Sweet Home Junior High School Fall Honor Roll
Grade Eight – 4.00: Dawson Armstrong, Jessy Hart, Bailee Hartook, Savannah Hutchins, Jerusalen Jimenez-Ramon, Trace Marler, Sicily Neuschwander,…
Hospital foundation offering scholarships
Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation is offering a number of scholarships to students pursuing degrees in the medical field.…
Auxiliary offers scholarships for health care fields
The Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Auxiliary is accepting applications for five $1,000 scholarships granted to students pursuing a…
Hospital limiting pediatric visits due to flu concerns
To protect pediatric patients, mothers and newborns from flu viruses circulating in the region, all Samaritan Health Services…
Public Safety Log January 24, 2017
Jan. 22 1:06 a.m. – Caller reported a wheelbarrow in a crosswalk, Ames Creek and Mountain View. Officer…
Cheerleaders win first competition
The Sweet Home High School cheerleader competition team gathers around the first-place trophy they won Saturday at Newberg…
Wrestling: Olson leads 5 placewinners at Reser’s
Five Sweet Home wrestlers placed at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21 as the…
Letters to the Editor January 24,2017
Left can’t accept ideas not theirs Editor: If nothing else, this election process clearly shows what the Left…
Raymond McKay
Jan. 18, 1939 – Jan. 16, 2017 Raymond Leonard McKay, 77, a longtime resident of Sweet Home, died…
Joan Dugger
Feb. 22,1934 – Jan. 10, 2017 Georgia Joan Dugger died Jan. 10, 2017. She was born Feb. 22,…
Editorial: New President Trump has work cut out for him
It’s a new day in America. After eight years, Baruch Obama no longer sits in the Oval Office.…
Walter Ross Jr.
April 19, 1944 – Jan. 18, 2017 Walter Leroy Ross Jr., 72, of Sweet Home died Jan. 18,…
Boys still looking for league win after losses to JC, CG losses
Sweet Home’s boys are still seeking their first win in league basketball play after losing 68-50 at Cottage…
Huskies fall to Cottage Grove, Junction City in girls hoops
Sweet Homes lost 51-16 at Cottage Grove Friday and 56-24 to Junction City at home Jan. 17 in…
Husky swim teams win both sides at Albany Sprint Meet
Sweet Home’s swim teams, at full force and actually getting to swim a meet together for only the…
Kenneth Johnston
Jan. 28, 1957 – Jan. 13, 2017 Kenneth “Ken” Robert Johnston, 59, of Sweet Home passed away Friday…
Death Notices January 24, 2017
Charles Wayne Clark, 58, of Halsey died Jan. 18, 2017. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
Claude Milton Jones Dec. 8, 1940 Jan. 13, 2017
Claude Milton Jones, 76, of Sweet Home passed away peacefully in his sleep from Alzheimer’s disease on Jan.…
Lois Adelle Rice Nov. 5, 1918 – Jan. 11, 2017
Lois Adelle Rice was born Nov. 5, 1918, to Norval and Jessie (Warner) Rice in Holley, Ore., a…
Jeffery Goertzen
Sept. 18, 1968 – Jan. 17, 2017 Jeffery B. Goertzen, 48, of Sweet Home died Jan. 17, 2107.…
Public Safety Log January 17, 2017
Jan. 16 2:46 a.m. – Amy Danielle Ward, 33, arrested for third-degree theft and Sweet Home warrant for…
Pizza Party at Oak Heights
Surprised and delighted students shout, “Pizza!” and cheer as Sweet Home Elks Leading Knight Charly Bashaw, above, carries…
Letter highlights tensions between ODOT, oversight commission chair
Paris Achen and Nick Budnick EO Media Capital Bureau The head of the Oregon Transportation Commission has asked…
Editorial: Governor needs to focus first on issues that affect all of us
Given the tendencies of our state governement, we’re actually surprised it didn’t already have an anti-gun policy in…
Letters to the Editor: Online criticism of FLOTUS vile, foul
Editor: I’m sure all the people who see Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels” will be proud…