Public notices belong where local news is
Public notices have a long and important, if not particularly prominent place, in our system of government. Public…
After slow opener at home, golfers pick up pace on road
Mallard Creek The Sweet Home boys golf team kicked off its 2011 season Tuesday, March 15, with a…
Cold (weather) start doesn’t slow track and field teams
If the track and field season is supposed to mark the end of winter, someone forgot to tell…
Huskiettes get high score, love from the crowd, at state
It wasn’t the trophy they wanted, but the Huskiettes scored the highest point total in recent history Saturday…
Huskies drop two, then beat Central in baseball start
Facing a tough schedule, the Huskies opened baseball season with one win and two losses last week. They…
Regis rolls over Huskies in softball
The Huskies lost 7-0 at Regis High School on March 17 in their first softball game of the…
Boys and Girls Club honorees
Taylor Webb, left, and Kelli Fanning were Sweet Home’s nominees for the 2011 Boys and Girls Club Youth…
State legislators holding hearings on redistricting
The House and Senate Committees on Redistricting are holding 12 joint public hearings across the state to hear…
Rollover on Whiskey Butte kills local man
A 56-year-old Sweet Home man was killed when his vehicle plunged more than 150 feet down an embankment…
Myrtle Shurts
Dec. 1, 1922 – March 8, 2011 Myrtle Shurts, 88, of Lebanon, died March 8, 2011. She was…
Danial Zwierzyna
July 19 1954 – March 9, 2011 Danial Joseph Zwierzyna, 56, of Sweet Home died March 9, 2011.…
Intervention is park’s only hope
Editor: A March 7 Albany Democrat-Herald article written by Jennifer Moody states: “Minor changes in the same procedure…
Trip to Japan puts things in perspective
I had planned to write an editorial for this week’s paper on an important topic such as redistricting…
Rylee Cole, Megan Graville tops in hoops
The girls basketball team named Rylee Cole Offensive Player of the Year and Megan Graville Defensive Player of…
Newport, Schilling named Outstanding Wrestlers
Kris Newport and Colton Schilling were named Most Outstanding Wrestlers during the Sweet Home wrestling team’s annual awards…
Stars and Stripes; Kaleb Davis
Army Pvt. Kaleb N. Davis has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus,…
Muddy but mobile
Last week’s constant rain made for deep, slick mud at the 2011 Mud Fest Saturday near Holley. “The…
Stars and Stripes; Dakota Nave
Air Force Airman Dakota J. Nave graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio,…
Stars and Stripes; Christopher Bolen
Army Sgt. First Class Christopher P. Bolen was recently deployed to Afghanistan with the 1249th Engineer Battalion. Bolen…
Stars and Stripes; Keith Roberts
Army Private Keith Roberts, son of former Sweet Home residents Michelle and Kevin Hagle, graduated from boot camp…
Olson celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
Leonard and Frances Olson of Sweet Home celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary during an open house reception Feb.…
SHJH art winners
These Sweet Home Junior High School students, with teacher Trey Hagen, in rear, were award winners at the…
Charles Cline
Feb. 20, 1916 – March 2, 2011 Charles “Leon” Cline, 95, died peacefully on March 2, 2011. He…
Evelyn Wells
June 22, 1916 – March 1, 2011 Evelyn Sara Wells, 94, of Sweet Home died March 1, 2011…
Move to check drunk driving has pluses
When Sweet Home police ran a series of sting operations a few years ago targeting drivers who were…