Girls lose two on road in soccer
Sweet Home girls lost two road Oregon West Conference soccer matchups last week, falling 5-0 at Cascade 5-0,…
Volleyball: Pair of wins have Sweet Home sitting in second in OWC
Sweet Home’s volleyball team entered the third week of Oregon West Conference volleyball play in second place in…
Football: After loss to No. 3 Marist, Huskies refocus for Junction City
After a lopsided 42-12 loss at league-leading Marist Catholic last week, Sweet Home’s football team will hit the…
From Our Files (Oct. 5, 2022)
October 5, 1972 The City Council was handed a petition opposing annexation of Foster and Midway to the…
Commentary: Biggest threat to newspapers: lack of interest (Oct. 5, 2022)
By Ken Paulson There was a period in the late ‘60s when the Beach Boys, desperate for a…
Death Notices (Oct. 5, 2022)
Virgil Dale Brown, 91, of Scio, died Sept. 30, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
Dennis Allen Bechtel
Dennis Bechtel, 75, of Sweet Home, has passed away. Dennis entered this world on Dec. 18, 1946, in…
Soccer: Difficult week on pitch for SH boys
Sweet Home lost 3-0 to Cascade Tuesday, Sept. 27, in boys soccer action at Husky Field. Things got…
Around Town (Sept. 28, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Alvin Weed
Alvin “Al” Harry Weed, 84, of Sweet Home, formerly of Alaska, died Sept. 17, 2022. He was born…
Death Notices (Sept. 28, 2022)
Jack David Barringer, 92, of Sweet Home, died Sept. 24, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Highway 20 reopens to traffic
U.S. 20 east of Sweet Home reopened to through traffic as of 1:30 p.m. Friday, about half a…
Timber contract lawsuit heading to Legislature
The Oregon Supreme Court’s Sept. 16 decision to not accept the appeal of a $1 billion breach-of-contract lawsuit…
LBCC Honor Roll (Sept. 28, 2022)
The following local students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for…
Public Safety (Sept. 28, 2022)
Sept. 19 12:21 p.m. – Deputy responded to a littering violation and removed trash from the 47600 block…
Sunnyside pine project dedication scheduled Oct. 15
By Larry Mauter LCSWA Member More than a decade in the making, an environmental education project at Linn…
Circuit Court (Sept. 28, 2022)
Andrew James Freitag, 21, was charged Sept. 15 with DUII and criminal driving while suspended or revoked. Wendy…
Albany man arrested in sexual-assault case
An Albany man was arrested Wednesday evening, Sept. 21, after a sexual-assault report in the 4200 block of…
Fire destroys Ames Creek home
An early-morning fire destroyed a home at 2040 Ames Creek Road. Firefighters responded shortly after 3 a.m. to…
Sweet Home Senior Center News and Activities (Sept. 28, 2022)
Monthly News — The Senior Center will hold Medicare Supplemental Insurance information sessions during the coming month. Medicare…
Real Estate (Sept. 28, 2022)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during August 2022.…
Huskies battle in 3-1 loss to No. 2 Cascade, score tough win over Stayton
Sweet Home’s volleyball team hung tough last week in two hard-fought matches, beating Stayton 3-1 at home Tuesday,…
Bonnie Jean Gregory
Bonnie Jean Gregory, 79, of Sweet Home passed away Sept. 14, 2022. Bonnie was born May 5, 1943,…
Danny Robert Thompson
Danny Robert Thompson, 71, of Brownsville, passed away Sept. 10, 2022. He was born Oct. 24, 1950 in…
Leo Deen Bennett
Leo Deen Bennett, 91, of Corvallis, a longtime resident of Sweet Home, passed away Sept. 9, 2022. He…