Lebanon

After months of discussion involving administrative leaders and medical staff, Samaritan Health Services officials have decided to continue maternity and surgical services at its five hospitals in Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Lincoln City and Newport.

Pay hikes mean negotiations over contracts will reopen for nurses in Albany and Newport at a time when the system has been struggling with finances.

A fire chief in Lebanon is retiring after nearly four decades of service.

Samaritan Health Services is considering closing a birthing center in Lebanon and maternity ward in Lincoln City over rising costs and sagging revenue.

The Lebanon Fire District is considering further cuts to its emergency services, following the failure of a funding levy last year.

Voters in Lebanon are signaling they’d like to remove fluoride from their water and prohibit psilocybin businesses in town.

In November, voters in Lebanon will decide whether to prohibit psilocybin manufacturers and service centers in the city.

A 135-year-old weekly newspaper in Linn County has gone out of business. The final edition of the Lebanon Express came out Wednesday.

The Oregon DMV says it’s closing a half-dozen field offices for the next three months because it doesn't have enough employees to keep them open.

Voters in the Lebanon School District will decide in May whether to approve a $20 million facilities bond.

Drivers heading from the mid-Willamette Valley to central Oregon will have to find a new route for three days this week. The Oregon Department of…

Several hundred people marched in Lebanon, Oregon on Sunday to denounce racism and promote unity.They marched from a city park to a grassy lawn in front…