Insurance Office Ribbon Cutting
Travis Luttmer, center, cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of his Country Financial insurance office at 1001…
Linn County offers help for those experiencing mental health challenges
The last two years have been stressful for everyone, from children to adults, and staff at Linn County…
Letter: Sheriff’s race has one qualified candidate (May 18, 2022)
Editor: Campaigning for the November election for Linn County Sheriff has already begun and I urge all voters…
Letter: LCSO needs new leadership at top (May 18, 2022)
Editor: I’ve noticed Michelle Duncan has a slogan “because experience matters.” This carries no weight because it’s about…
From Our Files (May 18, 2022)
May 19, 1972 An electronic piano was presented to the Senior Citizens of Sweet Home. The Lebanon chapter…
Jesse Sharp
A graveside service for World War II Navy veteran Jesse Harvey Sharp, 95, of Sweet Home, who died…
Death Notices (May 18, 2022)
Catherine I. Gordon (Urben), 91, a longtime Sweet Home resident, died May 10, 2022, in Salem. Virgil T.…
Difficult baseball season ends for Huskies with losses to Cascade
Sweet Home’s baseball season ended with two losses to Cascade. The Cougars beat the Huskies in Sweet Home…
Letter: GOP hypocritical, lies about abortion (May 18, 2022)
Editor: A guy once said that if men got pregnant you’d be able to get an abortion at…
Sweet Home boys finish fifth in golf districts; two clear 200
Sweet Home finished fifth in the seven-team Special District 2 boys golf championship tournament held May 9-10 at…
Around Town (May 11, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Track: Huskies tune up with Last Chance meet as districts approach
With the district track and field championships approaching at the end of this week, Sweet Home’s athletes got…
Letter: Oregon needs new primary system (May 11, 2022)
Editor: I am not alone in refusing to be identified as either a Republican or Democrat. Right now…
Letter: Vote in support of Linn-Benton bond (May 11, 2022)
Editor: As a proud member of the Sweet Home community and our beloved Mid-Valley, and as chair of…
Baseball: Huskies pull off come-from-behind win over Newport in 10th
Sweet Home baseball scored an upset win against a Newport team, the third-place team in the 4A-3 Oregon…
Linn County OKs budget for 2022-23
After four days of deliberations, the six-member Linn County Budget Committee last week approved a budget of $221,838,213…
Circuit Court (May 11, 2022)
Justin Wayne Seibert, 33, pleaded no contest on April 29 to a charge of failing to register as…
Two dead, two injured in Highway 20 crash near Sweet Home
Two people died and two suffered injuries, one critical, in a two-vehicle crash Saturday, May 14, at Highway…
Softball: Huskies defeat Sisters behind no-hitter from Maddie Harris
Sweet Home’s softball held onto its third-place position in the 4A-3 Oregon West Conference with a routine 8-0…
James ‘Jim’ William Conklin
James “Jim” William Conklin, 77, passed away at home in Henderson, Nev., on May 1, 2022. He was…
Carol Jean (Ripley) Wence
Jean Wence of Hilo, Hawaii, passed away on April 23, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Phoenix, Ariz.…
Margaret Bristow
Margaret W. “Peggy” Bristow, 96, of Sweet Home, died April 29, 2022. She was born Oct. 22, 1925,…
Death Notices (May 11, 2022)
Beverlee J. Detlefsen, 93, of Sweet Home, died May 8, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Letter: Current Sheriff not an incumbent (May 11, 2022)
Editor: In regard to the election story beginning on the bottom of the front page of the April…
Commentary: Oregon should lose charter restrictions (May 11, 2022)
By Dr. Eric Fruits This week is National Charter Schools Week. Oregon passed charter school legislation in 1999,…