Linn County

Preliminary results show Linn County’s public safety levy expansion passing on election night with nearly 53% voting yes.

Fewer than half of Oregon Counties have anything on the ballot in next week’s election. Lincoln and Linn counties have levies the entire county can weigh in on, but Lane County has just a few communities with issues on the ballot.

Linn County voters will soon decide whether or not to increase an existing tax levy for law enforcement. The county has a long history of approving such a tax.

An 88-year-old Lebanon man has been found deceased after being reported missing more than two weeks ago.

A 63-year old Albany man who has been reported as missing by his family may be lost in the woods.

The weekly newspaper is now owned by a nonprofit organization and focuses on content by community writers.

Persephone Farm will stay farmland thanks to a conservation easement that permanently limits its use.

A Linn County judge has invalidated a permit for a proposed chicken farm that would have raised over three million chickens per year east of Salem.

Central Linn School District hasn’t passed a bond in nearly 30 years. District leaders say this spring’s $34 million initiative follows a community advisory committee’s recommendations.

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

In a decision some farm groups say could have implications in communities beyond Oregon, Linn County commissioners voted two-to-one Thursday to clarify where new large-scale livestock farms can be built.

Just six months after Linn County commissioners thought they’d voted to limit large-scale poultry farms, the commission is now revisiting its decision, after learning other livestock operations could also be restricted.