Calm amidst chaos: Fire chaplain assists victims, department personnel in times of trauma
Scott Swanson Last summer, a rural hillside home outside Sweet Home caught fire on a Sunday morning. When…
Reynolds, Burnett retire from LBCC
Scott Swanson Thursday, Dec. 31, will be the final day of school for Mary Sue Reynolds and Alice…
In the entertaining rush of life, don’t lose sight of the basics
Scott Swanson It may simply be a result of age, but it seems to me that life is…
Trail, forest plans take shape as collaborative zeroes in on nonprofit status
Scott Swanson The South Santiam All-Lands Collaborative is about to become more structured as the final steps for…
SH to revisit urban renewal
Scott Swanson City Council members agreed to look into the possibility of urban renewal as a means of…
Let’s give thanks for … moisture
Scott Swanson As Thanksgiving closes in, now seems like a good time to mention one thing for which…
New swim coach knows, by experience, what it takes to be excellent
Scott Swanson Four years ago, Jake Johnson did not see himself coaching elite swimmers at the Sweet Home…
Locals lead effort to get injured veterans into outdoors
Scott Swanson On a not-so-dark night just before Halloween, Mark Worley and Timm Gunderson hunkered down in a…
Downtown plan gets tweak, away from design focus
Scott Swanson The direction of Sweet Home’s Main Street program has been altered a bit following a meeting…
Voters asked to approve police, library levies
Scott Swanson Sweet Home residents are being asked to vote to continue, for another five years, levies for…
Water, water anywhere?
Scott Swanson Weather conditions in Sweet Home are drier and warmer than normal. That’s not news. But the…
African hunt truly the ‘trip of a lifetime’ for Sweet Home sportsman
Scott Swanson Lynn Pettit, 72, has been hunting all his life, but he says the trip he took…
Notes from the Newsroom: Husky Field a testament to community spirit
Scott Swanson Let me begin by saying this: If you haven’t seen Husky Field yet, you’re missing out.…
The building of Husky Field II: How a community came together
Scott Swanson This Friday night, Oct. 9, Sweet Home High School will hold its annual Homecoming game, hosting…
Take a step toward greater prosperity
Scott Swanson What do you like about Sweet Home’s downtown? What don’t you like? What would you change,…
Mistakes cost Sweet Home football team in loss to Sisters
Scott Swanson Going into this football season, Sweet Home Head Coach Dustin Nichol knew he had a young…
Main Street effort aims to pick up where others have stalled, move ahead
Scott Swanson If you were to change something about Sweet Home’s downtown, what would that be and what…
Numbers up at 3 schools, but overall student population down
Scott Swanson Enrollments are up at three Sweet Home elementary schools while down at two others, the junior…
Sheep Creek Bridge project under way
Scott Swanson Sheep Creek Bridge on Highway 20 is sliding, and the fix will be costly in time,…
Triathlon weekend draws ‘record’ numbers, despite hot temperatures
Scott Swanson Despite temperatures in the 90s and a slight shortage in volunteers, the fifth annual Best in…
2015’s been hot year for campgrounds
Scott Swanson The record-breaking temperatures this year may have caused problems in other areas, but for the Linn…
Best in the West triathlon event back, bigger than ever
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s Kambria Schumacher has been steadily rising through the ranks of Northwest triathletes over the…
Season preview: Cross-country boys can pack in the runners; girls experienced, but thin
Scott Swanson One way to describe the Sweet Home boys cross-country team’s prospects going into this season is:…
Trip to South Africa more than just competition for SH wrestlers
Scott Swanson Coach Steve Thorpe says that if the wrestling trip he and the Oregon Cultural Exchange Team…
First Weyerhaeuser millsite meeting draws sizeable crowd
Scott Swanson The subject of what to do with the former Willamette Industries-Weyerhaeuser Sweet Home Mill site brought…