Canine cop Gemma graduates from training
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Officer Sasha McDonald’s canine partner has graduated and joined her in patrolling…
New volunteer emergency management coordinator making difference for city
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home’s Emergency Preparedness Committee has been somewhat stalled in the past…
Commissioners zero in on rules for accessory dwellings in SH
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission last week wrapped up a discussion about regulating accessory dwelling…
SHJH remodel cost estimate is $11 million
Sean C. Morgan The first estimate is in for the Sweet Home Junior High School remodel, and at…
Police seek Sweet Home driver after chase, collision with patrol car
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police are seeking a 31-year-old Sweet Home man in connection to a high-speed…
Foundation presents six community service grants
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Community Foundation presented more than $10,000 to six organizations last week as…
Rio Theater expansion goes public
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home should have a second cinema screen this year after Rio Theater owner Thomas…
Pinwheels Against Child Abuse
Sean C. Morgan Dozens of people gathered Saturday morning to plant pinwheels at Sweet Home Police Department and…
Councilors give OK for economic strategy
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council told Community and Economic Development Director Jerry Sorte by consensus…
Annual rock show provides casual collectors opportunity to hang with experts
Sean C. Morgan Robert Rosé spent a lot of the weekend peering through a loupe at crystalline structures…
Illegal drugs on the rise in Linn County, deputy D.A. warns
Sean C. Morgan Deputy District Attorney Michael Wynhausen warned Friday, March 30, that the use of illegal drugs…
Sweet Home facing ‘recycling crisis,’ City Council told
Sean C. Morgan Recycling materials are piling up at material recovery facilities with nowhere to go, and that…
Rules changing fast for what’s accepted, what’s not, in recycling bins
Sean C. Morgan As Chinese regulations are driving a recycling crisis in Oregon, companies are paying higher costs…
SHEDG adds new board members
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group membership re-elected two members and elected one new member…
Discarded drug syringes on the rise in Sweet Home, according to police
Sean C. Morgan Last year, Sweet Home police responded nearly once a week to reports of discarded syringes.…
High school choir aims for first state berth in 7 years
Sean C. Morgan It’s been quite a while since Sweet Home High School’s Symphonic Choir has qualified to…
Child Abuse Awareness events planned for April
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department is asking the community to join in supporting efforts to…
Numbers shifting at SHEM
Sean C. Morgan The number of food boxes distributed by Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has decreased by about…
Clint Black final pick to headline Jamboree
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree announced Clint Black Friday as its final headliner for the 2018 festival.…
High school administrators shuffle seats with A.D.’s departure
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School Dean of Students Chris Hiaasen will be Sweet Home High School’s…
High school officials focus on boosting graduates
Sean C. Morgan In their new positions at Sweet Home High School, Kristin Adams and Chris Hiaasen are…
Councilors approve $788,000 contract for Wastewater Treatment Plant designs
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved an agreement with Murraysmith and Associates to…
Galster, Mayfield and Wingo named top Public Safety nominees
Sean C. Morgan Eric Galster was named Firefighter of the Year and Administrative Assistant Julie Mayfield Employee of…
Council OKs City Hall remodel plan
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week settled on plans for remodeling the new City…
SHHS alum, Harvard prof, wins ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’
Sean C. Morgan When Dr. James J. McCarthy grew up in Sweet Home in the 1940s and 50s,…