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Ice storm closes Linn County offices
Due to the ice storm, the Linn County Courthouse is closed today. The Courthouse will also be closed…
December 21, 2022
Christmas Parade lights things up
A brightly decorated, fully loaded log truck from McCollum Logging rolls down Main Street during Sweet Home’s Parade…
December 14, 2022
Hawthorne principal on leave
Debbie Phillips, who has served as principal at Hawthorne Elementary School since July of 2021, is currently on…
December 14, 2022
Teachers close to OK’ing pay in new contract
Benny Westcott Certified Union Representative Steve Thorpe told the School Board Monday night, Dec. 12, that the district’s…
December 14, 2022
Statewide gun control measure under fire
Benny Westcott Following its passage by a narrow 50.6% statewide majority in November, a controversial firearms measure has…
December 14, 2022
Veterans walk the Long Road on behalf of fallen
Benny Westcott Walking the entire length of U.S. Highway 20, America’s longest road, is a feat most people…
December 14, 2022
SHEM seeks volunteers to help with homeless
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Emergency Ministries is busier than ever, but SHEM is lacking volunteers, leaders of the…
December 14, 2022
Commissioners talk economic development
What is the role of government in terms of business development? That was a key topic Tuesday, Dec.…
December 14, 2022
Santiam State Forest delivers $6.7M for Linn, other counties
The Oregon Department of Forestry released a report to state forest trust land counties highlighting social, economic and…
December 14, 2022
Homeless man found dead
A homeless man was found dead Thursday morning, Dec. 8, in the camp behind the old Sweet Home…
December 14, 2022
Lost and Found
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel got a little dose of Christmas cheer Monday, Dec. 12, when someone returned a…
December 14, 2022
Miller’s works on display in new SHOCASE exhibit
Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic Enrichment, or SHOCASE, is sponsoring an exhibit of local artist…
December 14, 2022
Healthy You: Healthy baking alternatives: Sweeteners (Part 2)
Cathryn Arndt Last month we prepared ourselves for making substitutions for white sugar in holiday baking. We considered…
December 14, 2022
UPDATE: Man arrested in fatal Albany hit-and-run
Albany police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed an Albany woman early…
December 14, 2022
County seeks grant for Lewis Creek Park improvements
Linn County Parks will apply for a matching grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to replace…
December 7, 2022
Fires burn two garages in Sweet Home area
An explosion and shop fire rocked a detached garage shortly after noon Friday, Dec. 2. Sweet Home Fire…
December 7, 2022
Landmark legislator VanLeeuwen dies at 97
Scott Swanson Liz VanLeeuwen, a longtime mid-valley farmer who represented Sweet Home and Lebanon in the Oregon state…
December 7, 2022
Volunteers sought for foster care committee
Volunteers are needed for the Citizen Review Board of the Oregon Judicial Department. These boards review the cases…
December 7, 2022
Corps unveils plan for local dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) is asking for public feedback through Jan. 19 on…
December 7, 2022
Christmas tree auction draws record crowd, proceeds
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Alumni Foundation’s “Trees for Scholarships” auction set records – again – this year,…
December 7, 2022
Holiday Happenings
Saturday, Dec. 10 — Sweet Home Christian Church Christmas Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Check out…
December 7, 2022
Parade of Lights to return bigger than ever
Scott Swanson Sweet Home residents will once again get to watch a Parade of Lights, at 6 p.m.…
December 7, 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
As Singing Christmas Tree choir members wait to perform their next song Friday night, Dec. 2, Santa and…
December 7, 2022
City Hall annex moved to FAC homeless site
Benny Westcott Sweet Home’s old City Hall annex made a trip across town Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, to…
December 7, 2022
Ogden named Sweet Home’s new police chief
Scott Swanson Jason Ogden came to Sweet Home 25 years ago because he and his wife thought the…
December 7, 2022