Corvallis students studying arsenic in SH ground water
Sean C. Morgan Crescent Valley High School students visited Sweet Home recently to tell the Rotary Club about…
Little Promises to move into Pleasant Valley Kindergarten
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board gave a nod to Little Promises Daycare to move into…
Traffic Safety considers four-way
Sean C. Morgan The intersection at 22nd Avenue and Long Street may get a four-way stop sign soon.…
How to manage a forest:
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home and Lebanon students spent time last week at Happy Valley Tree Farm learning…
Automaker CEO responds to junior high student’s query
Sean C. Morgan On President’s Day, students in Allen Buzzard’s junior high social studies class wrote letters to…
Riggle sentenced to two years probation, 10 days work crew
Sean C. Morgan Former Senior Center Manager William Michael Riggle was sentenced Thursday to 10 days of compensatory…
Banquet honors new rodeo queen, court
Sean C. Morgan 2003 Calapooia Roundup Duchess Teri Rush was crowned the 2004 queen Saturday evening at the…
Group presents charter school proposal to District 55 Board
Sean C. Morgan The operators of Sand Ridge Charter School in Sodaville are asking the District 55 School…
Local Christians join in National Day of Prayer
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Christians gathered Wednesday night to join others around the country in the 53rd…
District to maintain service levels, add little in ’04-05
Sean C. Morgan School District 55’s proposed budget for 2004-05 will maintain current service levels and include small…
City general fund remains steady
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home’s general fund remains essentially the same in next year’s budget…
Linn County Sheriff’s Office to close state wings of jail
Sean C. Morgan Linn County Sheriff’s Office will close its two wings of state prisoners and parole and…
SHEDG membership grants board right to change bylaws
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Economic Development Group (SHEDG) membership voted 38-4 to allow its Board of Directors…
Service level cuts to police, other departments likely in 2004-05 budget proposal
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home finds itself at the threshold of deciding between possible service…
District 55 to hear proposal on charter school on May 10
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board will hear a proposal that it sponsor a charter school…
Library celebrates reading in National Library Week
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library celebrated reading last week during National Library Week with two…
Girl donates second lock in two years;
Sean C. Morgan Timberlee Goodwin, 7, donated her second ponytail to Locks of Love last week. She was…
Coach Risen takes post at Air Academy High School
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School head boys basketball coach and social studies teacher Mark Risen has…
Wayne Shilts earns American Fisheries award
Sean C. Morgan The American Fisheries Society recently presented Wayne Shilts with an Award of Merit. Only two…
Young artist follows in talented father’s footsteps
Sean C. Morgan Move over, Tim Meyers – Your son is angling for your job. Westley Meyers, 14,…
State will not pursue death penalty in Hawkins murder
Sean C. Morgan Deputy District Attorney Reed Dinsmore told Judge Rick McCormick that the state would not seek…
District 55 to restore some budget cut items
Sean C. Morgan School District 55 is preparing to restore some previous cuts in the 2004-05 budget. Business…
The Passion: A reminder of Jesus gift to the world
Sean C. Morgan “The Passion of the Christ” provides an impressive reminder of the gift that Jesus offered…
Council priority police funding
Sean C. Morgan This year, the Sweet Home City Council is making funding law enforcement, infrastructure and partnerships…
DEQ using soybean oil to clean up solvent plume
Sean C. Morgan The Department of Environmental Quality is using soybean oil to clean up the plume of…