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State: Filing tax returns key to getting income credits
For low- to moderate-income Oregon families, filing a tax return is the key step toward claiming a series…
Healthy You: Diet can offer options to deal with age-related body changes (March 8, 2023)
The human body is a marvel. How the body transforms over the course of an individual’s life is…
OHA: Masks in medical facilities can come off April 3
Workers, patients and visitors in health care settings will no longer be required to wear masks starting April…
Car damages Lebanon Chamber of Commerce building
Sarah Brown A car that crashed into the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, 1040 S. Park St., at 2:21…
LCSO identifies human remains from 2020
The remains of a woman found 13 miles east of Sweet Home nearly three years ago have been…
Fire devastates Fir Lawn church
Scott Swanson Police and fire officials are looking into whether a fire that destroyed much of the Fir…
SHFAD seeks improved radio tech
Benny Westcott Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District Chief Nick Tyler reported to the fire board Tuesday, Feb.…
Snow halts Feb. 23 mail
Postal officials shut down regular mail delivery Thursday, Feb. 23, following a snowstorm that blanketed Portland with record…
New senator outlines plans for county
Scott Swanson Newly elected State Sen. Cedric Hayden is chomping on an apple when a visitor walks into…
Master plan under way for Foster, Green Peter
Scott Swanson U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials have begun the process of writing a master plan for…
Vietnam veterans honored
Twenty-seven local Vietnam veterans, as seen in the first photo, received commemoration lapel pins on Saturday, Feb. 18,…
Elm Street Baptist hosts restoration workers
Elm Street Baptist Church, which experienced an arson-caused fire that severely damaged its fellowship hall in May 2021,…
Nominations announced for Distinguished Service Awards
The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for its annual Distinguished Service Awards banquet, scheduled…
Report: Expo center on post-COVID upswing
Linn County Expo Center Manager Kris Barnes told the Board of Commissioners Tuesday, Feb. 21, that the center…
Quartzville wreck
Sweet Home medics and Linn County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to this crash Thursday afternoon, Feb. 23. Details…
Renewing her muse
Sarah Brown It was a personal event in Deb Cooley’s life that seemed to break her spirit and…
Digging Treasures at the East Linn Museum: Life of Henry Spalding a real page-turner
Roberta McKern Henry Harmon Spalding stumbled along through darkness. Having failed to adequately hobble his horse, he was…
Sweet Home Senior Center News and Activities (March 1, 2023)
Monthly News Seniors and Law Enforcement Together will visit and observe Sweet Home Municipal Court at 10 a.m.…
Doc’s Memoirs: Up with Wazzu: Rescued orange kitten lives the good life
D E Larsen DVM Don stepped on his brakes and pulled his pickup to the side of Bellinger…
Fire devastates Fir Lawn Lutheran Church; arson suspected
Scott Swanson Police and fire officials are looking into whether a fire that destroyed much of the Fir…
Dancing Valentines
Students and families danced the night away at a Valentine’s Dance at the Oak Heights Gym on Feb.…
Remembering the Express
Jennifer Moody A long look back at a local institution’s 135-year run Suzan Namitz wanted to get to…
City engineer Graybill retires
Benny Westcott Sweet Home engineer Joe Graybill, with his experience as both a city employee and longtime resident,…
Epic Hair Adventure
Sarah Brown Beautician Kayla Rowe has just returned to Oregon after a whirlwind “amazing experience” in New York…