Swim championships competitors
These Sweet Home Swim Club members qualified for and swam in championship meets over the summer. From left,…
Editorial: Election- Deep, qualified field makes City Council choices difficult
Sweet Home has a deep field of candidates for City Council this year. But with our ballots in…
Despite loss to Elmira, Husky boys secure first soccer playoff berth ever
Sweet Home’s boys soccer team earned its first postseason spot in its history after defeating Cottage Grove 2-0…
Geraldine Marie Strasser Hagadorn March 3, 1929 – Sept. 23, 2016
Our beloved Geraldine (Jerry) Marie Strasser Hagadorn passed away at home Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. She was born…
Softball, baseball and track to have new head coaches in spring
Sweet Home athletes will see three new head coaches when the spring sports seasons begin. High school Athletic…
Death Notices October 25, 2016
Danny Clay Aldridge, 64, died Oct. 19, 2016 in Sweet Home. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Melana Sue Mendez March 5, 1955 – Oct. 21, 2016
Melana Sue Mendez, 61, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born March 5, 1955 in Oregon…
Huskies head to playoff games
After being in some limbo for the past couple of weeks regarding their playoff chances, three Sweet Home…
See what City Council candidates have to say on the issues
Visit our Politics/Government page under the News/Photos pulldown above to see the (extended) list of questions we’ve posed…
No Paywall: Sweet Home City Council candidates discuss the issues
Editor’s note: These are answers from Sweet Home’s eight City Council candidates to questions presented by The New…
Wet Weekend
Umbrellas were mandatory, even for committed Oregonians, at halftime while the parade of rainstorms continued Friday during Homecoming…
Boys & Girls Club to hold Fall Auction this Saturday
The Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam will hold its annual Fall Auction beginning at 5…
County ALERT system test Nov. 5
Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley has announced a test of the Linn-Benton ALERT system at 2 p.m. Saturday,…
Marijuana questions in voters’ hands
Sweet Home voters will decide in the Nov. 8 election whether to allow the sale of marijuana in…
Homecoming 2016
Members of Sweet Home High School’s 2016 Homecoming Court are, at left, from left: Brandon Vasfaret, Ellie Davis,…
Public Safety Log October 18, 2016
Oct. 16 11:16 a.m. – Caller reported a male threatening her via text, 200 block of West Holley.…
MaryLois (Short) Munts Shanks July 25, 1918 – Oct. 16, 2016
MaryLois walked with the Lord and he took her home on Sunday Oct. 16, 2016. She was born…
Depleted Huskies lose two in girls soccer
Plagued by injuries and some poor grades, the understaffed girls soccer team lost 5-3 at Sisters and 3-0…
Spikers finish regular season with 3 losses, to meet Douglas in play-in game
Sweet Home’s volleyball team gets one more chance to extend its season. The Huskies finished their regular season…
Editorial:Election may present difficult problems for voters
This year’s presidential election is, without doubt, one of the strangest in recent American history. We say “recent”…
Tale of two ties: Sweet Home’s boys stay alive in hunt for soccer playoffs
For the first time in four years, Sisters did not win a Sky-Em boys soccer game, courtesy of…
Dakota Garcia
April 8, 1998 – Oct. 15, 2016 Dakota Rose Garcia, 18, of Sweet Home died unexpectedly Oct. 15,…
Doris Conklin
July 4, 1929 – Oct. 8, 2016 Doris May Conklin, 87, of Sweet Home died Oct. 8, 2016…
Death Notices October 18, 2016
Jack Carper, 89, of Sweet Home died Oct. 7, 2016. A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m.…
Battered SH girls lose in soccer
Junction City beat a battered Sweet Home team 5-1 in girls soccer Thursday, Oct. 6. It was the…