Ashley Severns MVP in softball
The Husky softball team selected Ashley Severns as its most valuable player. Amanda Burcham was named most inspirational…
Wunker, Severns, Brocard first-team in baseball, softball
All-league honors went to a number of Sweet Home High School softball and baseball players. In baseball, Randy…
New economic development coordinator hired by SHEDG
Bringing groups together so they’re all pulling in the same direction is key to economic development in communities,…
Transition to new police services buliding is smooth
A week after making the move from a temporary modular unit behind City Hall, Police Chief Bob Burford…
Eugene developer planning resort along S. Santiam River
Eugene developer Dan Dessler and Mallard Creek Golf Course owner Troy Cummins are completing property purchases to develop…
Community honors its fallen soldiers
Veterans and families of veterans gathered at three area cemeteries Monday morning to honor those who sacrificed their…
Mr. Collins Opus: The final concert
Sweet Home School District’s instrumental music director will retire after this year’s spring concert, scheduled at 7:30 p.m.…
SHHS will award activity letter to equestrian team
The District 55 School Board agreed last week to award the Sweet Home High School equestrian team an…
S.H. Christian graduates first class
Under the direction whom a teacher called the greatest potter, 2-year-old Sweet Home Christian School graduated its first…
Planning July 7 wedding
Emma Wickstrom and Eric Offutt plan to marry on July 7. Wickstrom is the daughter of Percy and…
Miner-Cowart wedding July 21
Rachelle Annette Miner and Matthew Thomas Cowart have announced a July 21 wedding. Miner is the daughter of…
Brother, sister meet after 47 years during reunion
One woman’s dream meant that a brother and sister who had not seen each other for 47 years…
Nathaniel Blake makes state in 2A track
Junior Nathaniel Blake represented East Linn Christian Academy at the 2A state track meet on May 19 running…
Kragness shines at state track meet
Sweet Home’s Huskies sent two representatives to the state meet Friday and Saturday, Jake Dahlenburg in the pole…
Senior athletic banquet June 4
Sweet Home High School will hold its annual Husky Booster Club Senior Athletic Banquet on June 4. The…
Camping, fishing hot Memorial Weekend
Camping was full, and fish were biting Monday morning as many took advantage of a day off. Sunnyside…
Sweet Home averts tragedy in school bus, truck wreck
Sweet Home diverted a major tragedy Wednesday when a bus carrying the community’s freshman baseball team and a…
Many activities at Holley Church
Holley bids farewell to interim minister On May 27, Holley Christian Church will hold a farewell brunch for…
School district passes $18.7 million bond by 19 votes
School District 55 passed the larger of two bonds it placed before voters in a May 15 mail-in…
Man behind bond passage is happy with S.H. support
Dr. Michael Alperin grins from ear to ear as he unwraps a candy bar for lunch and talks…
Bus driver saw milk truck coming; defensive driving skills pay off
Wednesday’s trip to Central High School started out pretty much like any one of hundreds District 55 bus…
Millennium edition, news stories earn SPJ awards
The New Era received two first place and a third place awards for a special section and two…
Couple marry in backyard ceremony
Amy Cheek and Matt Swanson were wed July 22, 2000 in Sweet Home. The bride is the daughter…
Husky softball team shines in playoffs, one out shy of state
Molalla 3 Sweet Home 2 The Husky softball team came up just one out shy of making the…
Matt Kragness to state in three events
The varsity district track meet for the Capital Conference was held May 18-19 at North Marion High School.…