Shop With A Cop Serves 33 Kids This Year
The annual Shop with a Cop event took place Saturday, Dec. 7, offering an opportunity for kids to…
Thanksgiving Poured Out for Donations
The Sweet Home Emergency Ministries food pantry received a total of 22 pallets of food from the LDS…
Volunteers, Donations Fuel Kids Free Christmas Store
Families waited in line out the door for a chance to shop at the 11th annual Kids Free…
Gingerbread and Tree Lights Initiate City’s Holiday Spirit
City Hall was the site for some of the first signs of Christmas spirit in Sweet Home on…
Hawthorne Celebrates ‘Knock Out Hunger’ Event
Hawthorne Elementary School celebrated its “Knock Out Hunger” event with its annual cereal box domino “serpentine” and other…
Commission Approves Next Phase in Wiley Creek Campus
The Planning Commission approved the division of a 27.52-acre lot into multiple lots situated behind Wiley Creek Manor…
DUII-Related Case That Killed Two Ends in Eight-Year Sentence
More than two years ago, a couple visiting from California attended a family wedding in Sweet Home, and…
Career Fair Exposes Kids to Job Ideas, But Some Already Know What They Want To Do
As the world and technology continue to expand, figuring out “what you want to be when you grow…
SHFAD Purchases House, Still Looking for New Ambulances
Fire Chief Nick Tyler informed the Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District board during its Nov. 19 meeting…
Supt. Says Teacher Shortage is Old News
During the Nov. 18 school board meeting, a brief highlight was made about the struggle to find teachers.…
Traffic Committee Considers 1st Avenue Issues
The Public & Traffic Safety Committee talked about options for stop signs on 1st Avenue and 12th Avenue…
Army Corps Patches Leaking Green Peter Dam
Green Peter Dam has been leaking for several years now, but it only took four days to patch…
Transportation Plan Update Looks at North Sweet Home
Police Chief and Interim City Manager Jason Ogden kicked off the Nov. 12 City Council meeting by honoring…
Fifteen Inducted into National Honor Society
Fifteen high school students were inducted into the National Honors Society during a special ceremony held on Tuesday,…
Theft of Comic Books Gets Man Six Years
A former area man was recently sentenced to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty…
Planning Commission Approves CSC Lease
The Planning Commission at its Nov. 7 meeting held a public hearing for and approved a conditional use…
SHEM to Receive Truckload of Food
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (SHEM) announced they will be receiving an influx of food later this month, thanks…
Kids Learn About Salmon During Field Trip
Fifth and sixth graders from Sweet Home Charter School took to the river on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for…
New Business ‘Taylor Made’ for Sweet Home
One of Sweet Home’s newest businesses to recently open is “Taylor Made” for a community that needed more…
County to Build RV Dump Station in City
Sweet Home will be the location for a new county-operated RV dump station where campers, snow-birders and trailer…
Gleaners Expand Food Production Abilities
Staying true to their name and purpose, the Sugar City Gleaners have been busy this year expanding their…
Scene in Sweet Home: Downtown Trick or Treat
“Scene” in Sweet Home during the annual Downtown Trick or Treat this year were some of the best…
Shooting Range in Lebanon Levels Up
Oregon Indoor Shooting Range in Lebanon just upped the ante by providing a new, AI-driven technology that allows…
Digging Up History Builds Family Narrative
Pulling the thread of one’s family history can be a tedious yet rewarding long-term process, but a handful…
Republican Party Separates Self from Political Signs
Residents and members of the Linn County Republican Party addressed City Council on Oct. 22 to make it…