Sweet Home Fire District said in a news release that a yarder operator was struck in the legs when a log came through his machine’s cab Monday. Fire district officials took the man to a Sprin… ...

SWEET HOME — Bob Waibel — nicknamed the Rhinestone Logger — “had a big heart for Sweet Home and the logging industry” fellow civic booster Ben Dahlenburg said after learning that Waibel ...

The timber industry of Southern Oregon has shrunk because of environmental protection, mechanization and consolidation, leaving once-prosperous towns like Sweet Home searching for the next step.

Oregon workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a 32-year-old Dorena man involved in a logging accident. According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and the Sweet ...

The Linn County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 32-year-old Dorena man who was injured during logging operations in a forested area off Canyon Creek Road east of Sweet Home ...

A 32-year-old man has died from injuries sustained in a logging incident near Sweet Home in Linn County.