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🍂 October is winding down, November is right around the corner, and hunting season is in full swing! As the leaves turn and that crisp late-fall weather settles in, there’s no better time to be outdoors. 🦌🍁⏰ LAST CALL TO ENTER! October is almost over, which means voting for our "Share Your Shot" Photo Contest will begin soon! Don’t wait until it’s too late, get those deer season photos submitted now so you’re ready when the community starts casting their votes!🙌 A HUGE thank you to our incredible local sponsors who are making this year’s prize package huge: 🎯 Grand Prize: A BRAND-NEW RIFLE courtesy of Waldron's Outdoor Sports! 🦌 OHA Package: 2 Annual Memberships + Banquet Tickets thanks to the Oregon Hunters Association! 🛞 Ride Ready: A Tire Certificate from Big O Tires to keep your truck rolling strong all season long!📍 2 EASY WAYS TO ENTER BEFORE VOTING STARTS: 1️⃣ Online: Upload your best harvest or outdoor photo at 541Radio's website 2️⃣ In Person: Drop off physical prints directly at Waldron's Outdoor Sports (450 NE Stephens St, Roseburg)Tag your hunting buddies, get your entries in today, and good luck! 📸👇#ShareYourShot #OctoberToNovember #OregonHunting #DeerSeason #Roseburg #WaldronsOutdoorSports #OregonHuntersAssociation #BigOTires #TheScore #BestCountry103

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It's time to tell us who should Headline the Super Bowl Halftime Give us your pic below. BTW, NFL is going with JAY-Z...

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Mignola Farms on Roberts Creek Road carries a huge selection of landscaping supplies, but you’ll have to shop elsewhere for garden soil and compost—they only carry bark mulch and decorative rock! 🏡🌾Is this a Fact… or just a load of Fertilizer? 🤔💭💡 Think you know the answer? Drop your guess over at 541Radio's website! One lucky winner drawn from the correct entries every Monday wins a $30 gift certificate to Mignola Farms, perfect for stocking up on seasonal plants, fresh mulch, compost, and everything you need to prep your yard for autumn! 🍂🌱Get those guesses in, support local, and keep it locked to Best Country 103! 📻✨

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Every weekday at Noon, Kenny’s cruising through the biggest Country hits of the 90s, digging up some Roadhouse favorites, fan requests, and a few surprises from his hidden stash of tunes from decades past!Want to hear your favorite? Swing by our 541Radio website and send in your request.And... this musical road trip is proudly driven by Roseburg Honda treating you like family, because around here… they ARE family!The 90s… and then some with Kenny Sherman, weekdays at Noon on Best Country 103!

Barnyard Brain Teaser Time! 🐓🚜Think you know your local Douglas County Farmer's Co-op inside and out? It’s time to test your farm & garden knowledge with this week's Barnyard Brain Teaser on Best Country 103! 🌾This Week’s Question:Which item would you be LEAST likely to find at the Co-op?A. Seed-starting trays B. Garden fertilizer C. Canning jars D. A kitchen refrigeratorHow to Enter & Win:1. Head over to 541radio's website 📲 2. Submit your answer! 3. You could win a $50 Gift Card to Douglas County Farmers Co-op! 🛒Winners are drawn every Friday, so don't wait, get your answer in today!#DouglasCountyFarmersCoop #BestCountry103 #BarnyardBrainTeaser #ShopLocal #RoseburgOR #Giveaway #DouglasCounty

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With Halloween coming up this weekend, Any good GHOST Stories you'd like to share?

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To everyone that signed someone’s 8th grade yearbook, and did in fact "Stay Cool" all these years. Good job! how’d you make it happen?

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Cooter Died?

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Avista natural gas customers may see bills increase starting Oct. 31, 2026 as the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) approved an annual purchased gas adjustment filed by the utility company.

Bill impacts will vary based on energy use and customer type. For a typical residential customer using 45 therms per month, their monthly bill would see a roughly 8.5 percent increase, or about $5.83.

According to OPUC, the 2026 adjustment filing includes accounting adjustments and expiring prior-year amortizations, as well as updates to the public purpose charge and same-time coincident rate adjustments. Overall revenue change is partly to offset lower customer use during an unusually warm winter last year.

Avista currently serves around 106,500 customers in southwest and northeast Oregon, including in Douglas County. OPUC Chair Letha Tawney said customer rates reflect the cost of delivering service.

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ROSEBURG – Families filled the parking lot at Fir Grove Elementary on Friday evening for a trunk-or-treat event at the Roseburg school. More than fifteen decorated vehicles lined the lot for the 6 p.m. event, with families transforming trunks and truck beds into Halloween displays. Children made their way from vehicle to vehicle collecting treats, playing games, and checking out the different themes. The event drew a large turnout of students, families, and community members, giving children an early opportunity to celebrate Halloween in a familiar setting.

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The Roseburg High School volleyball team said the goal Wednesday was to show that there is a strong team behind this winning season.

"That was, I think, a really big win for us," Roseburg sophomore Julia Johnson said. "That was really good, especially coming from last year and not qualifying the playoffs. That really shows that like Roseburg volleyball is important, and that people should come out and support."

The four-set win over No. 21 Lakeridge in Round 1 of the OSAA Class 6A state volleyball playoffs helped them show that this season is different than last year and uphold the new reputation in front of the home crowd.

"We've never had this reputation before going into playoffs and going into state, so we want to come back for the season that we had before and know that we've had the best one here," Roseburg senior Harlee Agee said.

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The Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce will welcome nationally recognized economist Dr. Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics, to Seven Feathers Casino Resort on Tuesday, Nov. 17, for its Economic Forecast.

A chamber release said the event will bring together business owners, employers, elected officials, and community leaders from throughout Douglas County for a candid, data-driven examination of the economic forces shaping the region's future.

Thornberg, a former senior economist with UCLA's Anderson Forecast, is widely recognized for predicting the collapse of the subprime mortgage market ahead of the Great Recession. Known for challenging conventional economic narratives, he encourages audiences to look beyond headlines and examine what the data reveals.

“Douglas County has tremendous potential, but potential alone doesn't create economic growth,” Chamber President & CEO Kira Zavala said. “We cannot expect different outcomes if we continue having the same conversations, with the same people, about the same ideas. We must be willing to welcome outside perspectives, challenge our assumptions, and listen to ideas that make us uncomfortable. Douglas County cannot build its future by simply repeating its past.”

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TRI CITY — The Umpqua Valley Christian School volleyball team swept through the Skyline League District playoffs to win the championship with a final four-set win over Elkton on Saturday at the neutral South Umpqua High School gym.

“That was our goal all season,” senior Meagan Hellethal said. “We got our league championship goal and then moving onto the next one was district championship and we got that and are now district champions, so it feels pretty good.”

The Monarchs end Skyline League play undefeated at 9-0, and 15-6 overall so far in the season. The team just came together throughout the season, Hellethal said.

“We just really came together, none of us played with each other before this, but we really meshed throughout the season, Hellenthal said. “All the girls are so great, so easy to get along with and each of us really played our roles, played our positions and we did our jobs and it turned out in our favor.”

In that final championship game, Hellenthal said the team brought the energy and wanted to go out on the court to play their best volleyball. She said they played for each other as well as themselves and celebrated loudly with each other.

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Nearly 33% of registered voters have returned their ballot in the 2026 Douglas County November General Election, as of Wednesday evening.

County Clerk Daniel Loomis said 29,425 ballots have been received. Loomis said this is 1.76 percentage points ahead of the participation rate at the same point in the 2022 local November General Election.

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Roseburg Public Works crews will provide residential leaf collection inside the city limits from Monday, Nov. 2, through Monday, Jan. 4 of next year.

A city release said the work will begin in the Laurelwood neighborhood behind Roseburg High School and work clockwise around the city. Each cycle generally takes about a month, depending on the amount of leaves collected. The route will be repeated throughout the program.

The cyclical route helps the city provide an effective, cost-conscious service while keeping leaves out of storm drains, creeks and rivers. Last year, crews collected 1,080 cubic yards of leaves equal to about 108 standard dump truck loads.

Public Works Director Ryan Herinckx said, “The leaf pickup program helps keep the city street drains, as well as the storm pipe infrastructure, clean and functioning properly.”

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SCIO – Glide High’s girls’ volleyball team hung tough against a powerful Scio squad in a highly intense first set Wednesday night in the opening round of the OSAA Class 3A state playoffs.

Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the host Loggers ultimately took that set and rode a wave of momentum from that win through the next two, sweeping Glide out of the postseason 28-26, 25-11, 25-15.

“Volleyball is a game of momentum,” Glide coach Jordyn Short said. “When you lose it, it’s hard to bounce back. It’s hard to keep digging out, especially when we’re down by so much.

“But I don’t think we gave up by any means, so I was proud of them for that.”

Just getting to the playoffs was a monumental achievement for the Wildcats (12-7), who placed third in the Far West League just one season after finishing near the bottom of the league standings.

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Costumed characters of all ages are invited to downtown Roseburg for the 2026 Neewollah Parade and trick-or-treating event on Saturday, Oct. 31.

A City of Roseburg release said participants should meet at 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Southeast Jackson Street and Southeast Douglas Avenue. The parade down Southeast Jackson will begin at 5:00 p.m., followed by downtown trick-or-treating through 7:00 p.m. Costumes are encouraged.

Neewollah—Halloween spelled backward—has been a Roseburg tradition since 1933. Organizers say the annual celebration brings families and community members together for a festive evening in the heart of downtown.

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66 years after its construction, Roseburg's Fir Grove Elementary School will see its final students move elsewhere for education as it is set to close at the end of the school year.

The closure was decided Wednesday evening by the Roseburg Public Schools Board, who voted in favor of a recommendation from Superintendent Jared Cordon to close Fir Grove at the end of the 2026-27 school year.

Roseburg Schools' elementary system will now consolidate from eight schools to seven. At the start of the 2027-28 school year, Fir Grove students will transition to either Eastwood, Hucrest or Fullerton IV elementary schools based on updated attendance boundaries.

According to Roseburg Schools, planning from district leaders in coming months will focus on addressing student needs, including arrangements for transportation and providing students and families a chance to become familiar with new schools.

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Just under 3% of ballots have come in for the 2026 Douglas County November general election as of Tuesday, Oct. 20.

County Clerk Daniel Loomis said that is 2,582 ballots that have been received. Loomis said this is 1.68 percentage points below the participation rate at the same point in the 2022 local November general election.

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