Junior First Citizens named
Scott Swanson Sweet Home has Junior First Citizens for the first time since the fall of 2019. Sweet…
Editorial: What’s the value of historic buildings? (June 1, 2022)
Scott Swanson Sweet Home, unlike some neighboring communities, is not blessed with a multitude of classy old buildings.…
Tune It Up Tuesdays returning with venue change
Scott Swanson City planners have long discussed using the block of 13th Avenue between Main and Long streets…
Honoring Sacrifice
Scott Swanson Dale Jenkins, left, and Stan Gray of the Sweet Home Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard,…
Kami Hart commits to wrestle for fledgling Linfield program
Scott Swanson Kami Hart became the latest Husky to sign a letter of intent to compete at the…
Voters OK bond to build LBCC ag training center
Scott Swanson A $16 million measure to fund construction of an agricultural training center and other improvements for…
Will decades-old plant get new treatment at last?
Scott Swanson City officials are watching costs skyrocket as they plan for a new wastewater treatment plant that,…
National Day of Prayer
Scott Swanson Sweet Home pastors and residents, above, gather at City Hall at noon Thursday, May 5, for…
State appeals court overturns jury’s verdict in ‘Timber Case’
Scott Swanson The Oregon Court of Appeals last week overturned a $1.1 billion verdict in the “Timber Case”…
Local doctors find monoclonal antibodies effective against COVID
Scott Swanson When Ridgeway Health opened a walk-in medical clinic late last September, founder Dr. Sam Milstein and…
Wet month improves conditions at mid-valley reservoirs
Scott Swanson A wet April has definitely brightened the outlook for Linn County’s two reservoirs, Erik Petersen, Willamette…
Building huts for the homeless
Scott Swanson As rain fell steadily outside on a gray April morning, Casey Valloni and Lewis Conn, students…
Commentary: Good steps forward for the homeless (April 27, 2022)
Scott Swanson It sure was good to see city workers clearing away the blackberries and leveling the nearly…
As Corps follows court ruling, lake levels worry county parks
Scott Swanson How high will the water be in the local lakes this summer? That’s a question that…
City outlines water project plans for 2022
Scott Swanson Greg Springman holds a 4-inch water main that’s, well, in rough shape. Rust pocks the inside,…
Chamber hands out awards in true Roaring Twenties style Saturday night
Scott Swanson Brenda Simmonds was honored with Sweet Home’s Distinguished Service Award Saturday night, April 2, at the…
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…
RAIN-ing at the Rio
Scott Swanson Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network on Friday unveiled a series of videos the organization has created…
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…
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…
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…
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…