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Three Alarm Fire at Abandoned Mill In Lebanon

No injuries were reported in the major fire that broke out Thursday night.

(LEBANON) - Fire crews from around Linn County battled a raging inferno at an abandoned Lebanon mill late Thursday night.

Weyerhaeuser to Build New Sawmill, Permanently Close Another, in Lebanon

(LEBANON) - To make its lumber operations more efficient and competitive, Weyerhaeuser has announced the construction of a new sawmill and the closure of another, both in Lebanon.

Vandals Cause Power Outage in Lebanon Area; BPA Offering $25,000 Reward

Vandals used firearms to shoot out insulators on a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line.

(LEBANON) - The Bonneville Power Administration is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for causing a four-hour outage to Consumers Power Inc.’s Lebanon Substation August 15th.

The vandalism to BPA’s Green Peter-Lebanon 115-kilovolt line occurred in a densely wooded area approximately 11 miles east of Lebanon.

Lebanon Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash

(LEBANON) - A Lebanon man was killed when his motorcycle impacted a concrete bridge abutment near the Santiam River Saturday afternoon between Lebanon and Sweet Home.

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle at 7:24 PM Saturday on Pleasant Valley Road and McDowell Creek Road.

While en-route to the crash they were informed by Lebanon Fire Medics that the only person involved in this crash was deceased.

Cause of Fish Kill in Mid-Valley Creek Under Investigation

The DEQ and ODFW are asking for the public's help in gathering information about the possible release of toxic material into the creek.

(LEBANON) - The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife are investigating the source of a fish kill that occurred earlier this week in Burkhart Creek between Lebanon and Albany.

ODFW fish biologist Karen Hans says a fish count could not be completed due to lack of access to the creek, but she estimated the number to be between dozens and hundreds.

The dead fish included several species at all life stages.