County plans events to increase suicide awareness
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and Linn County’s Alcohol and Drug Program is joining communities nationwide to…
Samaritan announces it will not close Lebanon birthing center
Samaritan Health Services announced Wednesday, Aug. 27, that it will continue to offer maternity care for women and…
Airport Road reopens
Airport Road is open. The City of Lebanon reported Thursday, Aug. 28, that it has completed traffic signal…
Lebanon Senior Center to provide cooling center during weekend
In response to U.S. National Weather Service warnings of excessive heat warnings this weekend, the City of Lebanon…
Board takes step to approve naming Pioneer library after Lebanon alum Scot Noss
The Lebanon School Board, at its Aug. 14 meeting, took the first step toward approving the renaming of…
Rodeo to return to Sweet Home Aug. 16
By Cindi Hamar For Lebanon Local After 13 years without a local Sweet Home rodeo, cowboys and cowgirls…
OSP traffic stop yields 100-plus pounds of illegal drugs
Two Washington men were arrested Wednesday morning, July 30, after an Oregon State Police dog located more than…
Flags to be flown at half-staff July 31 in honor of SFC Scot Noss
Linn County, the city of Lebanon and the Lebanon School District will lower flags to half-staff on Thursday,…
COMP-NW to get new name: Heatherington College of Osteopathic Medicine after ‘largest’ donor
Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest in Lebanon will be named the…
Brownsville brush fire burns about 30 acres
Firefighters’ “quick” response to a rapid-moving brush fire south of Brownsville limited it to about 30 acres, Zach…
New CEO Cahill explains ‘significant challenge’ facing Samaritan Health
Seventeen years into his career as an administrator with Samaritan Health, Marty Cahill has gotten to know the…
Scio man sentenced to 102 years for molestations
A Scio man was sentenced Friday, June 27, to 102 years in prison for child molestation, Linn County…
Scio man arrested on wide variety of sex charges
A Scio man was arrested Monday, June 23, after an investigation into multiple sex offenses, Linn County Sheriff…
Updated: Samaritan CEO acknowledges ‘re-imagining’ health services
Nurses, patients and community members plan to hold a public rally outside the Samaritan Health Plan Building ahead…
Veteran journalists offer needed coverage of big issues
I’ve been working in journalism in Oregon for nearly 20 years now and during that time I’ve been…
‘Largest’ fentanyl bust in U.S. history includes seizures in Oregon state capital
Federal authorities on Tuesday, May 6, announced that they have arrested 16 individuals and seized record-breaking quantities of…
Scio teen arrested after allegedly school shooting threats
A teenaged girl was arrested Tuesday, April 29, following threats of a school shooting at Scio High School,…
‘Reckless’ driver arrested on multiple charges after chase and K9 search
An Oklahoma man was arrested Saturday night, April 12, after a chase and a search involving K9’s and…
Man arrested after alleged assault
A 23-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning, April 13, after Lebanon police discovered an unconscious man whom…
Home & Garden Section: Lebanon’s healing gardens offer world-class horticulture
Local residents who have not had a chance to visit the healing gardens in Lebanon are missing out…
Sheriff: Lebanon man arrested on minors-related sex charges
A Lebanon man was arrested Monday evening, April 7, on multiple sex charges involving minors, Linn County Sheriff…
Albany man dies in Hwy. 20 crash
An Albany man died Wednesday evening, March 12, in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway…
Website assists landowners in appeals of Wildfire Risk Map
A new website has been developed to assist Oregon homeowners and landowners navigate the appeal process of their…
Fire district’s financial woes more than bureaucratic dilemma
Lebanon Fire District’s budget woes aren’t really news, but they deserve increased attention from the community because they…
State report: Lebanon High graduation rates on upswing
to a report released Jan. 30 by the Oregon Department of Education. Those numbers represent students who are…