District looks locally for good school leaders
Scott Swanson Like many school districts, Sweet Home has been on the lookout for teachers in the last…
School district welcomes 25 new teachers
Scott Swanson Sweet Home School District welcomes 25 new teachers this year. These are brand-new district teachers, joining…
High school opens new weight room
Scott Swanson An effort to get Sweet Home High School students back into the flow of normal life…
Good times, turnout overcome Best in the West ‘hurdles’
Scott Swanson Despite some “hurdles,” more than 600 contestants showed up Saturday and Sunday to compete in a…
Commentary: New challenges mean changes to playbook (Sept. 7, 2022)
Scott Swanson The last couple of months have proved interesting as we’ve adjusted to a new printer, which…
Following the flow of history
Scott Swanson Bobbing along on a pontoon boat on Foster Lake Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, local business people…
Volleyball team has plenty of numbers, not lot of experience
Scott Swanson Entering her eighth season as head coach of the Sweet Home volleyball program, Mary Hutchins has…
New cross-country coach returning to SH to build program
Scott Swanson Of all the sports at Sweet Home High School, it might be argued that cross-country has…
SHFD honors seven for life-saving efforts this summer
Scott Swanson Several members of the public were honored Tuesday, Aug. 23, by the Sweet Home Fire and…
Ag education comes to Sweet Home High
Scott Swanson Scott Jacobson stands in what used to be an auto shop vehicle repair bay at Sweet…
Commentary: Hopefully, happiness as contagious as COVID
Scott Swanson I was walking along the sidewalk on Main Street to our office Wednesday morning, Aug. 24,…
Green Peter drawdown delayed
Scott Swanson The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that, due to unspecified equipment complications, the…
Huskies looking at slightly different athletic landscape this season
Scott Swanson As Sweet Home High School’s fall sports kick off with pre-season action this week for almost…
Health fair returns Aug. 20 after two-year COVID-19 hiatus
Scott Swanson After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, Sweet Home’s Health Fair will return Saturday, Aug. 20. The event…
Judge: Lower Green Peter to help fish
Scott Swanson Green Peter Reservoir will be lowered to historic levels this fall and early winter, during which…
Hot times at the Jamboree
Scott Swanson Searing temperatures and humidity aside, this year’s Oregon Jamboree drew huge crowds to hear headliners Miranda…
Gubernatorial hopefuls face off in debate
Scott Swanson The three women running for the Oregon governor’s seat in November faced off for the first…
‘The Queen of Sweet Home’
Scott Swanson Alice Grovom, long a leader in Sweet Home, particularly in efforts to improve the city’s image,…
Rio Theater seeing record audiences following upgrades
Scott Swanson There’s a reason parking lots around the Rio Theatre have been overflowing on movie nights this…
Downtown developments
Scott Swanson The demolishing of the former bank building-turned video store last month to make room for a…
New doctor in the house
Scott Swanson Sweet Home is about to get up-close-and-personal access to an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Donald Pennington, formerly…
Girls wrestling camp participants triple in its second year
Scott Swanson Seventy-plus girls, ages junior high through high school, jogged around the floor of the Main Gym…
Sunshine Industries seeking new director
Scott Swanson As it emerges from a difficult stretch that included an extended COVID-19-forced shutdown and reductions of…
Burke named Sportsman’s Holiday Queen
Scott Swanson Brookelyn Burke was chosen Sportsman’s Holiday Queen Thursday evening, July 7, during a coronation ceremony held…
HOPE Center back in action after two-year hiatus
Scott Swanson Bethanie Young sits with Donna, the resident manager of the HOPE Center, in a tastefully lit…