Sunnyside Park to begin charging day use fee
A $7 day use parking fee will be charged at Sunnyside County Campground effective Friday, June 9, according…
Linn, Marion to propose OSH changes
Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed Tuesday morning, May 30, that Linn County would join…
Volunteers sought for county advisory panels
Do you have an interest in improving Linn County’s parks? Or increasing health care opportunities for Linn County’s…
County youth wage program returns
Linn County is accepting applications for the 17th annual Summer Youth Wage Program sponsored by Linn County commissioners…
Burn pile destroys shed, trees
A burn pile that got away in high winds destroyed a shed and two trees Sunday morning, June…
Municipal Court (June 7, 2023)
May 5, 2023 Bailey, Lavern – guilty by default, city ordinance noise violation, fine $500. Citro, Scott D.…
Sweet Home crews battle brush fire near Holley School
Sweet Home firefighters responded late Thursday morning, June 1, to a brush fire near Holley School, Sweet Home…
Updated: Public Safety (June 7, 2023)
May 27 12:38 a.m. – Buzz Star Dodson, 25, was cited and released for criminal driving and on…
Training on wheels
As some two dozen fifth-graders stood at attention with mountain bikes, Jay Thatcher barked instructions on the Holley…
Volunteer Faire
Local organizations set up shop Saturday, June 3, at Sankey Park for a Volunteer Faire organized by the…
Sweet Home Royalty at Strawberry Parade
Members of Sweet Home’s Sportsman’s Holiday Court wave from their float during Lebanon’s Strawberry Festival Grand Parade Saturday…
Big Finish for Local Team
Sweet Home’s JBO Minor American baseball team of third- and fourth-graders, coached by Erick Larkin, finished second in…
Mason Lopez, Lydia Wright named top track and field athletes
Senior Mason Lopez and junior Lydia Wright were named the Most Valuable Athletes for Sweet Home track and…
Tigers at State Track
Sweet Home Junior High eighth-graders Gavin Tyler, in the first photo, and Ryker Burr, in the second, both…
Brooke Burke, Dylan Luttmer named Athletes of the Year
Dylan Luttmer and Brooke Burke were named the Booster Club Athletes of the Year Sunday evening, June 4,…
From Our Files (June 7, 2023)
June 7, 1973 The Sweet Home High-Q team took the state champion title after defeating Beaverton High School…
James Rice
James Roger Rice, 94, of Sweet Home, died May 19, 2023. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in…
Cristyn L. Kostol Marble
Cris was born in Baker, Oregon, in the same hospital where her father, a small-town doctor, tended to…
Gregory Lynn Hall
Gregory Lynn Hall, 67, of Sweet Home died on May 22, 2023. Greg passed away after spending the…
Further update: Crash knocks out electricity in central Sweet Home
A car that collided with a power pole along Highway 20 early Thursday, June 1, led to a…
Firefighers douse brush fire in Holley
Sweet Home firefighters responded late Thursday morning, June 1, to a brush fire near Holley School, Sweet Home…
Prep track: Lopez, 4×100 relay team place at state for Huskies
It wasn’t a record-setting meet for the Sweet Home boys, but the 4A State Championships certainly weren’t an…
Outdoors: Snapping turtle captured in Harrisburg
Wildlife officials captured a 25-pound snapping turtle found wandering through a Harrisburg pasture on Apr. 28. The invasive…
No. 1 Henley ends Sweet Home’s softball season
Sweet Home softball’s season ended on Tuesday, May 23, as the Huskies fell to top seeded Henley 12-1…
From Our Files (May 31, 2023)
May 31, 1973 George Finer, 60, died after being stung by a bee or similar insect near his…