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Fire destroys barn on Ames Creek
Sweet Home firefighters battle a fire that destroyed a barn at 43424 Ames Creek Road on the evening…
SHEM negotiating pandemic, needs volunteers, representatives say
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Emergency Ministries continues to be actively involved in assisting the community’s needy residents despite…
LCSWA meeting canceled
The Linn County Small Woodlands Association’s annual meeting at Z Hall in Scio has been canceled, the firm’s…
Project organizers to SH residents: Time to display Christmas cards
Organizers of Sweet Home’s Christmas card project are encouraging residents who have cards stashed away to display them.…
Holiday Bazaar (Dec. 8, 2021)
The Sweet Home Evangelical Church’s Holiday Bazaar, seen here in an overhead shot, drew a crowd of vendors…
LCSO quartet recognized for water rescue
The Oregon State Marine Board recognized the “heroic” life-saving efforts of four Linn County Sheriff’s Office personnel who…
School district hosting listening sessions
The Sweet Home School District’s school board will hold listening sessions at various locations over the next month…
Record-breaking crowd, return at Christmas tree auction
Scott Swanson Sweet Home responded to the first in-person Trees for Scholarships auction Saturday night, Dec. 4, with…
Christmas Around Sweet Home
See more photos from the tree-lighting and Shop with a Cop events in our online gallery.
It’s never too late to get it together for your health
Cathryn Arndt The year 2021 has been unprecedented for its amount (and rate) of change, controversy, lack of…
Hawthorne students collect food, have fun, in ‘Civil War’ event
Hawthorne sixth-graders load up food they collected during the school’s annual “Civil War” celebration, pitting students and teachers…
Arrival of the mail
Scott Swanson Nov. 19 marked 10 years since the Cascadia Post Office burned down in a fire that…
Teen pedestrian injured in Main Street crash
A 15-year-old Sweet Home girl was injured Tuesday evening in a pedestrian vs. motor vehicle crash in the…
Young wordsmiths participate in NaNoWriMo
Benny Westcott For the last five years, students in Lana Holden’s seventh-grade language arts classes at Sweet Home…
Duncan named new Linn County sheriff
Linn County Undersheriff Michelle Duncan will have a new job title come January. County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie…
Christmas Gala concert Saturday evening
Benny Westcott Special guest Jessie Leigh headlines a spirited evening of musical holiday fun at the Christmas Gala,…
Holiday Activities Opportunities (Dec. 8, 2021)
Following are some of the holiday events scheduled in the surrounding area over the next month: December —…
Scraps reveal plenty about local history
Roberta McKern If we want to be impressed by the transitory nature of history at the East Linn…
Ralph the cat and the Einstein stove
D E Larsen DVM “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like…
Virtual Logging Training
Benny Westcott On a Wednesday afternoon, Sweet Home High School senior Bailey Womack, a teaching assistant in Blake…
Singing Tree performances cancelled due to ‘safety’
Scott Swanson What would have been the 40th performance of the Singing Christmas Tree this weekend has been…
Yon announces retirement as sheriff
Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon told Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker on Tuesday, Nov. 23,…
Historic steam engine back on track
Benny Westcott One of 62 surviving steam locomotives in Oregon will ride the rails between Lebanon and Sweet…
School staffing in state a ‘real, emergency situation’
By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Capital Chronicle At a Senate Education Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 15, superintendents and…
Corrections (Dec. 1, 2021)
Credit for photos in the Nov. 24 issue of Linn-Benton Community College’s run to the Northwest Athletic Conference…