Opinion

Editor: I’ve pondered long and hard, thinking about what I should say in this letter to the people.…

Editor: The school board spends hours trying to make good decisions for our community. Now the school board…

Editor: We would like to compliment and sincerely thank all that participated in hosting the fishing derby at…

Editor: Sweet Home Emergency Ministries would like to thank Sweet Home Junior High students and their adult supervisors…

Editor: There have been two questions raised regarding the Sweet Home School District’s policies surrounding consistency in enforcing…

It was when I was wrestling a 14-year-old kid a few months ago that I started really feeling…

Editor: The District 55 School Board meeting on June 12 was worth the price of admission. That price…

Editor: I’m writing concerning the charter school. I do not have any children or grandchildren in the School…

How can senators be so deaf? Editor: In regards to our deaf senators, how can they not listen…

Flower power, funding for cops Two things have happened or been written that I wish to comment on.…

Editor: I have a few questions concerning the new health clinic being proposed at the Sweet Home High…

This week we’re saying good-bye to 143 seniors who are graduating from Sweet Home High School. For some,…

Editor: There are some terrific people in Linn County who gave of their time to help those in…

Editor: Rep. Jeff Kropf is entirely wrong that a wall or fence will stop illegal imigration and coyotes…

Editor: Of the 8,000 plus residences in Sweet Home, only approximately 100-plus patrons of the arts were in…

Editor: As a volunteer for the budget and safety committees here in Sweet Home, I have some doubts.…

Editor: Going back through the recent news pertaining to the Sweet Home charter school, I noticed an article…

Editor: The School Board meeting of May 15 and consequently the editorial from The New Era have left…

A number of letters on this page this week and last ponder how we could have been at…

The funny thing about being a runner is how interested I am in other runners. When I drive…

Editor: Our organization was founded in July 2002 to help local area cats and kittens who were abandoned…

Editor: Our kids deserve the best education we are able to give them. That is why I am…

Editor: How many levels of protection do we need in order to cover the incompetence of the leadership…

Editor: With all due respect, the individual who wrote the editorial in the May 17 edition of The…

Editor: I have been gathering information on past sheriffs. I went back from 1953 to 2005. It is…