Editorial: New stadium facility will be costly, but valuable
In a day when we hear almost constantly about how factors like the COVID pandemic and social media…
Social media fundraiser continues as district mulls stadium options
Lebanon sports spectators are having to make do this fall following the shutdown last spring of Heath Stadium…
District encouraged by number of incoming kindergartners
Lebanon Community School District got a good crop of kindergarteners at the beginning of the school year, Supt.…
Oak Street traffic may be slowed by repairs next week
Contractors will perform crack sealing on Oak Street in Lebanon next week, which will be controlled by flaggers…
Samaritan grant info meeting Sept. 23
Samaritan Health Services is accepting applications for Social Accountability grant funding to local nonprofits. A total of up…
Bob Hutley
July 6, 1927 – Aug. 20, 2025 Bob Hutley passed away Aug. 20, 2025. He was 98 years…
Lebanon man arrested after allegedly shooting into air during dispute
A Lebanon man was arrested early Saturday morning, Sept. 6, after gunshots were fired in the 000 block…
Commissioners sign on to request for immigration clarification
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed at…
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,…