The nation was shaken this week by the news of Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah as Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek orders all flags at half mast. Closer to home, John Dowdy was charged to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the Umpqua Community College bus crash earlier this year. Then, Reedsport gets alarming news as schools were thrown into secure status, Sutherlin gets a new city manager and Roseburg City Council considers banning fireworks in city limits.

Mark your calendars as Oct. 17 brings this year's Our Umpqua which looks back to the labor day fires of 2020 and the devastation that was brought to the Glide community.