Opinion

Richard Rowley Last Tuesday I had the honor to represent our community as Budget Committee chairman and attest…

Recently, someone sent me an article about how American students are less proficient in their nation’s history than…

Karla Kay Edwards Several well-written articles recently have called for Oregon to once again capitalize on our amazing…

After retiring three years ago, I chose to move to Sweet Home for the joys of living in…

Ken Logan and Linda Sweanor, cougar biologists with a total of 51 years experience studying cougars, devised a…

It is not the business of our local government to take our tax dollars to help others. It…

Oregon passed its Bottle Bill in 1971, creating a deposit system on soda cans and other drink containers.…

Editor: I would like to say thank you to Robin Frazier for the wonderful tribute to my son,…

Editor: I have struggled over the last couple of months with being able to explain the disappointment I…

Editor: I am writing in response to Dianne Daiute’s letter (May 18) expressing her feelings about hunting cougars…

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…