It’s official: 2020 Oregon Jamboree cancelled
Sean C. Morgan Oregon Jamboree Festival Director Robert Shamek announced May 13 that the 2020 Oregon Jamboree would…
Furloughs to save money for district
Sean C. Morgan Anticipating a revenue shortfall next year, the Sweet Home School Board decided Monday night, May…
Superintendent: Schools wrestling with questions about summer, fall
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District staff are starting to imagine how school will look in September,…
Linn County parks slowly opening after coronavirus closures
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Parks and Recreation Department is opening parts of the system that had…
Proposed police budget includes spending increase of $12,000
Sean C. Morgan Under the proposed budget for 2020-21, the city is projecting a slight increase in police…
New chamber manager looks forward to getting into community
Sean C. Morgan New Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce office manager Diana Kelly is ready to get out…
Pandemic-related uncertainties overshadow schools budget process
Sean C. Morgan While preparing a budget for the 2020-21 school year, the Sweet Home School District faces…
Officials eye skies as fire season nears
Sean C. Morgan While rain is in the forecast through next week, fire season is fast approaching; and…
Budget panel nixes proposed levy reduction
Sean C. Morgan City Budget Committee members last week rejected a budget proposal that would decrease property taxes…
Linn COVID-19 cases top 100
Sean C. Morgan Linn County had 103 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning, an increase from 97…
Family beats coronavirus shutdown with last-minute safari
Sean C. Morgan The Garrett family slid in a last-minute vacation before lockdowns and stay-at-home orders ended international…
Library starts curbside book pickups, plans Summer Program
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library is continuing to serve its patrons as well as it…
Council mulls allowing Midway residents to connect to wells
Sean C. Morgan Should residents of Sweet Home’s Midway area, who were affected by groundwater contamination in the…
Update: Investigation continues in Tamarack fire
Sean C. Morgan The investigation into the deaths of the Shobert family on April 28 has not slowed…
Graduation celebration begins with senior banners on Main St.
Sean C. Morgan While Sweet Home High School math teacher Steve Thorpe is busy organizing this year’s graduation…
Number of SH properties in compression falls, providing city more income
Sean C. Morgan The number of properties not affected by property tax limitations – approximately one-third of those…
Sweet Home budget proposed at $34.7 million for 2020-21
Sean C. Morgan City Manager Ray Towry outlined a relatively optimistic city budget proposal for 2020-21, but that…
Local nurse says work in NYC was ‘indescribable’
Sean C. Morgan Jasmin (Yoder) Long has been far outside of her element during most of the past…
County officials say it’s time to end shut-down
Sean C. Morgan Linn County commissioners are hoping that Linn County will be among the first counties to…
Community Court to offer options besides jail for suspects
Sean C. Morgan The motive behind many crimes committed locally doesn’t always flow from some deep, dark malevolent…
Ex-ambulance, SHPD crime unit, gets new life as homeless aid vehicle
Sean C. Morgan An old ambulance that has gone through life as a police crime investigation unit and…
Sweet Home Junior High construction project nearing finish
Sean C. Morgan Contractor Gerding Builders is edging ever closer to completion of the Sweet Home Junior High…
Jamboree plans still moving forward; ‘definite answer’ in June
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree is about three months away, scheduled for July 31 – Aug. 2,…
Sealing mega leak already saving city major water
Sean C. Morgan The recent location and repair of a major leak appears to have saved the city…
Ex-SH hoops coach Risen finds new game: salsa production
Sean C. Morgan Mark Risen’s family salsa reci-pe isn’t a secret to former Husky basketball players Risen coached…