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Albany man sentenced for drug distribution
PORTLAND — An Albany man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing heroin and methamphetamine…
Lebanon man arrested for injuring child
A Lebanon man was arrested Monday, Nov. 15, after the Lebanon Police Department received reports of a seriously…
Lebanon man sentenced for tax evasion
A Lebanon man was sentenced to roughly three and a half years in federal prison Monday, Nov. 15,…
Lebanon man arrested after shots fired in apartment
A Lebanon man was arrested Saturday, Nov. 13, after reports of shots fired into an adjoining apartment in…
Harrisburg man arrested in Crawfordsville Market robbery
A Harrisburg man was arrested Friday in connection with an Oct. 27 robbery at the Crawfordsville Market. According…
Exploring gold mine of memories
Scott Swanson Though he’s lived in Spokane, Wash., for 42 years, Steve Munts has never really left Sweet…
Voters pass county sheriff’s levy
Sarah Brown Voters on Tuesday, Nov. 2, passed Measure 22-189, the high-profile four-year law enforcement levy proposed by…
‘Pro-liberty, pro-America’ comedy on tap Saturday at The Rio
Benny Westcott While patriotism may not be a laughing matter for some in our current world, Oregon-based comedians…
Former Marine, cop, defense contractor now serves through massage
Scott Swanson Grover Hubbard’s past might be considered out of the ordinary. So is his present, as a…
Ric Olson, organization focus on Vietnam vets
Scott Swanson Eric “Ric” Olson has had to curtail his involvement in local veterans affairs since COVID-19 hit…
Veterans events happening, but require audience participation
Will there be a Veterans Day Parade in Albany this year? Well, sort of. This year, which marks…
Local veterans honored in ramp-up to parade activities
Former Sweet Home resident Al Severson is one of three Distinguished Veterans named by the organizing committee of…
Veterans Home gets $1.738 million grant for memory care
Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) announced Oct. 26 that the Department of Veterans Affairs will award a grant totaling…
Finding the right dieting pathway to health
Cathryn Arndt October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Call me late to the party, but as I considered…
Information sought in poaching incidents
Poachers are busy day and night in Oregon. Three cases around Halloween have Oregon State Police troopers asking…
Life Flight adding 12 helicopters to its air ambulance fleet
Life Flight Network, the nation’s largest not-for-profit air ambulance provider, will add 12 Bell 407GXi helicopters to its…
ODOT officials already working on plans for federal windfall
By Les Zaitz Oregon Capital Chronicle Travis Brouwer had given up on Congress Friday afternoon, Nov. 5. Brouwer,…
Keeping footing firm around Foster Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week replaced a bridge on the trail along the north bank…
Food for families in need
Sweet Home High School students show off some of their gleanings Thursday, Nov. 4, after pounding the pavement…
Linn to join timber counties coalition
Linn County will participate in a new Oregon Timber Counties Coalition, commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will…
Teacher fired – sort of – over vaccine mandate
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home School District Board voted 7-2 Monday, Nov. 8, to dismiss Holley Elementary resource…
School district parent-teacher conferences to be remote
The Sweet Home School District announced Tuesday that all parent-teacher conferences this week will be held via Zoom…
Fire causes estimated $50,000 damage to Lebanon Old Town Mall
A two-alarm fire at a downtown Lebanon retail shopping center caused an estimated $50,000 in damages Saturday, Nov.…
City Council approves three-month waiver on library fines
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 26, voted unanimously to eliminate 15-cent daily past-due…
Ongoing pandemic threatens Sunshine Industries
Scott Swanson Brittany Maudlin has a very clear memory of the day the COVID-19 pandemic hit: Friday, March…