Fire in wall doused quickly, thanks to alert homeowner
An alert homeowner saved a house from severe fire damage Sunday morning with an early-morning call to the…
Study: Leisure activities lower risk of depression, improve mental well-being
By Molly Rosbach Oregon State University Writer As people turned to hobbies like reading and outdoor recreation to…
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,…
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…
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,…
Roseanne Lupoli Fitzsimons
Roseanne Virginia Lupoli Fitzsimons, 53, of Sweet Home, died March 14, 2022. She was born June 1, 1968…
David Phillips
David Duane Phillips, 66, of Sweet Home, died March 12, 2022, of a heart problem. He was born…
Death Notices (March 23, 2022)
Jean Alice Herbert, 83, of Lebanon, died March 12, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
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…
Around Town (March 16, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Club swimmers finish well
In the first photo, Sweet Home Swim Club members, from left, Khloe Sautel, Breeza Rodriquez and Kirsten Sautel,…
Commentary: Day at newspaper can go to the dogs fast
Running a small community newspaper can be a little crazy at times, in fact many times. This is…
Jay Bryan Kimball
Jay Bryan Kimball, 79, of Lebanon (formerly Sweet Home), passed away March 4, 2022, at Willamette Manor Assisted…
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…
L. Adelle Harris
L. Adelle Harris, 82, of Foster, died March 8, 2022. She was born Dec. 26, 1939, in Powell…
Benjamin Pimentel
Benjamin Michael Pimentel, 49, of Sweet Home, died March 7. 2022. He was born May 19, 1972, in…
Rev. Anton P. Stoll Johnson
Rev. Anton P. Stoll Johnson moved on from this world into eternal life on March 2, 2022, in…
Lack of flag flying etiquette sad (March 16, 2022)
Editor: Every day as I leave my home I am faced with a neighbor’s torn American flag flying…
Send a message when you shop (March 16, 2022)
Editor: PEOPLE!!! If you don’t want to learn to speak Russian or Chinese, buy MADE IN THE U.S.A.…
Girls celebrate basketball wins; Brooke Burke named MVP
After its first playoff appearance and 10-win season in 30 years, the Sweet Home girls basketball team had…
Death Notices (March 16, 2022)
Debra Rae Kelly, 63, of Sweet Home, died March 7, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…