Opinion

It’s rare that we respond publicly to a letter to the editor. But the letter below, from Skyler…

Editor: Bringing in gambling to Sweet Home – no matter what kind – seems to me to be…

Editor: Let me begin by saying that I am not a longtime subscriber of your weekly publication. The…

Editor: I am responding to the recent editorial by my friend, Sean Morgan, calling for social gaming to…

Editor: In a front-page news story Monday, Feb. 26, in another paper, it was stated that ethanol was…

Editor: Saturday evening, Feb. 25, the Sweet Home, Lebanon and Albany Seventh-Day Adventist women’s ministries hosted a “Fashion…

Editor: I put aside my paint brushes, pen and ink to drop you a line regarding the changes…

It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but we’re supposed to move our clocks forward one hour this…

Editor: I’m driving into town, behind some idiot who’s swerving all over the road. Must be intoxicated. Well,…

The heat is on in Oregon, politically, in the Global Warming controversy. Gov. Ted Kulongoski and the powers…

Editor: I would like to say thank you to Rick Oleager and his son for spotting the man…

Editor: In a Dec. 29, ‘06 editorial, The Oregonian urges Oregon legislators to listen to Kirby Dyess, vice…

Editor: I am an itinerant teacher for the deaf and hard-of-hearing through the Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD. This year, I…

This month marks the 97th anniversary of one of the nation’s most well-known and influential youth-serving programs. On…

Nobody wants kids to die. But the fact that a 13-year-old girl was killed more than two years…

February 7, 1957 Charles P. Schleicher, professor of political science at the University of Oregon will speak on…

It’s clear we can count on more baloney this year from our elected officials when it comes to…

Editor: I have been amazed at finding out how long it takes for someone to receive disability payments…

Editor: Although it has been more than six weeks since the Trees for Scholars event sponsored by the…

Editor: Thievery reared its ugliest of heads recently 30 miles east of Sweet Home along the shoulder of…

Editor: We recently moved back to Oregon after living in Southern California to help take care of my…

Editor: We have a concern regarding how the flags are being displayed in the Sweet Home School District.…

Editor: The pellet shortage is an inconvenience to many of us. However, if we can manage to get…

It’s not surprising that the tragedy that befell James Kim has evoked substantial emotion. Kim, his wife Kati…

Editor: Once again Coach Peargin and the Sweet Home High School Husky swim team dominate rivals (“Husky swimmers…