State offers tips on protecting yourself following DMV hack
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles department has confirmed that cybercriminals have copied information on an estimated 3.5…
County approves $229M fiscal year budget
Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved adoption of the 2023-24 fiscal-year budget Thursday…
Motorcycle, car collide on Main Street
Rescue and police personnel work at the scene of a collision between a car and motorcycle Wednesday evening,…
LBCC reduces tuition increase to 5%
The Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education voted Monday, June 26, to reduce the 2023-24 tuition increase from…
Public Safety — July 5, 2023
June 26 12:19 p.m. – Caller reported that she was on BLM gravel road when she lost control…
Beautification group moves under city purview
After some 25 years as an independent, volunteer organization, the Beautification Committee is moving under the city’s oversight…
Painting Project Meeting
Residents listen to a presentation from City Manager Kelcey Young at City Hall on June 29 about a…
Dourthea Mae Oar
Beloved Dourthea Mae Oar, 93, peacefully passed away in her home in Crawfordsville on June 15, 2023. She…
John Welty
John Wesley Welty, 86, of Sweet Home, died June 24, 2023. He was born June 21, 1937, in…
Thomas York
Tom Russell York, 63, of Sweet Home, died June 19, 2023. He was born Jan. 17, 1960, in…
Death Notices (June 28, 2023)
Shari Jeanne Dodge, 64, of Sweet Home, died June 21, 2023, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. Fisher Funeral…
Icebox Cookoff returns with barbecue
Barbecuing might be a Fourth of July weekend staple, but Sweet Home will take it to the next…
Final election votes tallied
Newcomer Mary Massey and incumbents Mike Adams and Dale Keene all will serve on the Sweet Home School…
Public Safety (June 24, 2023)
June 19 8:53 a.m. – A theft reported from the 39600 block of Hwy. 228. Missing items included…
Volunteers sought for downtown paint plan
Plans for a corporate sponsor to play a major role in painting Sweet Home’s downtown core are taking…
Sixth-graders say ‘good-bye’ at Hawthorne
Talon Temple waves to the crowd after getting a certificate of promotion at Hawthorne School’s Sixth Grade Promotion…
Science in the Park
Brandon Molina, of Portland, in the first photo, lets youngsters check out what happens to water when it…
Fallen tree blocks Highway 20
Sweet Home and Oregon Department of Forestry personnel responded Wednesday, June 21, to a fallen tree across Highway…
Caution advised for 2023 fireworks season
“Keep it legal, keep it safe” is the message from the Oregon State Fire Marshal during this year’s…
Real Estate Sold (June 28, 2023)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during May/June 2023.…
Sweet Home Senior Center News and Activities
Monthly News — Seniors And Law Enforcement Together: S.A.L.T. meets at the Sweet Home Police Station, 1950 Main…
Lebanon crews tackle three fires in six-plus-hour period
Weary Lebanon Fire District crews more than earned their keep Tuesday and Wednesday, June 27-28, battling three fires…
Sweet Home JBO Action
Kaleb Fortune, in the first photo, throws a pitch for Sweet Home Junior National 1 against Central Linn…
Basketball Skills Camp
Kaitlynn Kennedy, in the first photo, tries to take the ball away from Rylee Mabe in a game…
From Our Files (June 28, 2023)
June 28, 1973 A boa constrictor named Stanley is still missing after it disappeared from Robert Wetzell’s auto…