County commissioners agree to sell Sweet Home mill site to firm owned by Josh Victor
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed unanimously Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, to sell…
Commentary: Bright side of COVID: Parents are thinking of new ways to teach kids (Feb. 9, 2022)
By Kathryn Hickok Oregon students are now half-way through their third school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began.…
From Our Files (Feb. 9, 2022)
February 10, 1972 For the second time in eight days, a motel has been the target for out-of-control…
Death Notices (Feb. 9, 2022)
Roger Dale Godell, 71, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 3, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Honoring ‘Coach’
Longtime Sweet Home swimming Coach Doug Peargin Doug Peagin, center, stands with alumni from the Sweet Home program…
Boys pull out another swim win to finish in the black for season
Sweet Home ended its regular dual-meet swimming season Friday, Feb. 4, with wins from both the boys and…
Girls qualify 3 for state in third-place district wrestling finish
Sweet Home’s girls are sending three girls to the state wrestling championships, two of them district titlists, following…
Boys wrestling: Huskies down Estacada in Senior Night visit
Sweet Home said good-bye to its departing senior wrestlers Thursday evening, Feb. 3, and then the Huskies got…
Boys basketball: Despite tough ‘D,’ Huskies fall to Woodburn
Sweet Home boys basketball (2-18, No. 32 in 4A) is still searching for its first league win after…
Around Town (Feb. 2, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
City Council issues statement on racism
Sweet Home’s city councilors made a public statement against racism in the community at their Jan. 25 meeting.…
Corps’ Facebook breaking the mold
The acronym-laden and typically dry language on many federal agencies’ social media posts is … understandable, but there…
Ducks in a row? Birds of a feather?
Snow geese glide on Foster Lake last week during a stop, presumably on their way to the Arctic,…
Cause of 2021 Elm Street church fire remains unknown
The trail has gone cold in an investigation of the fire that severely damaged Elm Street Baptist Church’s…
What’s at stake in the 2022 state Legislature
By Julia Shumway and Alex Baumbardt Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon legislators returned to Salem Tuesday morning with a…
Deputy DA named Linn County judge
Linn County Deputy District Attorney Keith B. Stein has been appointed as a judge to the Linn County…
Two die in separate weekend Highway 34 crashes near Lebanon
Two mid-valley residents were killed in separate Highway 34 accidents west of Lebanon over the weekend, according to…
Fire destroys motor home
An RV caught fire near Cascadia State Park Sunday afternoon. Flames consumed the RV and caused a “total…
Police shoot at moving car in Albany arrest
An Albany Police detective shot at a moving car during a Wednesday, Jan. 26, arrest for multiple warrants…
Public Safety (Feb. 2, 2022)
January 24 8:27 a.m. – Veronica Sue Szuch, 25, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal warrant for…
OHA files permanent rules for masking in schools
By Scott Swanson Of The New Era Sweet Home schools Supt. Lisa Riggs says she wasn’t surprised by…
County computers back online after Jan. 24 ransomware attack
Linn County public services are coming back online after a ransomware attack was identified early Monday morning, Jan.…
From Our Files (Feb. 2, 2022)
Feb. 3, 1972 A pickup truck wiped out one unit of the Porta Via Motel when driver David…
Shain Lamont Thompson
Shain Lamont Thompson, 79, of Sweet Home passed away Jan. 24, 2022. He was born Jan. 15, 1943…
Politicians not dialed in to reality (Feb. 2, 2022)
Editor: I just finished reading an essay by Jamie Cate on various farming practices. It made me harken…