FFA holds inaugural Community Night
Fifteen candidates, most of them freshmen, received their Greenhand Degrees after completing their first-year requirements in Sweet Home’s…
Website assists landowners in appeals of Wildfire Risk Map
A new website has been developed to assist Oregon homeowners and landowners navigate the appeal process of their…
Huskies second in state wrestling with four individual champs
Sweet Home’s boys battled adversity all the way to a second-place finish at the 4A Division state wrestling…
SHHS seniors nominated for top scholastic award
Two Sweet Home High School seniors have been nominated as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars program this…
New county RV dump gets paved; opening planned by early May
A parade of Knife River dump trucks delivered loads of asphalt last week to pave the new recreational…
Huskies win region, qualify 18 for state wrestling championships
Sweet Home won its 11th straight regional wrestling title Saturday evening, Feb. 22, and qualified 18 wrestlers for…
Huskies looking forward to new landscape in football
Sweet Home will play next fall in a football league that looks a bit different following some significant…
Man dies in logging accident in Canyon Creek area
A Dorena man died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 20, in a logging accident, Sheriff Michelle Duncan reported Friday. According…
Sweet Home woman dies in crash south of Crawfordsville
A Sweet Home woman was killed Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, in a head-on crash just south of Crawfordsville.…
Boys end regular season with big wrestling win at Tillamook
Sweet Home’s boys ended their regular wrestling season Tuesday, Feb. 11, with a long bus ride followed by…
‘Sweetheart’ fun run for The New Era
Here are (fairly) official results of the Feb. 8 fun run held to benefit The New Era. Thanks…
Local elementary schools to get beefed-up wifi, board decides
Sweet Home School Board members last week approved a project to improve internet service at the school district’s…
Girls win 13th straight swim title; boys second
Saturday was a big day for the Sweet Home swim teams, but it was a really big day…
Four Huskies qualify for girls state wrestling; Chafin wins third district title
Bailey Chafin led the Sweet Home girls to a second-place finish Saturday, Feb. 15, in the OSAA 4A/3A/2A/1A…
Update: Tyler Lanz in custody following motorcycle crash
After leading law enforcement officials in a chase on Wednesday, Feb. 12, a Sweet Home man who was…
Albany police arrest suspects in alleged scam
Two men from Washington were arrested Tuesday, Feb. 4, after allegedly trying to scam an Albany resident. According…
OHA: Deadline for schoolchildren’s vaccinations is Feb. 19
With the Feb. 19 deadline fast approaching for updating children’s vaccinations, the Oregon Immunization Program at Oregon Health…
Teen arrested after bomb threats to Albany school
A 17-year-old boy was arrested Monday, Feb. 10, after he allegedly emailed bomb threats to an Albany school,…
Student Services Director Brian Brands’ focus is helping students thrive
Brian Brands’ job description is, well, so wide-ranging that it would be impossible to describe in one short…
Randy Whitfield found 35-year calling in fire service
It didn’t take long for Randy Whitfield to realize he’d found his calling when he joined the Sweet…
Huskies say goodbye to senior wrestlers in win over Philomath
Sweet Home’s wrestlers finished their home schedule Thursday, Feb. 6, with a 66-3 win over Philomath, as the…
Huskies finish regular swim season with win to finish 6-1
Despite missing one of their top points producers, Sweet Home’s girls won their final home swimming match of…
For Sweet Home ODF firefighters, SoCal trip was ‘chance to give back’
The experience of fighting fires in Southern California is not a new one for Dave Batten of the …
High school’s technical classes have wide impact
Sweet Home High School agricultural sciences teacher Scott Jacobson is teaching a full room of students on a…
Returned Sweet Home firefighters discuss SoCal experience
While the rest of the population watched TV images of devastated neighborhoods, Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance Department…