School Board highlights grants, summer projects, farewells
By Chelly Bouferrache For Lebanon Local The Lebanon School Board meeting on Thursday, June 12, discussed the…
Market move provides more parking, more vendors
By Chelly Bouferrache For Lebanon Local After 13 years at its former location at Grant and Main…
Remembering twins who shared life, death together
By John Dekhane For Lebanon Local In war, there are stories of heroism, sacrifice and loss, but…
Inaugural Willamette Valley Powwow draws crowd to Lebanon
By Chelly Bouferrache For Lebanon Local Lebanon’s first Willamette Valley Powwow, a lively celebration of Native American…
Lebanon School Board celebrates wins, extends Supt.’s contract
By Chelly Boufferache For Lebanon Local The Lebanon School Board celebrated the Lebanon High School’s Battle of…
COMP-NW graduates its largest classes ever
By Cindi Hamar For Lebanon Local Western University of Health Sciences in Lebanon celebrated its largest graduating…
COMP-Northwest again named Tier 1 medical school for primary care
By Emily Campbell WesternU Comunications Specialist For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named Western…
Home & Garden Section: Native plants help your garden sustain wildlife
By Elizabeth Curtis Oregon is full of beautiful landscapes, farms and a rich diversity of life. That is…
New bill would allow grocery stores to sell cocktails in a can
By Nigel Jaquiss Oregon Journalism Project A bill that would allow Oregon grocery stores to sell cocktails in…
Christmas in Lebanon
Photos by Evan Milburn
McClain Defeats Ullfers in Ward II Race
Lebanon Mayor Ken Jackola, who was unchallenged, was re-elected with 94.10% of the vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, in…
Triple Celebrations, Thrice the Fun
By Elyse Kassis For Lebanon Local Friday, July 12, was a very special day for Steve Kassis, owner…
WesternU CHS-Northwest Commencement Celebrates Inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy Graduates
By Rodney Tanaka Story contributed by Western University of Health Sciences Western University of Health Sciences’ College…
Man found not guilty in stabbing case
By Skyler Chappell Of The New Era/Lebanon Local A Sweet Home man was found not guilty for attempted…
The dangers of cows and hardware disease
Hardware disease, which results from a cow’s indiscriminate eating habits, was frequently seen when hay was baled with…
Memories of a sawmill man (Part 1)
“Go talk to Lynn Rice,” a pair of East Linn Museum volunteers were advised after expressing an interest…
Another 91 doctors graduated from COMP-NW
By Rodney Tanaka WesternU Director of Communications Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the…
Doc’s Memoirs: Cows never eat the stuff (or, the trouble with tansy)
By D.E. Larsen, DVM Here I was again, standing over a dead cow, in the middle of a…
Digging Treasures at the East Linn Museum: Lemonade takes the limelight
By Roberta McKern Lemonade has come to mind recently. The time of year had something to do with…
Commentary: HB 2002 raising questions on all sides (April 26, 2023)
By Jami Cate A major piece of legislation, sponsored by all but four Democrat legislators serving in Salem,…
Digging Treasure at the East Linn Museum: Anatomy of a massacre (part 2)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The first installment of this two-part series ran in the March 29, 2023, edition of the…
‘Fabrics, Fibers & Filaments’ exhibit to open in Sweet Home
By Molly Larson Cook For The New Era There’s more to art than paint and canvas, and a…
Bills address homelessness crisis in state
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek last week signed two legislative bills allocating $200 million to address Oregon’s homelessness crisis.…
Digging Treasures at the East Linn Museum: Anatomy of a massacre (Part 1)
By Roberta McKern For The New Era/Lebanon Local Recently, we explored Clifford Merrill Drury’s “Henry Harmon Spalding: Pioneer…
Doc’s Memoirs: Up with Wazzu: Rescued orange kitten lives the good life
Don stepped on his brakes and pulled his pickup to the side of Bellinger Scale Road. “I think…