Prep swimming: Huskies get test run in district pool
Sweet Home’s young swimmers got a taste of what the district meet will look like Saturday, Jan. 14,…
Terrence Shea
Terrence “Terry” Kevin Shea, 65, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022, from fungal meningitis, a rare complication…
Basketball: Girls struggle against Madras, Crook County
Sweet Home girls basketball was unable to find the win column last week, falling to Madras 54-40 and…
Boys and girls wrestlers both finish third at Oregon Classic
Sweet Home’s boys and girls both placed third in the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, in…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…
January ESPY Winners
The Sweet Home School Board honored the district’s January ESPY honorees at its monthly meeting Jan. 9. Honorees…
State adds dental care for veterans
Veterans Services Manager Dee Baley-Hyder told the Linn County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, that county…
Man gets 25 years in homeless camp crash
A Salem man was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Marion County Circuit Court to 25 years in prison…
Public Safety (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 9 1 a.m. – Matthew Carl Martin, 32, was cited and released on a Lebanon Municipal Court…
First Linn County baby of 2023 born in Lebanon
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital welcomed its first baby of the year, Brahm Fimbulvetr Farrell, born at 2:47 p.m.…
SHOCASE to highlight Ross works
The Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Arts and Scholastic Enrichment begins a new year of art shows with…
Linn Democrats re-elect Taylor to third term as chair
Jerred Taylor has been elected to a third two-year term as chair of the Linn County Democratic Central…
Reptile Man Visits
Richard Ritchey, the Reptile Man, paid a visit to Oak Heights third-graders, as seen in the first photo,…
Circuit Court (Jan. 18, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Boys end non-league basketball season with pair of losses
Sweet Home boys basketball lost to Madras 55-36 at home last week and to Crook County 64-32 on…
Letter: Frustration builds at the fuel pump (Jan. 18, 2023)
Editor: I am very fed up with gas stations in Sweet Home. I went down today to get…
Letter: State needs help to build housing (Jan. 18, 2023)
Editor: An open letter to Gov. Kotek: I love your goal of increased housing of Oregonians; it is…
Letter: Parents need to be on alert for ‘Woke’ (Jan. 18, 2023)
Editor: America’s world has become infested and occupied by a Marxist secular religion. It is a religion because…
From Our Files (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 18, 1973 City Manager Michael Gleason said an increase in vandalism is costing the city thousands of…
Sue Tenbusch
Sue Ann Tenbusch, 72, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. She was born July 13, 1950, in…
Death Notices (Jan. 18, 2023)
George Delwyn Cooper, 84, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Public Safety (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 2 12:38 p.m. – Caller reported a vandalized car, 900 block of Long St. Report taken for…
Crashes in Sweet Home
A motor-vehicle crash was reported at 3:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at the intersection of 18th Ave. and…
Lebanon crews tackle two same-day fires
Lebanon Fire District personnel battled a pair of unrelated noninjury blazes Wednesday, Jan. 4, each separated by roughly…
Corvallis man arrested after chase, gunfire
A Corvallis man was arrested Monday, Jan. 2, after a gunfire-punctuated, multi-agency police chase that began near Corvallis…