Sheriff supports judge’s decision blocking Measure 114
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Rachio on Nov. 21 determined Measure…
New gas station, car wash, but no to private RV parks
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Decisions made by the planning commission are subject to approval by the city…
Another Porter Street home targeted for cleanup
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Almost a year after Linn County forced the clean up of a hazardous,…
Future of muddy water not yet clear
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Since a court-ordered deep drawdown of Green Peter Reservoir that began this Fall,…
Demolition of old water treatment plant begins
An excavator tears down the accelerator (a settling basin) at Lebanon’s former water treatment plant on Nov. 15.…
Will voters settle the fluoride debate?
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The City Council discussed fluoridation of water, approved a Republic Services trash rate…
Lebanon resident named Veteran of the Year
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local One of Lebanon’s newest residents, Robert Gore, was selected as this year’s Veteran…
A Warrior’s send-off
As the Lebanon High School Warrior Class 5A football team leaves for a game in the second-round playoffs…
School District, union reach tentative agreement
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Community School District and the Lebanon Education Association – the union…
Cheadle park improvements to be cut back
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Parks, Trees and Trails Advisory Committee pared down its focus for Cheadle…
Suggestion for high school mascot tabled for now
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Lebanon Community School District Board Member Clyde Rood brought forward the idea of…
Lebanon Community Chorus holds master class
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Community Chorus held a master class and clinic for singers wishing…
Kotek tours Linn County, homelessness topic of conversation
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Gov. Tina Kotek made a goal to visit every county in Oregon during…
Medical students present research projects
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local COMP-NW students Anna Mikami and John Petrucci were awarded first place at the…
Despite bankruptcy, Lebanon Rite Aid stays open
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Rite Aid Corporation announced on Oct. 15 that it initiated a voluntary court-supervised…
Gallery of 2023 Halloween event
Businesses downtown yet again did not disappoint during the annual Downtown Trick-or-Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 28. Despite…
Sweet Home Codger brings home gold medal
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local If there’s anything Larry Horton wants readers to take away…
The New Era welcomes its new reporter, Ethan Hoagland
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local The New Era would like to introduce to the Sweet…
New magazine features Lebanon neighbors
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local After a year-long journey learning how to build a magazine, Malisa Anderson just…
King family: Teal pumpkins can save lives
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local After 3-year-old Thatcher King bops from house to house in his Teenage Mutant…
Tomatoes delight
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Master Gardener Sheryl Casteen hosted the event and invited the community to taste…
Paint stroke of love
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The story goes that the Kerrigones had paid a $4,000 deposit to a…
Annexations solve zoning problems for some
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Following four public hearings at a Sept. 20 meeting, the Lebanon Planning Commission:…
Decision about psilocybin to be referred to Lebanon voters
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The City Council at its Oct. 11 meeting waded through decisions regarding psilocybin,…
LHS FFA sweeps up soil competition
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Students in the Lebanon chapter of Future Farmers of America participated in the…