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,…
School Board sets calendar for 2018-19
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board Monday approved the calendar for the 2018-19 school year. The…
Hero Banner project progressing, with 10 in works, more orders expected
Sean C. Morgan Jim and Lisa Gourley are moving forward with their effort to hang at least 50…
SHFAD steadily rebuilding equipment with funds from bond
Sean C. Morgan The new water tender for Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District is in Prineville for…
Grant funding provides help for Little Promises’ playground equipment
Sean C. Morgan Before the fences came, the smallest students at Little Promises Child Care could only gaze…
City Council gets first look at City Hall plans
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home City Council last week got a look at drawings of the new City…
City health panel grappling with homeless issue
Sean C. Morgan The city’s health committee is interested in finding ways to help the homeless, but its…
Homelessness a hard reality for local couple with few options
Sean C. Morgan They were asleep when a Sheriff’s deputy knocked on Shanda and Gye Deardorff’s door. When…
Homelessness in community poses lots of questions, no easy answers
Sean C. Morgan Homelessness remains an issue throughout the Sweet Home area. During the summer, national forestland is…
‘Fight club’ draws ‘multiple suspensions’ at Junior High
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Junior High suspended a total of 19 students earlier this month after they…
New weir in Foster Dam expected to improve fish survival
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began installing a new fish weir in Foster Dam…
Local radio man helps expedite local emergency communication
Sean C. Morgan At his home on Marks Ridge, August Johnson, 61, can often be found in a…
SHHS students to perform who-dunnit murder mystery ‘Clue’ March 2-4
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will soon reveal the who, the where and the how of…
Planners, SHARE members discuss clean-up options
Sean C. Morgan A conversation between members of the Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort and the Sweet Home…
County taking steps to open Upper Calapooia road
Sean C. Morgan Linn County is close to opening Upper Calapooia Drive all the way to the Willamette…
New bidder halves price for sewer plant fixes
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade will cost as little as half of earlier…
Highway signs honor vets
Sean C. Morgan Two new signs at the east city limit mark Highway 20 as the Medal of…
City runs into complications ‑ and cost overrun – on Grape
Sean C. Morgan The city went over its budget by about $6,300 for a waterline replacement project for…
Limo service taking off in Sweet Home, with car lover at wheel
Sean C. Morgan Dave Herring loves cars. He still has his first one, a 1969 GTO. “We’ve always…
Council approves community grants for 3 local organizations
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved $500 community grants to the Friends of the Library,…
City to drop price on former Public Works facility
Sean C. Morgan A split Sweet Home City Council voted last week to drop the asking price for…
Board gives Supt. Yahraes good review
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board Monday gave Supt. Tom Yahraes what amounted to a big…
IRS report: SHEDG operations back in black – sort of, after 6 years
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group finished in the black for the first time in…
Crime rates decline over past year in key sectors for Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan City crime statistics continued moving in the right direction for Sweet Home last year in…
Police: Majority of Sweet Home vehicle break-ins start with unlocked doors
Sean C. Morgan In most cases in Sweet Home, when someone reports a thief has entered a vehicle,…