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.…
Swimmers score double team wins at Stayton Invitational
Sweet Home’s boys and girls swimmers both won the team competition at the Stayton Invitational Saturday. Jan. 29.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
From Our Files (Feb. 2, 2022)
Feb. 3, 1972 A pickup truck wiped out one unit of the Porta Via Motel when driver David…
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…
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…
Edwin Carr
Edwin “Ed” C. Carr, 93, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 20, 2022. He was born Sept.11, 1928 in…
Jasper Keeney
Jasper June Keeney, 18, of Sweet Home died Jan. 19, 2022. She was born Dec. 22, 2003 in…
Larry Radie
Larry Lloyd Radie, 82, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 19, 2022. He was born Sept. 1, 1939 in…
Mark W. Mausen
Mark, 75, passed away peacefully at his home in Lawndale, Calif. He was born April 13, 1946, in…