Former Sweet Home athlete victim in crash
Scott Swanson A former Sweet Home resident, Rochelle Zamacona, was killed early Sunday morning, March 27, when a…
Local team finding success in little-known high school sport – bass fishing
Scott Swanson Gabriel Thomas and Bode Nichols have the level gaze and physical stature of successful high school…
City to get $30M from feds for plant
Scott Swanson Sweet Home city staffers showed up to work Monday morning, March 28, to a big surprise:…
Getting down to earth
Scott Swanson Samantha Franks carefully and deftly sliced into the stem of a cider apple as Miranda Justus…
Huskies blessed with biggest turnout in years for track season
Scott Swanson If numbers are any indication, Sweet Home track and field could be off to a good…
Dave Martin back to coach Huskies in XC, distance
Scott Swanson Dave Martin has had success as a coach at pretty much every stop in his professional…
Husky golfers looking to improve on last year’s district finish
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s golfers enter the 2022 season with more experience than last year’s team, which played…
Russ Holly named Husky boys basketball Most Valuable Player
Scott Swanson Russ Holly was named Most Valuable Player for the boys basketball team at an awards dessert…
RAIN-ing at the Rio
Scott Swanson Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network on Friday unveiled a series of videos the organization has created…
Patterns, stories woven through history
Scott Swanson Ever hear of the Chinquapin Ladies Quilt Club? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. Local historians…
Health clinic plans revealed at town hall
Scott Swanson Samaritan Health unveiled plans Thursday, March 3, for its new urgent care and family health clinic,…
Five state champs named most valuable wrestlers for Huskies
Scott Swanson Sweet Home wrestling coaches couldn’t decide on a worthy recipient of the Pat and Ernie Baxter…
Husky girls swimmers recognized as OSAA Team of the Month
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s girls swimming team has been chosen as OSAA’s 4A Team of the Month for…
Boys wrestling: Wrestlers second in state as four Huskies win titles
Scott Swanson Junior Jacob Sieminski wore a vintage Sweet Home wrestling singlet when he won his first state…
Contract outlines city manager’s departure
Scott Swanson Ray Towry’s departure as city manager of Sweet Home came after “controversy and conflicts” that “compromised…
Mill site deal still brewing
Scott Swanson The county has agreed to sell the former Willamette/Weyerhaeuser mill site to Sweet Home businessman Josh…
Rio Theatre to host first Sweet Home film festival
Scott Swanson Hankering for some film fare that’s off the beaten track? Sweet Home might have just what…
County reviews bids on former Sweet Home mill acreage
Scott Swanson Linn County Board of Commissioners, on Feb. 1, reviewed two bids for some 150 acres of…
Cheer squad aiming to finish near-perfect competition season with state title
Scott Swanson Like all the other high school sports, COVID has impacted Sweet Home’s competitive cheerleaders, who are…
Back to normal? Not yet
Scott Swanson It’s been slow going, but progress is being made toward normalcy as Sweet Home High School…
Commentary: Alsea epitomizes tensions we’re all feeling (Feb. 2, 2022)
Scott Swanson The Alsea School District generally doesn’t make a big splash on the Oregon news frontier. But…
A doctor who’s always in
Scott Swanson It was when Dr. Larry Horton retired that he became really active in the community. Of…
Chamber charts progress during year-in-review
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce officials gave a report to the community Thursday evening, Jan. 13,…
Omicron cases grow in county
Scott Swanson The omicron variant of the COVID virus continues to rack up infection numbers in Oregon and…
Now retired, former Sheriff Yon ponders memories, options
Scott Swanson Jim Yon was a senior in college, interning for the Linn County Sheriff’s Office in the…