Volunteers are being sought from Thursday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 22, to help open the Roseburg Warming Center and offer overnight shelter to unhoused people.
City offices will close Monday, Jan. 16, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The holiday honors the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was assassinated April 4, 1968, on a Memphis, Tenn., hotel balcony.
Roseburg may grow and move closer to having a medical college and urban campground, according to a vision for the future laid out by Mayor Larry Rich Monday night in his State of the City address.
Nearly half of the Roseburg City Council will be new and attending their first Council meeting when the Council reconvenes on Monday, Jan. 9, to hear Mayor Rich present the State of the City address.
The City of Roseburg’s financial position has improved from the previous year – an accomplishment reflecting a financially sound, stable city that residents can learn about in two reports now online.