Lori Kay (Evenson) Samuels
Lori (Evenson) Samuels June 16, 1959 – June 13, 2026 Lori Kay (Evenson) Samuels, passed away peacefully, surrounded…
Donna Joan Hickey
Donna Hickey Dec. 22, 1937 – June 30, 2026 Donna Joan Hickey, 88, of Sweet Home passed away…
Gerald John Leest
Gerald Leest May 26, 1937 – June 26, 2026 Gerald John Leest, 89, of Sweet Home. passed away…
Death Notices: July 8, 2026 issue
Madeline Joyce Barnes, 82, of Brownsville, passed away July 4, 2026. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Real Estate Sold: July 8, 2026 issue
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville, Halsey area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late…
Circuit Court: July 8, 2026 issue
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
UPDATED Police Logs: July 8, 2026 issue
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Events Around Town
Upcoming City Meetings These are regularly-scheduled meetings. Sometimes the dates or times are changed due to schedule conflicts…
From Our Files: July 1, 2026
July 12, 1951 Sweet Home’s water situation got worse when an overworked water pump gave up under…
Local Semiquincentennial celebrations planned
So… How to celebrate the Big One – America’s 250th? Fourth of July events in Linn County range…
Three fires squeeze LFD
Lebanon Fire District crews responded over a 24-hour period, starting Wednesday evening, to three significant fire incidents. The…
Scene Around Town: July 1, 2026
Overturned in the Narrows Oregon State Police responded to a single non-injury crash involving a grey CMV, above,…
The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America
Editor’s note: This is a fairly faithful edition of the original Declaration of Independence, written (except for our…
Events: July 1, 2026
Upcoming City Meetings These are regularly-scheduled meetings. Sometimes the dates or times are changed due to schedule…
Dear Editor: Results of May 19 election are telling
Editor: The results of the May 19 election told us more than all of the polls and news…
UPDATED Police Logs: July 1, 2026
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
Circuit Court: July 1, 2026
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
Municipal Court: July 1, 2026
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
Jason Beedle
Jason Beedle August 1, 1976 – June 14, 2026 Jason Beedle, 49, passed away on June 14, 2026,…
Dorothy Ann Hildebrand
Dorothy Hildebrand Aug. 1, 1935 – June 24, 2026 Dorothy Ann Hildebrand, 90, of Sweet Home passed away…
From Our Files: July 1, 2026
July 5, 1951 No local holiday celebrations marked the Fourth of July in the past nine years…
ODF: Entire state now in fire season
As of June 15, all Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) districts are in fire season. This means that…
Scene Around Town: June 24, 2026
Scene in Stitches A “Garden Vignettes Textile” class used Lebanon’s Japanese healing garden as inspiration for a creative…