USFS announces ‘listening sessions’ on Forest Plan
The U.S. Forest Service has begun revising its Willamette National Forest Plan, and has announced two “listening sessions”…
Husky Royalty proceeds
Participants in this year’s Husky Royalty pageant display the $3468.78 they raised through donation jugs, work crew, waiting…
Public Safety April 22, 20145
April 20 2:34 a.m. – Michael Aaron Kahrmann, 18, arrested on Sweet Home warrants for failure to appear…
Cops arrest one suspect in tire store break-in
Sweet Home police have arrested one suspect and are seeking another in the burglary of Les Schwab Tire…
Golfers moving up the leader boards
Sweet Home’s golfers continued to make strides last week, dropping their team total to 388 in an 18-hole…
Barbara McKinnon
March 8, 1935 – April 13, 2015 Barbara B. McKinnon, 80, of Sweet Home died peacefully on Monday,…
Tired Huskies still make some marks on track, field
Sweet Home’s track and field team finished second to the Junction City boys and third behind Junction City…
Huskies trail Elmira in softball standings after three big wins
Three dominating wins pushed the Huskies solidly into second place one loss behind Elmira in the Sky-Em softball…
Three up, three down in Huskies baseball action
The Huskies slipped by Cottage Grove, 3-2, in a monster 10-inning high school baseball game April 15 before…
Keys wins first decathlon of the year
Sweet Home alum Dakotah Keys finished his first track outing of 2015 with a win in the Oregon…
SHEDG board decides to increase its number
Staff The Sweet Home Economic Development Group Board of Directors decided to expand the size of the board…
Bicyclist, hit by car, suffers broken legs
A crash Thursday afternoon, April 16, broke both of a 51-year-old Sweet Home man’s legs. Bicyclist Louis Carreiro…
Editorial: Fifth-year reprieve opportunity to solve problems
Politics can be a harsh business and some of the folks in Salem aren’t really our friends, no…
Thanks to mystery grave decorator
Editor: On Saturday, April 11, I took my mother, Donna Davis, to the cemetery to put flowers on…
Victor Schilling
Nov. 28, 1935 – April 16, 2015 Victor Fletcher Schilling, 79, of Sweet Home died April 16, 2015.…
Kevin Hoffman
April 6, 1962 – April 16, 2015 On April 16, 2015 our son and brother, Kevin Dean Hoffman…
Larry Hinton
April 6, 1938 – April 18, 2015 Larry Albert Hinton, 77, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday, April…
Edwin Kirk
Jan. 4, 1954 – April 14, 2015 Edwin LeRoy Kirk, 61, of Sweet Home died April 14, 2015.…
Around Town April 15, 2015
Sunshine Industries needs garden plants Sunshine Industries is seeking donations of a variety of perennial plants for its…
Livability participants report
Some 25 people gathered Tuesday, April 7, to discuss progress made in implementing some of the results of…
Community involvement key for new SHALC coordinator
Community involvement has long been part of Sharon Kanareff’s life, and it’s one of the reasons she has…
Public Safety Log April 15, 2015
April 13 11:43 a.m. – Caller reported a fence being constructed without a permit, 1800 block of 53rd.…
Discrimination OK for some
Editor: If you love someone then you should be able to marry them. Even President Obama said so.…
Marijuana law doesn’t look like a winning proposition
The state’s going to pot, and now the question is whether Sweet Home is. This week’s City Council…
Obama’s remarks troubling to reader
Editor: I was deeply troubled this past week upon hearing our president speak disparagingly of Christians as hypocrites.…