Summer Track meets
June 29, the state Junior Olympics were held at Sandy High School. The top five competitors in each…
Fishing Update
Willamette Zone South Willamette Zone Fishing Information Mid-Willamette Area: STOCKING: The following are scheduled for stocking in the…
Bike rodeo at State Farm July 13
Local children will have the chance to become safer cyclists through a bike safety rodeo presented by Beth…
Summer basketball closes season third place at Seaside
The summer high school basketball team finished up its season the last week of June taking third place…
Jefferson slips by Huskies in 7th
Jefferson 11 Sweet Home 10 Tied at the bottom of the seventh inning, Jefferson slipped a run in…
SHHS grad new head coach at Univ. of Kansas; Ritchie Price led Cal Poly 8 seasons
Lawrence, Kan. — University of Kansas Athletics Director Al Bohl announced on Monday that Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo…
Might Casey at the bat…
Tyler Samson takes a might cut at the ball during T-ball game held at Twin Oaks Field last…
New firefighters practice fighting fire in Sweet Home
About 160 firefighters from several agencies spent last week in a local fire school culminating in hands-on firefighting…
SHFAD will continue using Sweet Home dispatch this year
At least through the next fiscal year, July through June 2003, Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District (SHFAD)…
Local students gradute from LBCC
Foster Jeremy N. Henson Certificate 1-Year Refrigeration/Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning, Steven M. Killian Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer, Donna W.…
Living the good life at Fraga farm
Most people probably wouldn’t call milking 24 goats every day retirement. But Larry and Janice Nielsen of Fraga…
Area fishing report
Willamette Zone South Willamette Zone Fishing Information * STOCKING: The following lakes are scheduled for stocking in the…
Wunker plays well in All-Star Series
Sweet Home High School graduate Randy Wunker played in the state 3A All Star Baseball Series in Roseburg…
Council, commissioners to cooperate on enterprise zone
A meeting last week between the Linn County Board of Commissioners and the Sweet Home City Council focused…
Gunshot takes life of 14-year-old S.H. girl
Funeral services were held Tuesday for 14-year-old Ashley Tucker who died of a rifle shot Thursday near Wiley…
High school staff roasts and toasts retiring Larry Johnson
Sweet Home High School staff bid retiring Assistant Principal Larry Johnson good-bye Thursday night in the only way…
Community Calendar
JULY July 12, 13 14 – Sportsman’s Holiday/ Sweet Home Rodeo. Rodeo, Flower Show, Rodeo Dance, East Linn…
LCH vice president receives Diplomate status
Joseph Haralson, vice president for ancillary and support services at Lebanon Community Hospital, has just received Diplomate status…
Allegedly drunken driver crashes into Oak Terrace home
A Brownsville area man was arrested for drunken driving and minor in possession of alcohol Sunday night after…
Cooling waters on a hot day
When temperatures climbed into the 90 degree zone last week, area playgrounds including McKercher Park near Crawfordsville became…
Commission rewriting Comp Plan
Sweet Home’s Comprehensive Plan, like most others, is convoluted and difficult to follow, so much so that even…
Camas harvest, cool burnings talk of annual salmon feast
Members of several Native American tribes, for the first time in some 150 years, harvested camas bulbs from…
New lamp poles add pizazz to city’s median strip
Sweet Home Public Works installed seven new lamp posts in the Main Street median strip, nearly completing work…
Drama class closes season with Princess Bride
Sweet Home High School drama teacher Dan Thompson’s class usually doesn’t try to put a big production on…
LBCC culinary program a symphony of color and taste
A symphony of noise played before a backdrop of vivid colors performed each day by an orchestra of…