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…
Teachers express grievance over contract negotiations
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local While the Lebanon Community School District began its board meeting on Oct. 12,…
Oktobrewfest revives German spirit
By Sarah Brown The Lebanon Local Getting ahead of the season, Conversion Brewing held its second annual “Oktobrewfest”…
Hogwarts event draws crowd
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but…
Corps studies need for hydropower
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local UPDATE Oct. 31, 2023: The dates for the public listening…
Fitzpatrick unlocks key to the city during annual Harvest Festival
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local Clouds parted and the sky stopped crying just in time…
Drawdown results in thousands of dead fish
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local Thousands of dead juvenile fish started showing up below Green…
Retired firefighter shares “salty” wisdom for new recruits
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Although technology and society are ever-evolving, one local firefighter has found that it’s…
City council moves forward to find city manager on own terms
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local At its Sept. 13 meeting the City Council approved a resolution for the…
New murals pop up in downtown corridor
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Downtown Lebanon is receiving more color and small-town spirit as some of its…
Dropped art connects people through creativity
Members of Linn County Arts Guild are used to hiding little pieces of art around town, but this…
Sweet Home school district turning up the volume on band program
By Sarah Brown Of The New Era/Lebanon Local School band programs across the country have been lullabied to…
School board to create facilities study committee
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Community School District school board opened the school year at its…
Planning Commission approves development analyses
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local For its Aug. 16 meeting, the planning commission held three public hearings as…
Chavez-DeRemer tours Weyerhaeuser mill
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), a member of the House Agriculture Committee’s Forestry Subcommittee,…
Meals on Wheels serves food with a heart
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series highlighting volunteer activities in…
Turkeys flock downtown
Fashionable and outrageous decorated turkeys run the downtown corridor, inviting visitors to smile and shop local businesses. Lebanon…
Camping for a musical experience
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The sixth GUTS festival took place July 27-29 at Cheadle Lake Park, bringing…
Karaoke becomes new tradition at NNO
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Organizers of the 2023 National Night Out in Lebanon launched a new idea…
48-Lot subdivision proposed near Vaughan and Stoltz Hill
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Planning Commission held three public hearings and, ultimately, approved the annexation of…
Parks committee rethinks use of Cheadle Lake Park
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Conversation about Cheadle Lake Park took up a majority of the time during…
Ron Whitlatch named interim city manager, recruitment process discussed
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Engineering Services Director Ron Whitlatch was named Interim City Manager during a special…