Linn seedling sale a success
By Larry Mauter LCSWA Member Record efforts produced record results for the 2023 Linn County Small Woodlands Association…
Real Estate Sold (Feb. 22, 2023)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during January 2023.…
Report details impact of child sexual abuse prevention study
The University of Oregon’s Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect (CPAN) and The Ford Family Foundation…
From Our Files (Feb. 22, 2023)
Feb. 22, 1973 Another bit of history in East Linn County was preserved when the Willamette National Forest…
Commentary: Silent government is scary government
By Dr. Eric Fruits What do spy balloons, a state liquor scandal, and Oregon road tolling have in…
Penny Gaylord
Penny Marie Gaylord, 78, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 7, 2023, in Albany. She was born Aug. 18,…
Shirley Wells
Shirley Diana Wells, 66, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 4, 2023. She was born Jan. 9, 1957, in…
Death Notices (Feb. 22, 2023)
Betty Jean Cornelison, 82, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 19, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Vernon Hamilton
Vernon Orville Hamilton, 88, passed away on Jan. 20, 2023, in Sebring, Fla. Vern grew up in Holley…
Judy Johnston
Judy Ann Johnston, 78, of Sweet Home, passed away Feb. 10, 2023. She was born in Amarillo, Texas,…
Around Town (Feb. 15, 2023)
SHCF seeks grant applicants The Sweet Home Community Foundation will begin accepting grant applications for its 2023 cycle…
Editorial: Rekindle spirit of local volunteerism when needs arise
Sweet Home has certain qualities that endear it to people who arrive here and who end up staying…
Beverly Nunez
Beverly Nunez, 84, of Sweet Home, passed away Feb. 8, 2023. She was born May 30, 1938, in…
Jean JoAnn Trask
Jean JoAnn Trask, 93, of Sweet Home, a beloved mother, passed away Feb. 1, 2023, two months shy…
Carbon company tax break OK’d
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker on Tuesday morning, Feb. 7, unanimously approved a…
Rep. Chavez-DeRemer responds to Biden’s SOTU
Newly elected Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who represents east Linn County in Congress, released the following statement after attending…
Circuit Court (Feb. 15, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Honor Roll (Feb. 15, 2023)
SWEET HOME JUNIOR HIGH SEVENTH GRADE 4.0 Kyler Bondesen, Andru James Collings, Elijah Cruz, Autumn Dieterich, Sydney Dominy,…
Public Safety (Feb. 15, 2023)
Feb. 6 2:01 a.m. – Jamie Daniel Carpenter, 46, was cited and released on a Sweet Home Municipal…
Foster man dies in crash
A Foster man was killed just before daylight Wednesday morning, Feb. 8, in a single-vehicle crash on Highway…
APD officers on leave after fatal shooting
Two Albany Police Department personnel were placed on critical incident leave after a fatal Wednesday, Jan. 8, incident…
Fire destroys Lebanon home
A fire destroyed a triple-wide manufactured home Thursday, Feb. 9, on Butte Creek Road in Lebanon. The blaze…
Man dies in Hwy. 99 crash near Corvallis Airport
An 18-year-old man died Friday evening, Feb. 10, in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 99 near the Corvallis…
Public hearing held on right to fish, hunt, harvest and gather
The Oregon House Committee on Rules on Feb. 2 held a public hearing on House Joint Resolution 5,…
Public meetings set for local dam plans
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) will host a series of public meetings Feb. 23-28…