Sweet Home’s Evan Towry competes in U.S. Youth Soccer Regional Tournament
Benny Westcott Class of 2023 Sweet Home graduate Evan Towry has hit the ground running in his post…
Young SH Hoopers Excel at Camp
Benny Westcott Trent Harvey, an incoming ninth grade student at Sweet Home High School, was named MVP of…
SHFAD, ODF Tackle Twin Fires Near Residences
Benny Westcott On Monday, July 24 at 8:02 p.m., Sweet Home Fire & ambulance District units were dispatched…
City Recognizes Sankey Park Improvement Project Donors
Benny Westcott Saturday featured lots of activity at Sankey Park, with a Sankey Park Phase 2 Donor Celebration…
Paint The Town Volunteers Honored at City Council Meeting
Benny Westcott At the July 25 city council meeting at City Hall, councilors and staff honored volunteers who…
New Band Instructor Is Former SHHS band alum
Benny Westcott The new band instructor at Sweet Home High School was most recently an English teacher at…
Gambler 500 Rolls Through Sweet Home
Benny Westcott People who spent at least a modest amount of time around Sweet Home’s Main Street on…
Local Artists Showcased at City Hall
Benny Westcott Sweet Home residents had the opportunity to look at art from local talent Aliyah Weaver and…
Rollover crash on North River Drive
Benny Westcott At 7:39 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19, Linn County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a motor…
Klumph and Wright Named SHHS Freshmen of the Year
Benny Westcott Cannon Klumph and Selah Wright have been named this year’s Sweet Home High School Freshmen of…
Sweet Home wrestlers compete in Fargo North Dakota
Benny Westcott Five Sweet Home High School athletes competed at the 2023 USA Wrestling Junior and 16U National…
BREAKING: Two Fires at Old Mill Site
Benny Westcott Updated July, 5, 2023 – 10:59 a.m. On Monday, July 24 at 8:02 p.m., Sweet Home…
New police dog already making impact
Benny Westcott It didn’t take long for Sweet Home Police Department’s new K9 officer to make an impact.…
Downtown painting project kicks off over weekend
Benny Westcott Residents and visitors alike may have become accustomed to a downtown Sweet Home visage that includes…
High-schooler wins library card design contest
Benny Westcott The results are in: Megan Kirk, 15, a homeschooled 10th-grader in Sweet Home, won the Sweet…
Highway 20 and 53rd Avenue Crash
Benny Westcott Medics respond to a crash at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, on Highway 20 and 53rd…
Girls wrestling camp continues to grow
Benny Westcott The Santiam Wrestling Camp has been a mainstay at Sweet Home High School for over two…
Icebox results announced
Benny Westcott The results are in for last weekend’s Icebox Cookoff at Radiator Supply House in Sweet Home,…
Firefighters respond to 2 brush fires
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District, with the Oregon Department of Forestry, responded to two…
Fire danger goes to high
Benny Westcott Fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry South Cascades and Western…
Planning Commission discusses downtown painting plans
Benny Westcott At the July 6 planning commission meeting at City Hall, Community and Economic Development Director Blair…
New School Board members sworn in
Benny Westcott New Sweet Home School District Board members Amanda Carter, Mary Massey, Floyd Neuschwander and Jenna Jo…
Out-of-control Corvette injures four
Benny Westcott *UPDATED 7/14/23 – 11:58PM* An out-of-control Corvette struck multiple spectators, injuring five and sending three to…
Council OKs plan to name park plaza after Joe Graybill
Benny Westcott The new plaza at Sankey Park now has a name, one befitting a local landmark. The…
Good kind of smoke
Benny Westcott That plume of smoke rising over Foster Lake Friday morning, June 30, was a good thing.…