Councilors voice support for police during discussion of force policies
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Lebanon Police Chief Frank Stevenson agreed with city councilors who said at…
Sprenger, Cate, Glaser lead Republicans in contested local primaries
State House District 17 Rep. Sherrie Sprenger is carrying 65.87 percent of the vote in the Republican primary…
District to furlough staff, save money by taking advantage of unemployment
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Lebanon Community Schools will trade eight school days this year for eight…
Chamber gets permission to use grant funds for operating costs
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council agreed Wednesday evening to allow the Chamber of…
City budget for 2020-21 proposes 5.9 percent increase
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local City staff will next week present to Lebanon’s Budget Committee a total…
Veterans-focused housing complex approved
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon Planning Commission approved a 48-unit affordable housing apartment complex with…
Council to host two manager candidates
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council voted 3-2 to hold in-person interviews of its…
Retired ambulance gets another career in Street Outreach
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local An old ambulance that has gone through life as a police crime…
Legislators play it safe with COVID-19, but concerned about governor’s decisions
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The state legislature isn’t in session, but the legislators who represent the…
Education carries on despite shutdown
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Educators and students are taking advantage of modern technology to get around…
City to collect excise tax for schools
New construction levy to fund new school facilities By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council…
Council OKs grant applications for trails
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council on March 11 approved two grant applications to…
School Board enacts excise tax for growth
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon School Board voted Thursday evening to enact a construction excise…
Closures, cancellations follow virus news
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local After the detection of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lebanon Wednesday, March 11,…
Landowners get tips on how to improve property
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Area landowners with property in the Santiam River watershed wrapped up a…
City Council zeroes in on city manager description
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council has approved recruitment materials for its city manager…
Councilors OK five-year spending ‘snapshot’
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council approved a five-year $62 million Capital Improvement Plan…
Linn County jury says state at fault in timber harvest lawsuit
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Following a 19-day trial, a Linn County jury on Nov. 20 found…
City Council approves 2.4% rate increase for trash service
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Lebanon residents will see a 2.4-percent increase in trash rates, 64 cents…
Veteran’s daughter gives new life to stars from retired flags
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The trunk of Teneil Marcoccia’s car is usually filled with retired American…
School district to query public on how to spend state funding
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local In the coming months, the Lebanon Community School District will gather input…
Time capsule, filled with current-era objects, buried in Northside monument
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Heads up, kids! Approximately 50 years from now you’ll want to be…
School zone designated on Reeves Parkway designated
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council on Nov. 13 approved a resolution establishing a…
Consultant chosen for city manager quest
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local The Lebanon City Council approved a plan to use Prothman, an executive…
Elementary test scores hold steady, but are down at LHS, middle school
By Sean C. Morgan Lebanon Local Lebanon’s elementary schools mostly held firm or made slight improvements in the…