Day-use fees waived for National Public Lands Day
The USA Forest Service will waive fees at day-use recreation sites in Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 25, also…
Members sought for city Park and Tree Committee
The City of Sweet Home seeks applicants for its Park and Tree Committee. This is a volunteer position…
Wet weather aside, Best in the West delivers crowd of triathletes
After a year’s hiatus, officially, at least, the Best in the West Triathlon Series returned to Sweet Home…
Football: Clutch defense, point-after, seal win for Huskies at Madras
Sweet Home’s football players had to cross an entire mountain range and pull out some fourth-quarter theatrics to…
From Our Files (Sept. 22, 2021)
Sept. 23, 1971 An east wind blew through Linn County, causing disruption to logging, power and forestry services.…
Letter: Thanks for keeping the median beautiful (Sept. 22, 2021)
Editor: Thank you to the “Green Team” who are responsible for maintaining the beautiful median strip gardens on…
Letter: Hypocrisy shows in abortion fight (Sept. 22, 2021)
Editor: The hypocrisy of the people of faith is stunning, I’ll tell you. All religions are loaded with…
Julie Ann Lafayette
Dec. 15, 1963 – Sept. 10, 2021 Julie Ann (Dimick) Lafayette, 57, of Gervais, passed away suddenly on…
Jeffrey Boyd Stafford
Aug. 3, 1955 – Sept. 14, 2021 Jeffrey Boyd Stafford, 66, of Sweet Home passed away Sept. 14,…
Wendy Weedman
Oct. 23, 1951 – Aug. 16, 2021 Wendy Sue Weedman, 69, most recently of Lebanon, but a longtime…
Bret Jeppsen
Bret J. Jeppsen, 63, of Sweet Home, died Sept. 15, 2021 in Corvallis. He was born May 16,…
Death Notices (Sept. 22, 2021)
A celebration of life for Gary D. Coakley, 77, who died April 29, 2020, will be held at…
Girls fall to two of league’s best soccer teams
The Sweet Home girls soccer team got a taste of the best the 4A-3 Oregon West Conference has…
Volleyball: Sweet Home rebounds after Sisters loss for Stayton win
Sweet Home’s volleyball team lost on the road at Sisters Sept. 14, but rebounded at home Thursday, Sept.…
Cross country: Sieminski leads Huskies at NW Classic meet
Sweet Home’s cross-country runners competed Saturday at the Northwest Classic at Lane Community College, where they saw some…
Cross country: Sieminski ninth among league runners at Stayton Invitational
The undermanned Husky cross-country team got a up-close-and-personal look at what the rest of the Oregon West Conference…
Public Safety (Sept. 15, 2021)
Sept. 3 3:32 p.m. – Deputy responded to a family disturbance in 40900 block of Hwy. 228. A…
Early-morning fire damages vacant house
Fire damaged a vacant house on Nandina Street early Wednesday morning, Sept. 8. Sweet Home firefighters responded at…
County rejects 4 bids for SH mill site
The Linn County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Sept. 7, rejected four bids for the former Willamette Industries…
Contractor hired for Sunnyside project
A Lebanon contractor has been hired to build and install a protective frame for information signs at Sunnyside…
SHHS alum awarded Mealey scholarship
By Katie Kohl LCSWA Scholarship Chair Three Linn County high school graduates have been awarded 2021 Robert Mealey…
Highway 20 reopens — early
U.S. Highway 20 between the House Rock Campground and Sheep Creek east of Sweet Home reopened Friday, Sept.…
Highway 20 rollover (Sept. 15, 2021)
Oregon State Police troopers work at the scene of a log truck rollover at about 8 a.m. Wednesday,…
Cumberland Church move rescheduled to Sept. 28
The company relocating the historic Cumberland Church in Albany has announced the planned move will now take place…
From Our Files (Sept. 15, 2021)
Sept. 16, 1971 Adams Grocery Store in Crawfordsville was robbed by two young men armed with a rifle.…