Opinion

Editor: We recently received a phone call from a longtime member and volunteer of the Sweet Home Senior…

If what we saw during Sportsman’s Holiday is any indication, Sweet Home is really ready to get past…

Editor: Assimilation or accommodation? A famous jazz pianist once sang, “I like you, but your feet are too…

Editor: I really enjoyed your article on Myrtle Gates (July 7). She was quite the lady, carrying herself…

After a long year of living virtually, Sportsman’s Holiday should be a true celebration this year, and for…

Editor: Our country was founded on hopes and dreams; and now it’s been shattered, or so it seems.…

Editor: Here we are, at the beginning of what could prove to be worst wildfire season ever and…

By Rachel Dawson The race is on for a reliable power grid. A newly redeveloped model used by…

Editor: It is with concern and deep frustration that I write this letter. What does it take to…

David Chavern In the late 1980s, barges of waste were sailing across U.S. waterways with no place to…

Editor: Intelligent capitalists or bombastic pundits… I read two articles in our local newspaper today that brought to…

The Sweet Home Community Health Committee has made the decision unfortunately to cancel the Sweet Home Health Fair…

As is often the nature of this business of community journalism, there’s both good news and bad in…

By Brigitte Schmidt Gwyn and Laurie Hieb Newspapers and magazines go to every corner of this state. Notwithstanding…

Editor: I would like to give a big thank you to all who shared my dream of providing…

Editor: Several decades ago, theologian and Presbyterian pastor RC Sproul asked Francis Schaeffer, “Dr. Schaeffer, what is your…

In accordance with our nearly annual tradition of offering send-off advice to our local high school graduates, we…

Editor: We are indebted to a small group of Sweet Home seniors whose resourcefulness, determination and ingenuity led…

Editor: Just had to comment on the great news coming to us from The New Era the past…

Editor: Just want to say I live in the UK and I have been using White’s metal detectors…

By Dennis Linthicum The COVID emergency is over and has been over for months, now. Today, the real…

By Rich Lowry Joe Biden has a New Deal for America’s kids. He wants to spend more than…

Editor: As I was watching the school board meeting online on May 10, I was incredibly sad and…

By Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson For years, I have been sounding the alarm about chronic federal deficit spending—practiced…

Scott Swanson A lot of legislation is on the table in Salem right now, so much that it’s…