Scott Swanson
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Logger icons get gazebo shelter at museum
Scott Swanson By Scott Swanson Of The New Era Robin Miller knelt on the ground in the yard…
October 5, 2022
Rep. Cate reflects on first term in House
Scott Swanson Winding up her second year in office, local state Rep. Jami Cate recounted her experience in…
October 5, 2022
Commentary: Good thoughts at Cascadia Park (Sept. 28, 2022)
Scott Swanson A lot of thoughts went through my head last week as I watched smoke wisp upward…
September 28, 2022
This blessed land
Scott Swanson Cascadia residents, officials from county, state and federal agencies, local residents and about a dozen Native…
September 28, 2022
District looks locally for good school leaders
Scott Swanson Like many school districts, Sweet Home has been on the lookout for teachers in the last…
September 21, 2022
School district welcomes 25 new teachers
Scott Swanson Sweet Home School District welcomes 25 new teachers this year. These are brand-new district teachers, joining…
September 21, 2022
Good times, turnout overcome Best in the West ‘hurdles’
Scott Swanson Despite some “hurdles,” more than 600 contestants showed up Saturday and Sunday to compete in a…
September 14, 2022
High school opens new weight room
Scott Swanson An effort to get Sweet Home High School students back into the flow of normal life…
September 14, 2022
Commentary: New challenges mean changes to playbook (Sept. 7, 2022)
Scott Swanson The last couple of months have proved interesting as we’ve adjusted to a new printer, which…
September 7, 2022
Following the flow of history
Scott Swanson Bobbing along on a pontoon boat on Foster Lake Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, local business people…
September 7, 2022
New cross-country coach returning to SH to build program
Scott Swanson Of all the sports at Sweet Home High School, it might be argued that cross-country has…
August 31, 2022
Volleyball team has plenty of numbers, not lot of experience
Scott Swanson Entering her eighth season as head coach of the Sweet Home volleyball program, Mary Hutchins has…
August 31, 2022
Commentary: Hopefully, happiness as contagious as COVID
Scott Swanson I was walking along the sidewalk on Main Street to our office Wednesday morning, Aug. 24,…
August 31, 2022
Ag education comes to Sweet Home High
Scott Swanson Scott Jacobson stands in what used to be an auto shop vehicle repair bay at Sweet…
August 31, 2022
SHFD honors seven for life-saving efforts this summer
Scott Swanson Several members of the public were honored Tuesday, Aug. 23, by the Sweet Home Fire and…
August 31, 2022
Huskies looking at slightly different athletic landscape this season
Scott Swanson As Sweet Home High School’s fall sports kick off with pre-season action this week for almost…
August 24, 2022
Green Peter drawdown delayed
Scott Swanson The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that, due to unspecified equipment complications, the…
August 24, 2022
Health fair returns Aug. 20 after two-year COVID-19 hiatus
Scott Swanson After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, Sweet Home’s Health Fair will return Saturday, Aug. 20. The event…
August 17, 2022
Judge: Lower Green Peter to help fish
Scott Swanson Green Peter Reservoir will be lowered to historic levels this fall and early winter, during which…
August 10, 2022
Gubernatorial hopefuls face off in debate
Scott Swanson The three women running for the Oregon governor’s seat in November faced off for the first…
August 3, 2022
Hot times at the Jamboree
Scott Swanson Searing temperatures and humidity aside, this year’s Oregon Jamboree drew huge crowds to hear headliners Miranda…
August 3, 2022
‘The Queen of Sweet Home’
Scott Swanson Alice Grovom, long a leader in Sweet Home, particularly in efforts to improve the city’s image,…
July 27, 2022
Rio Theater seeing record audiences following upgrades
Scott Swanson There’s a reason parking lots around the Rio Theatre have been overflowing on movie nights this…
July 27, 2022
Downtown developments
Scott Swanson The demolishing of the former bank building-turned video store last month to make room for a…
July 27, 2022
New doctor in the house
Scott Swanson Sweet Home is about to get up-close-and-personal access to an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Donald Pennington, formerly…
July 20, 2022