Time to reel in public spending
Editor: City of Sweet Home may have to look at layoffs, due to overspending, and find other ways…
Staying home truly does save lives
By Adam Brady, MD and Robert Turngren, MD Thank you for staying home to save lives. The good…
Vinton Timely Mason
June 18, 1933 – April 12, 2020 Vinton Timely Mason, 86, passed away on April 12, 2020 in…
Meat markets ideal for spread of virus
Editor: Humans are cutting down forests, wiping out all other life forms habitats on a massive scale. Eighty…
Phillip Palkki
Oct. 4, 1926 – April 3, 2020 Phillip Harold Palkki, 93, of Sweet Home, died at 6:50 p.m.…
Daniel Fred Schroeder
Sept. 30, 1958 – April 10, 2020 Daniel Fred Schroeder, age 61, of Sweet Home, passed away on…
Around Town April 15, 2020
Forestry group to offer scholarships Linn County Small Woodlands Association is offering four $2,000 scholarships to students graduating…
1st SH case of COVID-19 reported
The City of Sweet Home reported Monday evening that Sweet Home has one confirmed case of COVID-19, while…
Remains discovered in south county
Linn County Sheriff’s officials are working to identify human remains found last week off in the Upper Calapooia…
Public Safety Log April 15, 2020
April 12 10:18 a.m. – Michelle Kimberly Ray, 29, cited and released on Linn County warrant for probation…
Driver arrested after collision in Bi-Mart parking lot
A 26-year-old Sweet Home man was arrested in connection with a multiple-vehicle crash in the parking lot of…
District seeks ways to honor ’20 graduates
School officials are working on plans to recognize and honor the Class of 2020 in lieu of regular…
Crash kills Salem woman near intersection of Main, Pleasant Valley
A Salem woman died Thursday evening, April 16, in a three-car collision near the intersection of Main Street…
OSAA cancels high school sports for remainder of year
Per Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement last week that Oregon schools will be closed to in-person learning for the…
Richards will stand for rural way of life
Editor: By this letter I support and endorse Dylan Richards as a Republican Candidate for Oregon’s House District…
Robert Wayne Sullivan
Feb. 17, 1939 – April 5, 2020 Robert Wayne Sullivan, 81, of Sweet Home, passed away April 5,…
Peggy Bird-Rolph
March 23, 1962 – April 1, 2020 Peggy Diane Bird-Rolph, the belle of the ball, has left the…
Around Town April 8, 2020
LBCC offers help for local businesses To better support local businesses during the COVID-19 health crisis, Linn-Benton Community…
OSAA board holds off on cancelling spring sports – for now
The OSAA Executive Board decided last week to continue suspension of spring activities, but not not cancel any…
Coronavirus’ toll may go beyond the physical
Skyler Bascom I work bi-vocationally as a pastor and as an educator. Before the COVID-19 mandates to “shelter…
Eugenia Ames
Nov. 4, 1939 – April 1, 2020 Eugenia “Jeanie” Alexandria Ames, 80, of Sweet Home, died April 1,…
Wilma Speck
June 14, 1935 – March 29, 2020 Wilma Speck, 84, of Sweet Home died March 29, 2020. She…