Season 2 to look a little different – if spectators can get in to watch
Scott Swanson While sports are resuming at Sweet Home High School after a full year of downtime due…
Swimming dominance goes back 60 years for Sweet Home
Scott Swanson Doug Peargin’s name will be forever linked to Sweet Home swimming – and for good reason:…
SHFAD firefighters battle pair of blazes over two-day period
Scott Swanson Sweet Home firefighters responded last week to two fires in the area. The first, near the…
New pastor plans to help Freedom Hill ‘replant’ as church
Scott Swanson Helping churches rebuild is not a new experience for Jeff Dankenbring. And that’s what he’s in…
SH’s new representative getting up to speed
Scott Swanson State Rep. Jami Cate welcomes a visitor to her new office in the House wing of…
Katie Robeck signs letter to play soccer for Hesston College
Scott Swanson Katie Robeck signed a letter of intent Friday, Feb. 12, to play soccer for Hesston College.…
COVID decision triggers unusual feeling: happiness
Scott Swanson Imagine you’re a high school athletic director. You love sports and you like kids. If you…
Planners seek input on future of Lewis Creek Park
Scott Swanson The planning process has begun on a master plan for Lewis Creek Park on Foster Lake,…
Aiden Tyler signs letter to play football for Western Oregon
Scott Swanson Sweet Home quarterback Aiden Tyler signed a letter of intent Wednesday, Feb. 10, to play football…
OSAA: Restrictions still on for ‘contact’ sports
Scott Swanson The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board opened the door Monday, Feb. 8, for soccer and…
Determined Huskies won Sweet Home’s only hoops title
Scott Swanson Ed Nieman really never had plans to be a basketball coach. And it really wasn’t a…
Keep writing those letters!
Scott Swanson This opinion page is often devoid of thoughts other than those of our staff, usually yours…
Rush to judgment could be dangerous as crime
Scott Swanson Regardless of which end of the political spectrum one represents, the storming of the U.S. Capitol…
New year brings new laws, and some that continue through COVID
Scott Swanson The year 2020 produced some unusual laws, as Oregon grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, which materialized…
Husky wrestlers have put Sweet Home on the map
Scott Swanson Eight state team titles. Thirty-eight conference championships. Forty-four individual state champions. Three hundred and forty-two state…
Senator, wife experience first-hand loss, recovery from wildfire
Scott Swanson It was 1 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 8 when state Sen. Fred Girod awoke…
Online auction nets some $15,000 for scholarships
Scott Swanson Organizers of the Sweet Home Alumni Foundation’s annual Trees for Scholars Christmas tree auction were wondering…
COVID has produced ‘strange and surreal’ year for SHEM
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has had a “strange and surreal” year, one of its directors told…
Local teens win award in forestry video contest
Scott Swanson Aiden Shamek said he first got interested in the Thru the Trees video contest earlier this…
OSAA announces new sports schedule in response to COVID
Scott Swanson The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board has revised its calendar to start sports and other…
Three Sweet Home volleyball players sign with LBCC
Scott Swanson Three Sweet Home volleyball players signed letters of intent last week to play next season for…
When Husky fans return, Main Gym will offer a little sparkle
Scott Swanson If OSAA-sanctioned sports begin on Dec. 28 as planned, and if fans are allowed to attend…
Downtown owner restores old building that will be store
Scott Swanson Scott Snedeker is, by his own admission, a “do-it-yourselfer.” So when he moved to Sweet Home…
Local students don’t let COVID stop their volunteerism
Scott Swanson It was the chimneys, most of all, that left an impact. “The number of chimneys –…
Local player Abbott is first signee for new Bushnell beach volleyball program
Scott Swanson Teja Abbott plans to play beach volleyball for Bushnell University next year after signing a letter…