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Meet the Court: Princess Alyssa Baker
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The 114th Strawberry Festival, themed “Peace, Love and Strawberries,” arrives as the world…
Meet the Court: Princess Libby Jorgensen
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The 114th Strawberry Festival, themed “Peace, Love and Strawberries,” arrives as the world…
Meet the Court: Princess Chloe Juntunen
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The 114th Strawberry Festival, themed “Peace, Love and Strawberries,” arrives as the world…
Meet the Court: Princess Makayla Lewis
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The 114th Strawberry Festival, themed “Peace, Love and Strawberries,” arrives as the world…
Meet the Court: Princess Lauren Wyatt
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The 114th Strawberry Festival, themed “Peace, Love and Strawberries,” arrives as the world…
Mental health crisis team goes mobile
By Scott Swanson Lebanon Local Law enforcement officers respond to a late-evening call concerning an individual who is…
School board explores LHS block schedule for 2023-24
Sixth-graders to make move from Cascades to Seven Oak Middle School By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon…
Baurer, Rood leading School Board race
Kendall in front for Lebanon Aquatic District board seat The Lebanon School Board may see some new members…
Panel OKs $85 million budget draft
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The city Budget Committee approved an $85,171,054 budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-24…
Council talks utility rate bumps
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local During an April 26 Lebanon City Council work session, Engineering Services Director Ron…
Planning group explores economic growth
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Planning Commission in an April 26 work session heard a report…
Healthy You: Curling up with a good book is good for you
The characteristics of an ideal day of relaxation differ for everyone. Some people might envision boating on a…
Planners talk apartments and Stoltz Hill annexation
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Planning Commission discussed a proposed 24-unit apartment complex off Airport Road and…
Summer plans for Green Peter outlined
By Benny Westcott Lebanon Local U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger Christie Johnson outlined at an April…
Health partnership delivers county reports
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era/Lebanon Local The Partnership for Community Health, which includes health departments from…
County says goodbye to outgoing health officer
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist and Sherrie Sprenger thanked outgoing Health Officer Dr. William Muth by phone Tuesday…
Lebanon truck driver dead following fiery crash in Lyons
A Lebanon man was killed when the tanker truck he was driving crashed Tuesday morning, May 23, in…
Sweet Home man dies after falling into upper Calapooia River
A Sweet Home man died Tuesday afternoon, May 16, in the Calapooia River after falling in while walking…
Seven die, truck driver arrested following freeway crash on I-5 just north of Linn County border
UPDATE (May 22, 2023): The names of those involved in the two-vehicle crash have been identified as [commercial…
Campaign tackles wildfire risks
Keep Oregon Green launched a new wildfire prevention campaign and released five new public service announcements as part…
Meeting set to discuss water resource strategy
The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) is seeking public input on updates to the states Integrated Water Resources…
Downtown stroll in Sweet Home results in Community Market
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era/Lebanon Local Sweet Home City Manager Kelcey Young was downtown on a…
Sweet Home Health group hears report on medical care struggles
By Scott Swanson Of The New Era/Lebanon Local Sweet Home residents struggle with getting medical care, for a…
Commissioners hear building permit numbers
Linn County Planning & Building Director Steve Wills outlined April’s building-permit numbers at the Tuesday, May 9, county…
Sweet Home Council OKs $5,000 city donation for Icebox Cookoff
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era/Lebanon Local The Icebox Cookoff drew between 5,000 to 6,000 people to…