Sportsman’s Holiday Court : Sierra Owen
Sierrah Owen, 15, is the daughter of Greg and Carolyn Owen. Owen is one of five princesses on…
Officer Chris Wingo honored for saving a life
Sweet Home Police Officer Chris Wingo received the Sweet Home Police Department’s Lifesaving Medal for saving a man’s…
Mimimum wage won’t pay off
Editor: Does the minimum wage help or hurt people? There is a lot of conjecture about this. Some…
OSU forestry institute provides opportunity for SH
The news that Oregon State University is founding a forestry research institute that is planned to focus heavily…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court: Kayleen Keeney
Kayleen Keeney, 16, is the daughter of Chanz and Christy Keeney. Keeney is one of five princesses on…
Smith & Wesson autos still rank among best ever
– by Jeff Hutchins Smith & Wesson doesn’t get the credit it deserves for its innovations in the…
Rose Festival queen has local connections
Emma Audrey Waibel, a junior at West Linn High School, was named the 100th Portland Rose Festival Queen…
2014 Jim Bean Public Safety Fair
The annual event includes a variety of activities at booths manned by various public service agencies. Among them…
Ten move on in karaoke contest
The annual Double D Karaoke Contest continues into the finals at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Vets…
Junior high track and field round-up: ‘It was a good season’
The fact that this year’s Sweet Home Junior High track and field program produced some of the top…
Mavis Robinson
May 2, 1933 – June 22, 2014 Mavis Adaline Robinson, 81, of Sweet Home died June 22, 2014.…
Patricia Malby
Aug. 15, 1932 – June 17, 2014 Patricia Ann Malby, 81, of Sweet Home died June 17, 2014.…
Barbara Dedman
May 23, 1914 – April 27, 2014 Barbara “Barb” (Carver) Morris Dedman, 99, of Sweet Home died peacefully…
Sonja Cahill
Jan. 22, 1944 – June 17, 2014 Sonja Lee Cahill, 70, of Sweet Home died June 17, 2014.…
Olga Erickson
March 25, 1910 – June 15, 2014 A graveside service for Olga Hansina Erickson, 104, of Coos Bay,…
Cherie Crystal Johnson
April 11, 1936 – June 21, 2014 Cherie Crystal Johnson, 78, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She…
Penelope Grey
June 14, 1947- June 5, 2014 Penelope Lee Grey, 67, of Sweet Home passed away June 5, 2014.…
Veda Howton
Aug. 26, 1928 – June 13, 2014 Veda Estelle Howton, 85, of Lebanon passed away Friday. She was…
Luvenia Santana
March 4, 2002 -June 12, 2014 Luvenia – “Luvbug,” as her parents liked to call her, was born…
Scientific evidence against fluoride
Editor: I respect Dr. Henry Wolthuis’ opinion printed in last week’s paper, and I hope that my comments…
2014 Linn County Fair
The Linn County Fair was held last week in Albany. Results of the 4-H livestock competitions and other…
Cops investigating gunshot injury
Sweet Home police are investigating a shooting incident that wounded a 31-year-old man the morning of June 10.…
RV goes up in flames
Update: FIRE destroys a 1989 Jamboree RV in the 40300 block of Highway 228 on Saturday. Firefighters responded…
Paul McGuiness
June 1, 1925 – June 10, 2014 Paul David McGuiness, 89, formerly of Sweet Home, died June 10,…
Ironman placer
Kendra Whaley, a 2012 Sweet Home High School graduate, placed fifth in her first bodybuilding competition on May…