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Page-turners in a Halloween frame of mind
Local author’s season-appropriate titles geared for younger audience By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local As autumn makes its mark…
Planning Commission approves Dairy Queen
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for the construction of a…
Schools mull renovation, facility repair bond
Lebanon Community Schools may ask voters to consider a bond sometime in 2022 to renovate and repair school…
Commissioner Tucker seeks a fifth term
Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker said last week that he will seek a fifth term in office. He…
Council approves Republic rate increase
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The City Council approved a 5.9% rate increase – or an average of…
County sheriff’s race gets competitive early
Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon announced Sept. 21 that he will not seek re-election in the 2022 election,…
Progress continues at northside Mill Race development
Pair of businesses settle in at complex By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The wheels at the Mill Race…
Local 4-H leaders Sallees installed in national Hall of Fame
Sherman (Sherm) and Fay Sallee, of Lebanon, were inducted Oct. 14 into the National 4-H Hall of Fame…
News briefs from Sept/Oct 2021
Local resource center gets Siletz grant Family Assistance and Resource Center Group has received a $6,430 grant from…
Duo named county farmers of the year
Barsotti tour offers views, advice to tree farmers By Larry Mauter LCSWA director From their ridge-top perch on…
Albany man dies after shooting at Timber Linn Park
An Albany man died Sunday, Oct. 10, following a shooting incident at Timber Linn Memorial Park in Albany.Albany…
Sweet Home man dies in Highway 34 crash
A Sweet Home man was killed Sunday evening, Oct. 10, in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 34, between…
Primrose Street to Airport Road expansion begins
Construction has begun on the extension of Primrose Street from Russell Drive to East Airport Road. The extension…
Driver arrested after allegedly fleeing scene of accident
A Lebanon man was arrested Sept. 12 on multiple charges after a traffic crash at the intersection of…
Man arrested on multiple sex charges involving juveniles
A Lebanon man was arrested Sept. 13 on multiple sex-related charges. According to the Lebanon Police Department, a…
Area residents rally to protest coerced vaccinations
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Approximately 150 people attended a rally at the north end of town Friday,…
Kids learn basic bike maintenance during LEAP program
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Thomas Bradley, 13, rolled away from the Boys & Girls Club of the…
Library’s StoryWalk combines leisure, imagination
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Lebanon Public Library held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, Aug. 26, at…
COVID-19 cases remain high in September
New reported COVID-19 case numbers have remained high over the first 10 days of September in Lebanon and…
Three receive forestry scholarships
By Katie Kohl LCSWA Scholarship Chair Three Linn County high school graduates have been awarded 2021 Robert Mealey…
Planning Commission discusses fuel station ordinance
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The Planning Commission discussed criteria for a possible new ordinance that would allow…
Lebanon residents who were there remember 9-11, painfully
By Scott Swanson Lebanon Local When their subway car stopped on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Madeleine…
Finding beauty in books
Friends of the Library vice president transforms old volumes into works of art By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local…
A career in service
Bressler retires after 33 years in law enforcement, 15 with Lebanon police By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local Lt.…
Council mulls new City Hall building, location
By Sarah Brown Lebanon Local The City Council authorized an agreement with Mackenzie Architecture of Portland to develop…