Five Huskies place as team takes seventh in Reser’s wrestling
Sweet Home’s varsity boys placed seventh at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, at…
Basketball: Boys lose to Newport, Cascade
Sweet Home boys basketball (2-16, No. 32 in 4A) is still searching for their first league win after…
Basketball: Sweet Home girls run away from Newport, then fall to No. 2 Cascade
The dynamic scoring duo of junior point guard Brooke Burke and senior post player Adaira Sleutel once again…
From Our Files (Feb. 2, 2022)
Feb. 3, 1972 A pickup truck wiped out one unit of the Porta Via Motel when driver David…
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…
Shain Lamont Thompson
Shain Lamont Thompson, 79, of Sweet Home passed away Jan. 24, 2022. He was born Jan. 15, 1943…
Death Notices (Feb. 2, 2022)
Terry Lee Anderson, 59, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 25, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Mat Club wrestlers victorious at Oregon Classic, state tourney
Sweet Home Mat Club had five champions in the Oregon Classic kids wrestling tournaments, held Sunday, Jan. 16,…
Around Town (Jan. 26, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Senior Center news (Jan. 26, 2022)
Updates on what’s happening: — Our group of knitters are still on hold, but depending on how things…
Sweet Home School District January 2022 ESPY Winners
Foster School: Hailey Baker and Autumn Bryant, third grade. Hawthorne School: Lincoln Sutton and Abby Banker, first grade.…
Sweet Home teen dies in Highway 20 crash
A Sweet Home teen died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 19, in a rollover crash east of Foster Lake, Oregon…
No injuries reported in Highway 228 crash
No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening, Jan. 22, near milepost 19 on Highway 228…
Gov. Brown sued over sentence commutations
Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny last week joined with his Lane County counterpart, Patty Perlow, and four…
Public Safety (Jan. 26, 2022)
January 17 9:46 a.m. – Tyler Paul Dean Malloy, 27, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court…
ODE: State grad rates drop only slightly
By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle The state’s average four-year high school graduation rate fell just two percentage…
County OKs rock quarry expansion
The Lyons-area Fox Valley Pit rock quarry will be allowed to expand its aggregate work area by 40…
Municipal Court (Jan. 26, 2022)
December 22, 2021 Bennett, Travis P – guilty by default – Driving uninsured, fine $1,015, suspend license; violation…
ODFW: Hunters must report on tags by end of January
Big-game hunters who purchased or were issued a deer or elk tag in 2021 must report their hunt…
Outdoors: Rare seabird aided at Newport aquarium
A rare Nazca booby, found nearly 3,000 miles from its native range, is on the path to rehabilitation…
Real Estate (Jan. 26, 2022)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville-area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late October and…
Larry Radie
Larry Lloyd Radie, 82, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 19, 2022. He was born Sept. 1, 1939 in…
Seniors, beware of online fraudsters (Jan. 26, 2022)
Editor: I work with computers. I’ve developed software for over 45 years. Since 2013, I’ve provided a service…
Thanks to local business owners
Editor: We had an electrical fire in Sweet Home at a rental we own on Ironwood street Dec.…
From Our Files (Jan. 26, 2022)
Jan. 27, 1972 Last week’s storm that dumped 2.32 inches of rain on Sweet Home and even greater…