Criticisms of Senate’s composition simply self-serving
By Rich Lowry Democrats suffered a stinging loss in the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, and have concluded…
Local coach gets national honor
Sweet Home High School wrestling coach Steve Thorpe, chairman of the Oregon Wrestling Association, has been named the…
Around Town Oct. 10, 2018
Photographer to present on France Local photographer and traveller Don Lyon will present a program on the southeast…
Public Safety Oct. 10, 2018
Oct. 7 4:01 a.m. – Laura Paule Gorzynski, 23, cited for driving uninsured, 1500 block of Tamarack. 5:14…
SH man among 3 killed on Hwy. 22
Three people, including a Sweet Home-area man, were killed Monday evening, Oct. 1, in a single-car collision on…
Rough week for Sweet Home soccer
The Huskies lost the game 10-0 and then lost 10-0 to Stayton at home Thursday. The Huskies will…
Spikers stay perfect in league with wins over Philomath, Stayton
Sweet Home’s volleyball team has stayed unbeaten in Oregon West competition, but it will get another big test…
Huskies head toward home stretch in XC
After a hard week of work, Sweet Home’s cross-country runners didn’t break records Saturday, Oct. 6, at the…
Daniel O’Neal
Feb. 11, 1994 – Oct.1, 2018 Daniel Oliver O’Neal, 24, of Foster died Oct. 1, 2018. He was…
Vernetta Day-Gorham
June 28, 1934 – Sept. 18, 2018 Vernetta Day-Gorham (Convis) died peacefully in Lebanon on Sept. 18, 2018…
Community journalism matters because communities matter
Editor’s note: This week is National Newspaper Week. Following are some thoughts from the executive editor of the…
Supreme Court battle royale makes us all look bad
Plenty has been written about the increasingly lack of civility in our political processes, so we’re obviously not…
Real news buried in flood of hate, lies
Editor: The American landscape has been trashed and undermined by bully politicians (Democrats, specifically), Democrat socialists, power-hungry elites,…
Women’s votes can change the nation
Editor: If you thought that your vote doesn’t matter, think again. I’m writing to urge women to vote.…
Editor has right to opinion as well
Editor: Mr. Gary Jarvis (Sept. 19) covered a great deal of subjects regarding the editorials in The New…
Husky spikers stay unbeaten in league with wins over Woodburn, Newport
Sweet Home’s volleyball team stayed in the win column last week with sweeps of league opponents Woodburn and…
Weather keeps local fire danger hovering between high and low
Fire danger returned to high last week due to east winds, then dropped to low following the storm…
Huskies set PRs at Portland meet
Five Sweet Home varsity runners posted personal-best times Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Nike Portland XC meet at…
Kate Hawken ends Huskies’ soccer scoring dearth against Newport, Woodburn
Kate Hawken put the ball into the goal twice last week in a 5-1 loss to Woodburn and…
Washington D.C. trip ‘flap’ shouldn’t be issue
By Dave Holley It should come as no surprise to those who know me, that I have an…
