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The scaffolding is up for the 37th Annual Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree production and the boughs are going on for this year's performance, which will feature John Kluttz acting as its new music d...

Sweet Home Health Center has a new physician. Dr. Denise Kelley is celebrating one year in Oregon, and two months as a full-time physician in Sweet Home. She studied at Hahnemann Medical College in...

Deep in the Willamette National Forest but only 30 miles from the heart of Sweet Home, a caravan of vehicles wound its way Friday morning, Nov. 2, along a muddy road that led to the secret location...

As the holidays get closer, artist Jennifer Pulliam puts her mark on the season in Sweet Home by painting business windows. Sugar Vibes commissioned Pulliam to paint a scene on its window last week...

Donna Shortreed pulls out a spiral-bound cookbook from her kitchen. "Would you like to see what we looked like when Mama and Pop were alive?" she asks. On the cover is a black and white photo of her...

Samaritan Health Services launched its capital campaign to raise funds for the construction of its Samaritan Treatment and Recovery Services (STARS) facility Thursday, Sept. 6, in Lebanon. The...

When Lawrence Paquin gets bored, he can be found in his garage, welding bronze to copper, painting metal with colorful consideration, and pounding his work while sitting on the ground "like a...

Bethanie Young, the new pastor at Sweet Home Church of the Nazarene, moved to Sweet Home from Washington at the end of June to take up her new ministerial role, which began in the pulpit Sunday, July...

When COMP-Northwest held its convocation entry ceremony for the Class of 2022 on Aug. 3, among the new students were two from East Linn Christian Academy – the first. Whitley Nelson, a 2011...

The first time Bill Houtz laid eyes on the sun rising over the city of Lugazi in Uganda, he was hooked. "It is beautiful over there," he said. "I fell in love with it that very minute I got there."...

What started out as a small group of half a dozen members in the exercise program at the Sweet Home Senior Center two decades ago has flourished into a healthy thrice-weekly gathering of almost 30...

It took nearly a lifetime for Vicky Johnson to decide she was ready for a heart transplant, but only a few short minutes to find out she was about to get one. The Sweet Home resident was given the...

Kailey James and Treyson Smith are this year's Sweet Home High School Freshmen of the Year. Kailey, 15, daughter of Cara and Gregg James, will spend her summer hanging out with friends, but she also...

With fire season already active and regulated use restrictions in place since Monday, July 2, Chad Calderwood of the Oregon Department of Forestry's Sweet Home Unit advises residents and visitors be...

Samantha Mitchell says she doesn't have a lot of friends, but she shared a summer weekend with her closest one – Lacey Wilson –dressed in heavy fire gear, learning what it takes to save lives....

After a lifetime of growing roots in the Sweet Home and Lebanon areas, Amanda and Ben Emmert recently uprooted and transplanted themselves to Nebraska. Amanda, the first Lebanon High School student...

In the blue corner, from Sweet Home and coming in at 72 years old, we have Ralph Anderegg. And in the red corner, also hailing from Sweet Home and coming in at 65, we have Steve Burgess. Ladies and...

Two Sweet Home High School seniors have been named valedictorians and one as salutatorian for the school's graduation ceremonies, scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 8 at Husky Stadium. The two...

Samaritan Wiley Creek Community celebrated its 20th anniversary Thursday, May 10, by hosting an open house and Chamber of Commerce After Hours event for the residents and community. The celebration...

Every morning, rain or shine, Donna Ego, Joy Alton and Maxine Martin set out on their walk around Samaritan Wiley Creek Community's neighborhood, watching the sun rise over their community within the...

Retirement could perhaps be most appreciated by someone who has invested most his life in the same company. One of Sweet Home's own residents has earned the right to this sense of pride. Sam Galster...

One of small-town America's aspiring teachers has taken the baton from her role models while growing up, and is now running with it to be a role model to other children, herself. Kayla Miller, a...

In their first year of participation in Oregon Battle of the Books, Holley students won the regional competition in Woodburn against 49 other schools March 3, and will move on to the state tournament...

Dr. Carl Hoogesteger, Sweet Home Family Medicine's newest physician, is familiar with small-town Oregon life. He grew up in Gold Beach, a small coastal town of 2,000 people. There were 60 kids in his...