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…
Digging Treasures at the East Linn Museum: Life of Henry Spalding a real page-turner
By Roberta McKern For The New Era Henry Harmon Spalding stumbled along through darkness. Having failed to adequately…
Forestry group names new board members
The Linn County Small Woodlands Association selected new officers and board members during its Saturday, Jan. 21, meeting…
Digging Treasures at the East Linn Museum: In consideration of the lowly bean
By Roberta McKern For The New Era/Lebanon Local While wandering through aged relics at the East Linn Museum,…
Remembering meals, atmospheres on holidays of the past
By Roberta McKern For The New Era/Lebanon Local We’ve come to the seasonal change when wintry weather nips…
LCSWA tour displays county conservation efforts
By Larry Mauter LCSWA member Family forestry has flowered at Oak Basin Tree Farm. The Linn County property…
Pine education project comes alive at Sunnyside Park
By Larry Mauter, LCSWA member For The New Era/Lebanon Local A Ponderosa pine education project at Sunnyside Park…
The virtues of virtual fencing
By Sean Nealon Oregon State University Writer The use of virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing on sagebrush…
Sunnyside pine project dedication scheduled Oct. 15
By Larry Mauter LCSWA Member More than a decade in the making, an environmental education project at Linn…
Facts and figures are true realities of raising livestock for market
By D.E. Larsen, DVM I turned off of McDowell Creek Road into the barnyard. I could see only…
Keeping a poker face while serving the bull
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column contains graphic anatomical descriptions. I held my three cards firmly and a little…
What the nose knew (some scented vignettes)
By Roberta McKern East Linn Museum historian and columnist for The New Era At this time of year,…