Belated Prom in park turns out ‘really well’
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Luna Carnahan wasn’t too worried about her white gown as she descended down…
Dr. Emmert returns to mid-valley to finish residency
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Dr. Amanda Emmert, the first local graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine…
Groups collaborate for summer school
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon School District and Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam…
School Board hears from protesters
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Some 100 residents showed up at the Lebanon School Board’s meeting Thursday, Aug.…
Cleaning up at the Gambler 500
Racers work to help eliminate community trash By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Participants in this year’s Gambler 500…
‘Frozen’ in Time
COVID-postponed middle school production finally gets stage time By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Actors from Seven Oak Middle…
Lebanon rally raises awareness of sexual abuse
Editor’s Note: The following story contains sensitive subject matter/terminology. By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Kendall Blasingame says she…
School board discusses strategic plan at meeting
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The board of the Lebanon Community School District performed some basic housecleaning during…
Council talks new rules for homelessness
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Interim City Manager Nancy Brewer discussed with City Council members new laws regarding…
45 years of growing business come to end for Van Essens
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Van Essen Nursery, Lebanon’s largest nursery hidden in plain sight, has reduced its…
Despite cancellation of Strawberry Festival, good time was had
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local In light of the “unstable state of the governor’s office” and difficulty to…
Lebanon’s Senior Center opens for limited in-person activities
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Senior Center opened its doors with “welcome” arms on June 1…
How bad off is Lebanon’s pool?
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Aquatic District is seeking to update the Jan Nadig Pool facility,…
Planning Commission approves permit for brewery, food pod
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Lebanon Planning Commission members approved a conditional use permit during their May 19…
City Council clears way for high school’s housing project
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The City Council on June 9 approved the annexation of a 0.92-acre lot…
Supt.: Past school year challenging
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Looking back on the school year, Supt. Bo Yates presented an end-of-year update…
Ridgeway Butte cross relit after 28 years of darkness
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local A light in the darkness, a tradition in Lebanon for some 65 years…
Local real estate agents reach out to build ‘treehouse’ for young cancer patient
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Walker Street was lined with red-shirted do-gooders to welcome Rialee Roth, 12, to…
Citizens complain to City Council about masks, more
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local City Council members on Wednesday, May 12, heard from two citizens who wanted…
Princess Emma Williams
When she was a little girl, Emma Williams definitely knew she wanted to be a princess, and she…
Princess Emily Squires
For Emily Squires, 18, being a Strawberry Princess means spreading kindness and being available to support people. It…
Princess Kimberly O’Hara
Kimberly O’Hara’s favorite part about the Strawberry Festival is the fact that all the families in Lebanon come…
Princess Annie Latimer
Annie Latimer, 18, knows that canceling the Strawberry Festival this year has been “super hard” on the community,…
Princess Alyssa Berg
One of the main reasons why Alyssa Berg, of Lacomb, wanted to be a princess on the Strawberry…
Yates: New COVID rules ‘fantastic’ for schools
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Superintendent Bo Yates provided a brief update regarding COVID, and Tami Volz, school…