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Entek fire quickly extinguished
Lebanon Fire District personnel responded Tuesday morning, Nov. 16, to a fire at Entek manufacturing plant. On arrival,…
Community college enrollment stabilizing
By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s 17 community colleges have managed to slow steep pandemic drops in…
Two-car crash at 15th and Main
Police and medics respond Monday morning, Nov. 22, to a two-crash at the corner of 15th Avenue and…
Lebanon man jailed for tax evasion
A Lebanon man was sentenced to roughly three and a half years in federal prison Monday, Nov. 15,…
Man arrested after shots fired in Lebanon apartment
A Lebanon man was arrested Saturday, Nov. 13, after reports of shots fired into an adjoining apartment in…
Dan-Dee owners hanging it up
Scott Swanson Jack Legg Jr. has spent nearly his entire professional life inside the walls of the building…
Commission pledges help with housing homeless
Linn County will give the city of Sweet Home two acres from the former Willamette Industries mill site…
For new local butcher, the meat goes on
Benny Westcott The former Chucky’s In Holley-Woods Custom Meat Cutting on Springer Road might have officially changed hands,…
New veterans housing fills up quickly in Lebanon
Scott Swanson Applegate Landing’s 48 units are completely full as the complex is being completed off Airport Road…
Officials discuss safety around junior high school
Benny Westcott The Nov. 8 Sweet Home School District School Board meeting featured discussion of implementing a plan…
OSP continues poacher hunt
A young elk, shot through the spine and left struggling with paralyzed hind legs, is one of three…
Pizzeria owners publish book on business success
Sarah Brown Local business owners Jim and Paula Newman work together full-time in the food service industry, but,…
WVVA launches annual ornament hunt
The Willamette Valley Visitors Association launched its fourth annual ornament hunt Friday, Nov. 12, on the Willamette National…
City Council appoints advisory board members
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Nov. 9, to appoint Josh Thorstad to the…
Grant funds available to local arts, culture activities
The Linn County Cultural Coalition is accepting proposals for grants to fund projects involving the arts, humanities, and…
Albany man sentenced for drug distribution
PORTLAND — An Albany man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing heroin and methamphetamine…
Lebanon man arrested for injuring child
A Lebanon man was arrested Monday, Nov. 15, after the Lebanon Police Department received reports of a seriously…
Lebanon man sentenced for tax evasion
A Lebanon man was sentenced to roughly three and a half years in federal prison Monday, Nov. 15,…
Lebanon man arrested after shots fired in apartment
A Lebanon man was arrested Saturday, Nov. 13, after reports of shots fired into an adjoining apartment in…
Harrisburg man arrested in Crawfordsville Market robbery
A Harrisburg man was arrested Friday in connection with an Oct. 27 robbery at the Crawfordsville Market. According…
Exploring gold mine of memories
Scott Swanson Though he’s lived in Spokane, Wash., for 42 years, Steve Munts has never really left Sweet…
Voters pass county sheriff’s levy
Sarah Brown Voters on Tuesday, Nov. 2, passed Measure 22-189, the high-profile four-year law enforcement levy proposed by…
‘Pro-liberty, pro-America’ comedy on tap Saturday at The Rio
Benny Westcott While patriotism may not be a laughing matter for some in our current world, Oregon-based comedians…
Former Marine, cop, defense contractor now serves through massage
Scott Swanson Grover Hubbard’s past might be considered out of the ordinary. So is his present, as a…
Ric Olson, organization focus on Vietnam vets
Scott Swanson Eric “Ric” Olson has had to curtail his involvement in local veterans affairs since COVID-19 hit…