Swimming: Girls win at Newport
Sweet Home ‘s girls won a five-way meet Thursday, Dec. 28, featuring competition the Huskies don’t see regularly…
Year in Review: 2017 included high points, in sports, economy
Following are some of the big stories of 2017, collected by our staff. Amidst the highs and lows…
Lebanon hospital announces flu season restrictions
To protect pediatric patients, mothers and newborns from flu viruses circulating in the region, all Samaritan Health Services…
Superintendent outlines progress, plans for local schools
Tom Yahraes As we head into the new year, I want to highlight the district’s strides toward continuous…
Jan. 23 election ballot Measure 101 to determine how state pays for Medicaid
By: Claire Withycombe (EO Media Capital Bureau) An issue on the ballot in January could impact how Oregon…
Public Safety Jan. 3, 2018
Dec. 28 3:11 a.m. – Heroin overdose reported, 1200 block of 49th. A 21-year-old male transported to Samaritan…
All-State Huskies
Ally Tow and Rawlins Lupoli have been selected to the All-State volleyball and boys soccer teams, announced by…
Thanks for those who aided Gleaners
Editor: I was going through my pile of papers that I have let pile up for the last…
Maynard Marcks
June 11, 1949 – Dec. 25, 2017 Maynard Keith Marcks Sr., 68, of Sweet Home died Dec. 25,…
Joseph M. Ponzoha
March 5, 1922 – Dec. 27, 2017 Joseph M. Ponzoha, 95, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at Maryville…
Measure 101 a bad deal for taxpayers
Editor: In a Nov. 17 letter to Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon Health Authority Director Pat Allen documented the…
Sweet Home varsity 5th in 36-team NW Duals, but they’re not only winners
Sweet Home’s wrestlers placed fifth in the 36-team Northwest Duals tournament Thursday and Friday, Dec. 28 and 29, hosted…
Boys lose in basketball; girls get win
The Huskies had a rough week in boys basketball, falling to Woodburn 66-49 and Blanchet Catholic 82-68 in…
Around Town Dec. 27, 2017
Hands-on learning for pre-teens Sweet Home Public Library will host Mechanisms, a hands-on learning activity, from 2:30 to…
Elks deliver donations for students, schools to district office
Sweet Home Elks Lodge members showed up at the School District headquarters on Dec. 15 to deliver supplies…
Regular column will aim to unveil goings-on in state capital
Editor’s note: State Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, R-Scio, has agreed to write a regular column for Lebanon Local as…
Oregon education performs poorly, requires state to do better
Oregon’s high school graduation rates were an embarrassingly low 75 percent in 2015-16. Sadly, Oregon is almost 10…
Public Safety Dec. 27, 2017
Dec. 21 12:20 a.m. – A 13-year-old male taken into custody and referred to Juvenile Department for minor…
Orville ‘O.D.’ Milburn
Sept. 2, 1936 – Dec. 19, 2017 Orville Daulton (O.D.) Milburn died suddenly on Dec. 19, 2017. O.D.…
Mae Elliott
Aug. 12, 1932 – Dec. 19, 2017 Mae Elliott, 85, of Lebanon passed away peacefully Tuesday at Lebanon…
Husky girls and boys both win at Stayton
Sweet Home’s swimmers placed first on both the boys and girls sides at the Stayton Invitational Saturday, Dec.…
SH boys score 90 to outrun Madras in offensive explosion
Madras High School ran up a score on the Huskies on their home court Thursday night in varsity…
Madras tops girls
The girls varsity basketball team lost at home 85-30 to Madras Thursday evening. The Huskies led early on,…