Wake Up Douglas County

24/05/2023

Lack of a quorum led to the inability to conduct official business, so the Roseburg Homeless Commission only heard updates on Monday, May 22.

The unofficial meeting also started late -- at 8:22 into the recording.

Agenda items include a discussion on City property camping time, place and manner regulations; Gary Leif Navigation Center construction and operations updates; updates on the Homeless Transitions Action Group (HTAG) and a possible urban campground; and other matters.

Watch the video here, below, on Facebook or on the City website: https://bit.ly/3YCat6m

24/05/2023

City camping regulations will change starting Saturday, July 1, after the Roseburg City Council approved City code updates last night.

“We are trying to balance people’s human need to sleep and stay warm and dry with the public’s expectations to use public spaces as intended,” City Manager Nikki Messenger said.

Camping will be prohibited:
• On any City property during daylight hours;
• In or adjacent to residential areas;
• Within 200 feet of schools, daycare facilities, playgrounds, sports complexes or adjacent structures such as parking lots;
• Within 10 feet of multiuse paths or 100 feet of a waterway’s high-water mark;
• In certain areas such as the Stewart Park Natural Area (aka the “Duck Pond”);
• Adjacent to any City-owned buildings;
• Airport property;
• Downtown Parking Garage and adjacent areas.

Camping won’t be prohibited from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. April 1 through Sept. 30, 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. in March and October, and from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. Nov. 1 through Feb. 28. The Fire Chief and Fire Marshal may prohibit any locations with elevated fire threats at a certain time of year.

The Council OK’d revisions to what are known as “time, place and manner” regulations involving camping on City property.

Under Oregon HB 3115, cities must meet a Saturday, July 1, deadline to update such regulations for camping in public spaces to ensure prohibited camping regulations are “objectively reasonable.”

Roseburg Police haven’t given out prohibited camping citations since at least early 2020. Officers currently give tickets for other unlawful behavior such as offensive littering, leaving trash within 100 yards of a waterway, vandalism, drinking in public and other violations.

Learn more in the City press release: https://shorturl.at/nwzH4

10/05/2023

02/05/2023

𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞

ROSEBURG, Ore. - The Douglas County Major Crimes Team is investigating the homicide of a Roseburg woman who died Sunday in the Green District.

On Sunday, April 30, 2023, around 2:30 p.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers were notified of a reported homicide at a residence in the 4000-block of Carnes Road in the Green District. Deputies responded along with officers from the Winston and Roseburg Police Departments. Deputies detained a man at the scene, later identified as 45-year-old William James Tiemann of Roseburg. Upon entering the residence, deputies located 52-year-old Roseburg resident Tonya Cathleen Ball, who had suffered fatal injuries.

Tiemann was later booked into the Douglas County Jail on a charge of Second-Degree Murder.

The Douglas County Major Crimes Team is investigating the homicide, with the Sheriff's Office assigned as the lead investigating agency. The Douglas County Major Crimes Team consists of investigators from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Roseburg Police Department and Oregon State Police working in consultation with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.

The investigation is ongoing, and no additional details are expected to be released at this time. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact investigators at 541-440-4458 referencing Case #23-1571.

03/04/2023

19/03/2023

Johnathan McDowell is an astronomer for the CfA and explained over twitter that the "mysterious light show" was in fact space junk that had re-entered the atmosphere.

15/03/2023

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1149806105709619&id=15704546335&mibextid=l2pjGR

09/03/2023

26/02/2023

The Douglas County Planning Commission unanimously approved one of three plans presented by the city of Roseburg on Thursday to add a trail system to Sunshine Park.

25/02/2023

Mr Potato Head 🥔 Starts a War and the Big Guys handler President C...19....negotiates peace

25/02/2023

Well I guess if the NWO says so....

21/02/2023

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - Law enforcement is receiving FALSE reports of an active shooter at various Douglas County Schools. At this time, all reports are false. However, law enforcement is responding to each report and taking each report seriously. Law enforcement is working in partnership with all schools to ensure safety of students and staff.

Parents may have a reaction to want to pick up their child from school and we urge parents to please not do that. Doing so can result in additional chaos and panic as well as detract law enforcement from focusing on their assigned tasks.

“We believe these to be swatting incidents to instigate police response and generate panic among responders and community members,” Lt. Brad O'Dell said. “There have been similar incidents occurring nationwide for at least the past 24 hours. Law Enforcement will respond to and assess each incident appropriately.”

Lt O'Dell also recommends that the community avoid calling 9-1-1 or the non-emergency number to check on the status of these incidents or to inquire about picking up students. “The 9-1-1 center is being overrun with these calls making managing an already stressful incident even more so,” he said. “This also prevents delays in answering other life or death emergency calls and dispatching the appropriate resources."

The community is urged to look to credible news sources, government and local emergency response organizations for updates to avoid misinformation.

15/02/2023

https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/pages/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=87661

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