking system”.

Merkley said that remains a huge problem, encouraging all sorts of criminal activities, including robberies of cannabis businesses operating all in cash, false accounting, money laundering and organized crime. Merkley said, “That’s why we still need to pass the bipartisan SAFER Banking Act, which during his campaign, President Trump urged Congress to send to his desk”.

The release said Merkley, “has been a fierce and longtime leader advocating for sensible cannabis reform and cannabis business laws”.

Limited Time Events

• Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights 2025 | November 23 - January 1st | 5:30 PM | Link
• Holiday Village, Thu-Sun and Christmas Eve | December 5 - 22 | River Forks Park | Link
• Wildlights @ Wildlife Safari | December 5 - 7, 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26-28 | 4 - 7 PM | Link

Monday, December 22nd

• DJ Trivia Night @ Workman's Bar & Smokehouse | 7PM
• Open Mic Night @ Little Brothers Pub | 6 - 8 PM

Tuesday, December 23rd

• Bingo @ Roseburg Elks Lodge #326 | 6:30 PM
• DJ Bingo @ Workman's Bar and Smokehouse | 6 PM
• DJ Trivia @ Urban NY Pizza & Grill | 7 PM
• Free Line Dancing Lessons - Elements Lounge @ Seven Feathers Casino Resort | Every week on Tuesday | 7 - 9 PM | Link
• Open Mic Night @ Kodiak Bar & Grill | Every week on Tuesday @ 6 - 8 PM
• Tuesdays! Free Line Dancing Lessons at Elements Lounge in Seven Feathers Casino Resort | 7 - 9 PM | Link
• Live Music: Debra Kay & Jason Heald @ Two Shy Brewing | 6 - 8 PM | Link

Wednesday, December 24th

• DJ Trivia @ Backside Brewing Co. | 6 - 7:30 PM
• Karaoke/Open Mic Night @ Idle Hour Tavern | 9 PM - 12:30 AM
• Open Mic at Brix | Every Wednesday | 6 - 8 PM | Link
• Karaoke Night at The Wild Rose Saloon | 7 - 10 PM | Link
• Trivia Night @​ Lookingglass Brewery | 6 - 9 PM
• Trivia Night @​ Little Brothers Pub | 6 PM
• Bingo @ Roseburg Senior Center | (Every Wed and Fri) - Doors Open at 5 PM, starts at 6:30PM. Food available. Ages 7+. $1 for non-members.

Thursday, December 25th

• DJ Trivia @ North Forty Beer Company | 7 - 8:30 PM
• Kick Up the Dust - Line Dancing Lessons @ Workman's Bar & Smokehouse | 7 - 8 PM
• Karaoke Night at Kodiak | Every Thursday and Saturday | 8 PM
• DJ Bingo @ Brix Bar & Grill | 7 - 9 PM | Link
• Draper Jam Night | 8 - 11:30 PM | Link
• Thirsty Thursday Cornhole Night @ Lookingglass Brewery | Every week on Thursday | 6 - 8 PM | Link
• Christmas Dinner @ Melrose Vineyards | 4 - 8 PM | Link
• Thursday Jam Night at The Scoreboard Annex, hosted by Steve Amari | 8:30 - 11:30 PM | Link
• Christmas Day Buffet Dinner | Diamond Lake Resort (Call for reservations)
• Christmas Day Dinner | Parrott House, Roseburg | 2 - 7 PM | Call for Reservations

Friday, December 26th

• Friday Pizzas! @ Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards | 12 - 4PM
• Karaoke Night @ Winchester Pub & Grill | 8 - 11 PM
• Karaoke Night @ Workman's Bar and Smokehouse | 9 PM - 12 AM
• Bingo @ Roseburg Senior Center | (Every Wed and Fri) - Doors Open at 5 PM, starts at 6:30PM. Food available. Ages 7+. $1 for non-members.
• Karaoke Night at Kodiak | Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday | 8 PM
• Wildlights @ Wildlife Safari | December 5 - 7, 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26-28 | 4 - 7 PM | Link

Saturday, December 27th

• Umpqua Valley Farmers Market | 9AM - 1PM | SE Jackson St | Link
• Roseburg Saturday Market - Outside Winter Market | 10AM - 2PM | Harvard Ave - Rife's Home Furniture Parking Lot (Every Saturday until December 20th)
• Karaoke Night @​ Brix Bar & Grill | (Every Saturday) @ 7 - 10PM
• Karaoke Night @ Lookingglass Brewery | 6 - 8PM | Link
• Karaoke Night at Kodiak | Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday | 8 PM
• Wildlights @ Wildlife Safari | December 5 - 7, 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26-28 | 4 - 7 PM | Link
• Live Music: StevieMac @ Seven Feathers Casino Resort | 7 - 9 PM | Link
• ROSEBUD'S 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY w/ Widespread Haze, The 'Lectrics, The Mother Smuckers, and more! | 6 - 11:30 PM | Link
• Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers Jam & Finger Foods Potluck on the Fourth Saturday, Year-Round | 12 - 3 PM | Link
• The Fabulous Delmontes LIVE at Workman's Bar & Smokehouse | 9 - 11 PM | Link

Sunday, December 28th

• DJ Trivia Night @ Brix Bar and Grill | Every Sunday | 6 - 8 PM
• Wildlights @ Wildlife Safari | December 5 - 7, 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26-28 | 4 - 7 PM | Link

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The Roseburg Receiver Partners with The Roseburg Plug.

The Roseburg Receiver is excited to share that we’re partnering with The Roseburg Plug to bring an expanded level of real, local coverage to the people of Douglas County.For nearly two years, the Receiver has focused on timely information: scanner traffic, emergencies, outages, weather, community updates, and everything that helps keep people aware and connected.
Now, we’re adding something new: professional, on-the-ground video storytelling, created in partnership with The Roseburg Plug.This collaboration will bring:

• Exclusive field reports filmed directly in our community
• Small-business features with real local impact
• Coverage from the places where things are actually happening
• Stories that add context, depth, and real faces to the moments you see unfolding

The Roseburg Plug will be producing video features specifically for the Receiver, giving our audience a closer look at the people, businesses, and events shaping Douglas County - while we continue to provide the real-time awareness we’re known for. Our mission stays the same.
Our reach, and the way we tell the stories of this community, is about to get even stronger. More to come.

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That is the scoop for this Monday morning. Have a great day!

- The Roseburg Receiver Team