Opinion

Editor: Tom Allison, at the time chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee that wrote the Airline…

Editor: Once again it’s that time of year, when the citizens of Sweet Home come together to help…

Editor: I found it very disturbing when I was informed that a vote to give administrators, supervisors and…

Editor: Diane Gerson’s letter of Oct 3 brings up several of the concerns I have about the organization…

Today, starting on page 5, we present City Council candidates’ answers to questions about some of the council’s…

Editor: Corporate profit margins just hit an all-time high. Companies are making more per dollar of sales than…

Editor: As reported in The New Era (Sept. 12), the Jamboree is looking to expand the festival to…

Albany and Eastern Railroad officials apparently think it’s ridiculous that neighbors are disputing a $720 bill the railroad…

Editor: The City Council is dealing with a “dilapidated building” definition in its proposed nuisance law (Sept. 19).…

Editor: The teachers union and teachers need to understand a lot of people are out of work, or…

Editor: The definition of constituency is defined as the residents or voters of a district represented by an…

A recent move by Eugene-based Cascadia Wildlands and two other conservation groups to block Oregon counties from intervening…

Editor: What Hitler said about stratagem/strategy: “In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility;…

The newspaper business – both small and large papers – has sounded full-throated opposition this past month to…

Editor: The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens are so proud to be able to help area women with…

Editor: After job hunting for months and months, my guy answered an on-line ad for farm work near…

Editor: Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s keynote address at the Republican National Convention last Wednesday night was…

I’d always had the annual Civilian Conservation Corps picnic on my list of things to do here at…

Editor: Thank you, Sweet Home, “times 12.” This summer 12 kids from our town had an unforgettable week…

Editor: With all due respect to Linn County and SHEDG, their plan to turn the old Morse gravel…

The news that Linn County is taking steps to do something with the property it foreclosed from Western…

Editor: I read an article in the Portland Oregonian dated Aug. 17. With cancer, AIDS and hepatitis, there…

I don’t live in Cascadia but I think I can relate to the situation the folks up there…

Editor: It has recently been brought to my attention that our Josai program of 30 years may be…

Editor: Your article about the Josai program (Aug. 1) was dead on. It is time for Sweet Home…