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Waterloo to consider city recorder hours
Following a preliminary Budget Committee meeting, the Waterloo City Council talked about increasing hours for the city recorder…
May 19, 2026
Commissioners OK application for local transportation grant funds
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications At their May 5 meeting, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger…
May 12, 2026
Lebanon School District announces cuts in face of reduced budget
Lebanon Community School District announced reductions in staff, athletics programs and operations following an announcement that its budget…
May 12, 2026
Town halls scheduled for Samaritan-MultiCare plan
Looking ahead to a potential affiliation between Samaritan Health Services and MultiCare Health Systems, Samaritan President and CEO…
May 12, 2026
Cheadle Park improvements take shape
Improvements at Cheadle Lake Park are beginning to take shape as the City of Lebanon rolls out Phase…
May 12, 2026
Lebanon man arrested for sex abuse of minor
A Lebanon man was arrested Wednesday, May 6, on a variety of sex-crime charges involving a young girl,…
May 7, 2026
Tennessee Road bridge repairs to start May 11
Repairs to a local bridge over Marks Slough on Tennessee Road will begin on Monday, May 11, according…
May 5, 2026
Samaritan merger with MultiCare expected to provide more expertise
Sy Johnson, CEO of Samaritan Valley Hospitals in Albany, Corvallis and Lebanon, gave an overview of how Samaritan’s…
May 5, 2026
Sweet Home budget introduced, small business seeks respite
The City of Sweet Home presented its proposed budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year during the first Budget…
May 5, 2026
Sweet Home Fire welcomes newly hired wildfire grant coordinator
The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District swore in a new member to the CWDG team during the…
April 29, 2026
Lebanon Hospital birth center reopens
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital announced that labor and delivery services reopened on Monday, April 27, and an open…
April 28, 2026
Lebanon seeks grant to expand public library
The City of Lebanon is inviting comments on a grant it intends to apply for in order to…
April 28, 2026
Board wants to increase annual savings for Lebanon Pool needs
The Lebanon Aquatic District touched on financial matters during its April 20 meeting. The board approved a resolution…
April 28, 2026
Lebanon’s WesternU expansion conceptual plan approved
The Lebanon Planning Commission approved a conceptual master plan for the phased development of Western University’s proposed expansion…
April 21, 2026
Sodaville well project progressing step by step
When asked what the one event would be that would make the City of Sodaville feel secure that…
April 21, 2026
Nearly $1 million deficit anticipated in Lebanon Fire budget
Prior to its regular meeting, the Lebanon Fire District Board of Directors met with the Budget Committee to…
April 21, 2026
Lebanon city budgets focus on priority needs, financial stability
The City of Lebanon and Lebanon Urban Renewal Agency presented their proposed 2026-2027 fiscal year budgets to the…
April 21, 2026
Waterloo hires new city recorder
The City of Waterloo hired a new city recorder, David Reed, after conducting interviews between two applicants on…
April 21, 2026
Donation boosts Lebanon museum fundraising efforts
“Lebanon has a history worth preserving, and the town should have a museum.” That’s the message the Lebanon…
April 14, 2026
911 panel shutdown OK’d by Lebanon
Lebanon City Council members agreed to sign a resolution supporting dissolution of the Emergency Telephone Agency (ETA) and…
April 14, 2026
Opinion: Residents battle escalating costs in last affordable housing
By Barb Schafer Judy Annin and Lynn Cole were friends and co-workers for decades. After their husbands…
April 14, 2026
Investigation leads to search at Lebanon massage parlor
Lebanon police assisted with the search of a Lebanon business believed to be involved in an illicit massage…
April 9, 2026
Sankey Park bandstand anticipated by July
During the Sweet Home City Council meeting, held March 24, the council moved forward with a contract to…
April 7, 2026
Fuel spill closes Hwy. 20
A mult-vehicle accident involving a log truck, two pickup trucks and two trailers caused the closure of a…
April 7, 2026
Lebanon Planning Commission: More lots OK, housing height size denied
During its March 18 meeting, the Lebanon Planning Commission considered requests on two different developments seeking updates to…
April 7, 2026