First baby of 2025 is a true early arrival
The final day of 2024 was not comfortable for Aleah Hard Vandehey. And then she wound up in Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. The good news is that by the end of…
January 9, 2025
LATEST NEWS
Searchers rescue woman in snow off Highway 20
Searchers on Wednesday, Jan. 22, located a woman who was lost in the snow off Highway 20, east of Sweet Home, the Oregon State Police reported. According to OSP, at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, an…
January 23, 2025
Linn County residents arrested for impersonating firefighters at Palisades Fire
Two Linn County residents have been arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after allegedly posing as firefighters in an attempt to enter the Palisades Fire evacuation zone in …
January 20, 2025
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development announces essential step toward increased housing production, affordability, choice
SALEM – The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) on Dec. 5 unanimously adopted the first set of rules the state will use to implement comprehensive, system-wide housing planning…
January 13, 2025
Federal grant approved for first wildlife crossing over Interstate 5
ASHLAND – A $33,200,100 federal grant award will allow ODOT to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southern Oregon in the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument. This will be the…
January 13, 2025
Contest submissions being accepted by students
High school students across Oregon are encouraged to put their video or graphic design skills on display by competing for cash prizes as part of a larger cause: increasing awareness about…
January 13, 2025
Supt.: Lebanon schools survey shows general satisfaction with district
Lebanon School District students, teachers and families generally say that the district offers a good school climate and a sense of belonging, Supt. Jennifer Meckley reported to School Board…
January 10, 2025
OPINION
Community support necessary for continued newspaper survival
It’s been eight years since the first edition of Lebanon Local appeared, an effort to keep a newspaper in a city that we believed needed one. The Lebanon Express, which had served the…
Letter to the Editor: My Vote is For Janelle Bynum
Dear Editor, I participated in a caravan from Sweet Home through Lebanon and on to Albany all to highlight the fact that our current representative to Congressional District 5, Lori…
Triple Celebrations, Thrice the Fun
By Elyse Kassis For Lebanon Local Friday, July 12, was a very special day for Steve Kassis, owner of The Filling Station in Lebanon. Not only was it Collector Car Appreciation Day, but it was…
‘Strong No’ for ‘Fire Tax’
Dear Editor, Strong no on another fire tax. Like most Lebanonites I support our public servants, police and fire. However asking for tax payers to support another tax increase so soon after…
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