Sweet Home forestry team starts season with win
Sweet Home High School’s Forestry Club won its first competition of the season Saturday, March 5, at Knappa…
Corvallis woman wins $1M in Lottery prize
A Corvallis woman, playing the Oregon Lottery’s Raffle game for the first time Raffle, won $1 million after…
Blue-Collar Career Fair
Fifty-five juniors and seniors at Sweet Home High School attended a March 16 High School Career Fair at…
Real Estate (March 23, 2022)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during February 2022.…
Municipal Court (March 23, 2022)
February 23, 2022 Kenneth G. Adair II – guilty by default – Violation driving while suspended or revoked,…
LBCC to hold basketball academy for girls
Linn-Benton Community College will hold a spring Basketball Academy for girls in grades 6 through 12, starting Monday,…
Sands opens golf with PRs
Sweet Home’s golf season started Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18, in Bandon. Coach Ron Moore took…
Softball off to 3-1 start, with lone loss to 5A Redmond
Sweet Home softball started off the young season 3-1 after the first week’s play. The Huskies beat Elmira/Mapleton…
Baseball season opens with some rocky outings for Huskies
Sweet Home baseball started the season off 1-3 in its first week of action. After its first game…
Death Notices (March 23, 2022)
Jean Alice Herbert, 83, of Lebanon, died March 12, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
David Phillips
David Duane Phillips, 66, of Sweet Home, died March 12, 2022, of a heart problem. He was born…
Roseanne Lupoli Fitzsimons
Roseanne Virginia Lupoli Fitzsimons, 53, of Sweet Home, died March 14, 2022. She was born June 1, 1968…
From Our Files (March 23, 2022)
March 23, 1972 William V. Carpenter was named the Sweet Home Ranger District’s new district ranger. He began…
Rookies make immediate impact in Huskies’ first track meet
Thursday’s track opener at Junction City was a brand new experience for many of Sweet Home’s track athletes…
Around Town (March 16, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Update: Lebanon woman, Redmond man dead in Highway 20 crash east of Sweet Home
Two people are dead after a two-car, head-on collision at the weigh station on Highway 20 in Foster…
Missing woman located in Sweet Home
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, the Sweet Home Police Department assisted in returning a missing 24-year-old woman with…
SH man arrested for attempted murder, robbery
A Sweet Home man was arrested March 8 on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery stemming from a…
Masks still required in Samaritan facilities
Samaritan Health Services is reminding the public that although Oregon Health Authority is lifting the indoor face mask…
Commissioners reflect on COVID-19 pandemic
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker last week celebrated the approaching end of the…
Primary election candidates finalized for May 17 election
Election line-ups are finalized for the state primary election on May 17. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, March…
New county judge takes oath
Linn County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Thomas McHill, right, administers the oath of office to new Judge Keith…
Public Safety (March 16, 2022)
March 7 7:33 a.m. – David Sterling Schwan, 32, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant…
Early morning fire destroys part of shop
An early morning fire destroyed a portion of a shop Tuesday, March 8, on Rowell Hill. Sweet Home…
State appoints first-ever prosecutor to specialize in poaching cases
Poachers beware: There is a new force in the courts. An anti-poaching special prosecutor. Jay D. Hall, hired…