Oakland, OR

September 5, 2026 10:20 a.m.  Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office jailed a man on a harassment charge early Saturday morning. A DCSO report said at 1:00 a.m. deputies responded to a disturbance in the 100 block of Leah Court in the Oakland area and contacted a victim who was outside the residence. The...

Umpqua Preps: Local sports scores/schedules for 9/3-5 THURSDAY, Sept. 3 Football South Umpqua 41,COQUILLE 6 Volleyball ROSEBURG def. North Eugene 25-21, 22-22, 22-25, 25-21 (3-1)  South Umpqua def. MAZAMA (3-2) SWEET HOME def. Sutherlin 25-15, 25-15, 25-13 (3-0) Myrtle Point def. GLIDE 25-13, 25-23, 25-14 (3-0) OAKLAND def. Lowell 25-21, 19-25, 11-25, 25-20, 15-13 (3-2)...

Umpqua Preps: Local sports scores/schedules for 8/29-31 SATURDAY, Aug. 29 Volleyball ELMIRA def. Reedsport 25-13, 25-10, 25-23 (3-0) SIUSLAW def. Reedsport 17-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-10 (3-1) North Douglas def. Lost River 20-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-20 (3-1) North Douglas def. OAKRIDGE 22-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 15-11 (3-2) Oakland at Glendale Pirate Ice Breaker Glendale at Glendale...

August 31, 2026 2:50 a.m.  School begins for many Douglas County students on Monday. That includes Roseburg Schools, Sutherlin School District, South Umpqua School District, Oakland School District, Glide School District, North Douglas County School District, Riddle School District and the Reedsport School District. Some districts have a staggered start in place, with younger students...

Prep Football: Week 0 Douglas County scores FRIDAY, Aug. 28 ROSEBURG 18, Ashland 7 SUTHERLIN 29, North Bend 14 Klamath Union 24, DOUGLAS 12 St. Paul 52, OAKLAND 14 CROSSPOINT CHRISTIAN 26, North Douglas 14 CAMAS VALLEY 52, Prospect Charter 0  

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states. Besides the [...]

August 26, 2026 3:00 a.m.  In the KQEN Cultural Spotlight: In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild will be presented this Thursday night at Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park, seven miles northwest of Oakland. The concert, performed on a 9-foot Steinway concert grand piano, will take place alongside the creek, approximately a quarter to a...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Adam Mosseri, the Meta executive at the helm of Instagram, defended the platform’s safety record in testimony Tuesday and took issue with a plaintiff attorney’s emphasis on low usage numbers for a feature [...]

August 25, 2026 10:15 a.m.  A Springfield man was jailed following an elude incident on Monday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s report said just after 5:00 p.m. a deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a motorcycle on Interstate Five northbound near milepost 148 in the Oakland area. The bike failed to yield and exited...

August 25, 2026 9:20 a.m.  An Oakland teen died and six people were injured in a head-on crash near Scottsburg on Friday afternoon. An Oregon State Police report released on Tuesday said just before 1:40 p.m. troopers responded to the wreck on Highway 38 near milepost 27. The preliminary investigation indicated that a pickup towing...