Opinion

As is our custom, today we offer some parting words to local high school (and college) graduates as…

I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking and talking about sports in the last couple of weeks.…

Rich Lowry Amid all the uplifting cliches at their commencement ceremonies, graduating college students won’t hear a line…

Phil Barnhart Oregon is finally acting like Oregon in a recovery. Because our economy is more weighted toward…

Interesting read about the vote of the city of Sweet Home’s budget committee. You should have listened to…

Robin Frazier I grew up in Sweet Home. It was the small town where I was educated, where…

Editor: Fire Chief Mike Beaver, Doug Emmert, Guy Smith and staff, I should have written sooner. I guess…

If you’ve seen page 10 of today’s paper, you know that the latest effort is under way to…

Editor: So, here we are sitting on one of the last remaining viable populations of the world’s fourth…

Editor: The Log Cabin Quilters of Sweet Home would like to give a resounding thank you to Key…

Rich Lowry The good news is that wages still make up a majority of the nation’s income. Barely.…

The city Budget Committee is doing the right thing in taking a second look at its decision to…

Sean C. Morgan The School Board has been handed the responsibility to decide whether to ban e-cigarettes, or…

With the passage in the state House of Representatives last week of Rep. Sherrie Sprenger’s bill to create…

Editor: I am writing this letter just to remind you when the time comes I recommend you vote…

Privacy, like other things in this world, can be taken to excess. We’ve made no secret over the…

Editor: It was heartwarming to read that someone new is working so hard to keep the Josai exchange…

Editor: We wish to thank all of the wonderful and generous people who showed their support at the…

Editor: Not long ago, when I felt a cold or a sinus infection coming on I would go…

Rural residents of Oregon – particularly those who are of a politically conservative, self-sufficient, responsible bent, often complain…

Whether you’re a smoker or not, a bill currently in the Oregon Legislature could make a difference in…

Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude for our local physicians. Their…

Editor: I would like to thank the members of the Sweet Home Beautification Committee, the many civic-minded businesses…

Editor: Just about everyone involved with education will say, “It’s all about the kids.” That may be true…

Editor: My question is why should the aquatics director be cut from the School District 55 staff? If…