Allison Miner, Zach Luttmer named Athletes of the Year
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home High School Booster Club named Zach Luttmer and Allison Miner its Booster Club…
Graduates get to finish line
Scott Swanson If good things do indeed come in small packages, that may be the best way to…
Board OKs $45.96M budget
Scott Swanson Sweet Home School Board members unanimously approved the district’s 2020-21 budget Monday, June 8, in a…
Tumultuous times breed confusing emotions
Scott Swanson These are certainly tumultuous times. June’s been a wild month, so far; certainly not what many…
Cate claims victory; Sword not done yet
Scott Swanson Jami Cate declared victory last week in the primary election for the state House District 17…
City seeking new engineer of record, treatment plants operator
Scott Swanson Sweet Home City Councilors on Tuesday, May 26, gave staff members the go-ahead to seek bids…
City working to support at-risk businesses, build ‘relationships’
Scott Swanson So what’s Sweet Home’s economic development director to do during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown? “It’s been…
Travis Thorpe to wrestle at SOU
Scott Swanson In a private ceremony held in his back yard on the evening of Tuesday, May 5,…
Coronavirus stirs appreciation for what could have been
Scott Swanson Many of us likely didn’t give a lot of thought to the role of sports in…
COVID-19 shutdown creates difficulties for SHHS post-grad adviser
Scott Swanson At this time of the year, Kristin Adams typically sits in her Career Center office at…
Explosive fire destroys shop next door to Oak Heights School
Scott Swanson Fire destroyed a 5th Avenue residential shop next door to Oak Heights Elementary Friday afternoon, April…
COVID-19 impacts on your newspaper
Scott Swanson The other day I responded to a report of a fire, the results of which you…
After 15 years as half-finished ‘eyesore,’ duplex gets new life
Scott Swanson A half-completed duplex that’s sat nearly untouched for 15 years on the corner of Juniper Avenue…
Linn Shuttle buses keep rolling – with precautions
Scott Swanson A Linn Shuttle bus rolls up to the stop on Kalmia, between 12th and 13th avenues.…
Remodel spices things up at SHEM, despite virus
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Emergency Ministries volunteers are enjoying some massive upgrades to the aid organization’s headquarters on…
Retired vet to tell tales from long career in SH
Scott Swanson Shortly after his retirement from four decades of veterinary practice in Sweet Home at the end…
This anniversary will be one to remember
Scott Swanson Fifteen years ago, on what we later realized was April Fools Day of 2005, my wife…
New golf coach Ron Moore loves the game and teaching kids
Scott Swanson Ron Moore is known for a variety of things in Sweet Home: civic leader, president of…
Two COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported at Lebanon’s Oregon Veterans Home
Scott Swanson Two presumptive cases of COVID-19 have been detected at the Oregon Veterans Home in Lebanon, the…
Country Lane residents, A&E day in (Supreme) Court Thursday
Scott Swanson Country Lane residents expect to get a final resolution of their dispute with Albany and Eastern…
Commissioner gives local retirees first-person account of Timber Trial
Scott Swanson Linn County Commission Chair Roger Nyquist told a group of local retirees last week that the…
Fighting through the fear to facts
Scott Swanson Sometimes it’s a little shattering to realize how … human … the news media can be.…
Leap Year baby, now 16, celebrates birthday No. 4
Scott Swanson Javi Cuevas celebrated his fourth true birthday Saturday, Feb. 29. That’s because Cuevas, now truly, 16,…
Wrestlers qualify record 23 boys for state in winning regional
Scott Swanson Sweet Home wrestlers won their sixth straight regional wrestling title Saturday, Feb. 22, with a dominating…
Casey Tow signs to compete for U.S. Naval Academy track team
Scott Swanson The past year has been a bit of a whirlwind for Sweet Home High School senior…