Late Secretary of State set standard for public service
Dennis Richardson was a gift to Oregon – particularly to us, the rural residents who populate nine-tenths of…
Track athletes off to a fast start, racking up 24 PRs
Some Sweet Home’s track and field athletes got off to a fast start as they opened their season…
Devon Jones
Feb. 22, 1993 – March 12, 2019 Devon Lee Jones, 26, of Sweet Home, died March 12, 2019,…
Around Town March 13, 2019
Century Farm award applications Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 award year for the Oregon Century…
Natalie Rodgers named girls hoops MVP
The Sweet Home High School girls basketball team named sophomore Natalie Rodgers Most Valuable Player during its annual…
Update: Police investigating crash followed by suicide
Sweet Home police continue to investigate the death of an elderly male who, they say, killed himself following…
Foster woman dies in head-on collision
A Sweet Home-area woman was killed this morning, March 14, in a head-on collision near Harrisburg. Linn County…
Library offering new VOX books
Sweet Home Public Library has put out 72 new children’s VOX books that allow children to listen while…
Applications for LBCC Ashton scholarships open
Applications for the annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College Sweet Home…
Sheriff: Crawfordsville woman died from burns after ‘tragic accident’
A 77-year-old Crawfordsville woman died after catching fire and suffering burns last week. “We went on a medical…
Public Safety Log March 13, 2019
March 10 8:32 a.m. – Caller reported a neighbor living at the end of Old Hufford Road found…
Sweet Home forestry team wins its home competition
The Sweet Home High School Forestry Club won its home competition Saturday, March 9, by some 120 points…
North River fire spreads from shop to home, destroys both
Fire destroyed a North River Road shop and home March 6. Firefighters responded to a report of a…
Theda Morris
Dec. 3, 1941 – March 6, 2019 Theda Eloy Morris, 77, died suddenly on March 6, 2019. She…
Lee Taylor
June 16, 1952 – March 8, 2019 Lee Ray Taylor, 66, of Sweet Home died March 8, 2019.…
Margueritte (Peggy) Arnold
Sept. 8, 1924 – March 6, 2019 Margueritte (Peggy) E. Arnold, 94, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019…
Schilling qualifies for S. Africa trip
Lexi Schilling, above, right, won the girls 115-pound division of the Oregon Cultural Exchange Trials Saturday at Sweet…
Trump primary challenge may be Waterloo for GOP
By Rich Lowry The race for 2020 is taking shape, although there are still significant unknowns, including whether…
Ronald Banta
June 3, 1944 – February 27, 2019 Ronald Eldon Banta, 74, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 27, 2019…
Harry Kelley
Jan. 11, 1941 – Feb. 21, 2019 Harry Thomas Kelley, 78, of Sweet Home died Feb. 21, 2018.…
Senior Kurtz and juniors Royer and Thorpe named Outstanding Wrestlers
Jackson Royer and Travis Thorpe were named Outstanding Wrestlers for the boys and Marissa Kurtz was the girls…
New rent-control law breaks one that’s tried and true: supply and demand
It’s astounding that, in an effort to further emulate the growing divide between haves and have-nots in California,…
Shoppers: Read the labels for real deals
Editor: Shoppers, compare! I recently checked out the new Dollar Tree store. And Dollar General, while I was…