Death Notices (April 19, 2023)
Donald Edward Hembree, 86, of Sweet Home, died April 15, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Agustin Hernandez Gonzalez
Agustin Hernandez Gonzalez, 69, of Eugene/Sweet Home, passed away April 10, 2023. Agustin was born Sept. 2, 1953,…
Music and Brews fest this weekend
The second Music and Brews event will be held Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, on the former Willamette…
Sweet Home wrestlers shine at Reno Worlds
Sweet Home Mat Club wrestlers finished with four Eagle awards at the Reno Worlds tournament, one of the…
Track and field: Lopez leads Huskies at Philomath Invite
Sweet Home’s track and field athletes got their first look at 4A competition Saturday, April 8, as they…
Softball: Weather shortens Marshfield contest
Sweet Home pitcher Makayla Guthrie throws to home as a Marshfield runner heads for first base on a…
John Edward Tuchardt
John Edward Tuchardt, 89, of Lebanon passed away March 27, 2023. He was born June 1, 1933, in…
Meeting some-bunny for Easter
Kenzlee Brown of Sweet Home interacts with the Easter Bunny at an Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the…
Commissioners updated about COG programs
Some 1,113 Linn County residents enjoyed 140,681 Meals on Wheels meals in 2022, Cascades West Council of Governments…
Montoya retires from county payroll department
Yevonne Montoya will miss many things about her 21 years in the Linn County payroll department (her last…
Update: Public Safety (April 12, 2023)
April 3 3:11 a.m. – Gilbert Alonzo Martinez, 47, was cited and released on a Sweet Home Municipal…
Three Native Cultural encampments set at county parks
Deitz Peters loves telling the stories of his people – members of the Grand Ronde tribe – passed…
County road department hiring for summer work
The Linn County Road Department is looking to fill 19 summer jobs that pay $18 per hour, according…
Youth invited to design shirts for county fair
Local youth involved in Linn County 4-H and FFA organizations are invited to submit designs for the 2023…
Document discoveries offer insights into history
High school history classes teach us about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which drove poor families…
RV fire on Wiley Creek
A trailer and detached shed on 43786 Wiley Creek Road were severely burned during the 5 p.m. hour…
Back-to-back Hwy. 20 wrecks
A pair of crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 4, within minutes and a mile of each other on…
Healthy You: County offers cooking program for mid-valley Latino families (April 12, 2023)
OSU-Extension-Linn-Benton Nutrition and Outreach Coordinator Tina Dodge gets excited when she talks about a new program she hopes…
Truck stolen in Lebanon recovered in Sweet Home after citizen spots it, gets rammed
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen truck Saturday, April 1, after a good Samaritan located the…
Brownsville man arrested for 2021 burglary at Sweet Home church
Sweet Home police arrested a Brownsville man Tuesday morning, April 11, in connection with a 2021 burglary at…
Circuit Court updates
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Shenese Danielle Cobain, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Letter: Are you one of the ‘Don’ts?’ (April 12, 2023)
Editor: In America’s current scandals, high crimes, tragedies, and combative rhetoric, we see highly threatening developments: economic, military,…
From Our Files (April 12, 2023)
April 12, 1973 City Council will look at the proposed extension of sewer and water service in two…
Death Notices (April 12, 2023)
Dorothy Fay Taylor, 92, of Corvallis, died March 22, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
Helen Watkins
Helen Daralene Watkins, 79, of Sweet Home, died April 7, 2023. She was born Aug. 3, 1943, in…