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Update: Tyler Lanz in custody following motorcycle crash
Law enforcement officials said Friday afternoon that fugitive Tyler Lanz has been caught. Lanz crashed a motorcycle on…
February 12, 2025
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…
February 12, 2025
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…
February 12, 2025
Commission supports clean truck rules delay
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Officer Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker on…
February 11, 2025
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…
February 11, 2025
Linn Seedling Sale Saturday at fairgrounds
By Larry Mauter LCSWA member The NOAA Climate Prediction Center long-range forecast suggests above average rainfall and cooler…
February 11, 2025
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 …
February 11, 2025
Chamber honors those who make Sweet Home better
Honorees of the Distinguished Service and First Citizen awards received a standing ovation Saturday night during the Chamber…
February 11, 2025
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…
February 11, 2025
Petitioners seek to allow residents the power to vote for their mayor
Proponents of a ballot initiative to change the city’s charter regarding mayoral election filed a petition with the…
February 10, 2025
Sweet Home resident attends Presidential inaugural ball in D.C.
Sweet Home resident Angelita Sanchez wore a black Ralph Lauren evening gown with a rhinestone collar, a vintage…
February 4, 2025
Commissioners get update on youth offenders, syphilis numbers
Linn County Juvenile Department has 180 young people in its Probation Unit, of which 33 are considered high-risk,…
February 4, 2025
State report puts SHHS Class of 2024 graduation rate at 81%
Eighty-one percent of Sweet Home High School seniors who entered high school in 2019 graduated during the 2023-24…
February 4, 2025
Small woodlands board to mark milestones with historic female majority
By Larry Mauter LCSWA member When the Linn County Small Woodlands Association board meets March 6, local…
February 4, 2025
Sleep center houses roll in
New transitional housing units have arrived at the Family Assistance and Resource Center, which are expected to provide…
February 4, 2025
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…
February 4, 2025
Skilled gourmet ‘Cheffry’ to cater annual banquet
Gourmands may have already discovered one of Sweet Home’s hidden food gems, and area foodies may have already…
February 3, 2025
Highway 20 is now the National Medal of Honor Highway
President Biden on Dec. 17 signed into law a bill sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S.…
January 28, 2025
Cheer team has good weekend in Las Vegas
Sweet Home’s high school cheerleaders had a big weekend at the Jamz Cheer Nationals in Las Vegas Friday…
January 28, 2025
First baby of 2025 is a true early arrival
The final day of 2024 was not comfortable for Aleah Hard Vandehey. And then she wound up in…
January 27, 2025
How an 80-year-old and 10-year-old wrote a book together
The distance between a friend and a stranger is only a smile apart, and age should be of…
January 27, 2025
Searchers rescue woman in snow off Highway 20
Searchers on Wednesday, Jan. 22, located a woman who was lost in the snow off Highway 20, east…
January 23, 2025
School Board told of state funding inequities for disabled students
Sweet Home and other districts with high poverty rates and numbers of special education students need advocates in…
January 21, 2025
Linn County reveals potential cyber hack
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Officer Linn County Commission Chair Roger Nyquist announced Tuesday, Jan. 14, at…
January 21, 2025
Chamber meeting reveals plan to honor Alice Grovom
Some community members want to honor a former resident for her work in the city of Sweet Home,…
January 21, 2025