City offices close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

ROSEBURG, Ore. – City of Roseburg buildings will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Roseburg City Hall, the Roseburg Public Safety Center, Roseburg Public Library and other City buildings will be closed to the public. Police and firefighters will continue to provide public safety throughout the holiday.

The holiday honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was assassinated on April 4, 1968, as he stood on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. He was 39.

Lobbies at City Hall, 900 S.E. Douglas Ave., and the Public Safety Center, 700 S.E. Douglas Ave., are normally open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The buildings are closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

Roseburg Public Library, 1409 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd., is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Patrons may return all library items at any time in the outside book drop, which is in the parking lot. Thousands of electronic books and audiobooks are available for readers of all ages through cloudLibrary and Libby.