Councilors sweeten pot for finance director job
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved an increase in the finance director salary…
Council approves financial policies to make city more nimble in investments
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved new financial policies that will give the…
Singing Christmas Tree to feature new numbers in annual performance
Sean C. Morgan The 36th Annual Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree will feature some new music along with…
Dumping, not donations, leaves Gleaners in bind
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Gleaners volunteers are sick and tired – flat-out angry, really, of people dumping…
Students of salmon
Sean C. Morgan Zach Sartin’s fourth-grade class at Oak Heights released a handful of surviving salmon fry into…
Schools show academic growth
Sean C. Morgan School District officials continued briefing the Sweet Home School Board Monday, Nov. 13, on their…
Former librarian Sandi Leonard honored with retirement party
Sean C. Morgan By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Friends and family of Sandi Leonard, who…
Oak Heights self-management program producing positive results
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District officials often hear from Supt. Tom Yahraes that what they focus…
Mobile home burns in fire on Willow
Sean C. Morgan A firefighter, right, moves in on a fire smoldering inside a manufactured home at 1900…
Husky volleyball MVPs are Kayley Lopez, Ally Tow
Sean C. Morgan Ally Tow and Kayley Lopez were named Most Valuable Players for the volleyball team Tuesday,…
Seniors Gingerich and Hindmarsh named SHHS’s Jr. First Citizens
Sean C. Morgan Seniors Bethany Gingerich and Jake Hindmarsh are Sweet Home’s junior first citizens. They represented Sweet…
Planners approve third pot retailer
Sean C. Morgan Following a short public hearing Monday evening, the Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit…
Hoy’s Hardware expands with new ‘building center’
Sean C. Morgan Hoy’s Hardware Monday morning opened a 7,500-square-foot expansion that includes a full-fledged modern lumber yard…
B&G Club preschool has plenty of space
Sean C. Morgan In its second year of operation, a preschool operated by the Boys and Girls Clubs…
SHHS students to present first musical in two decades
Sean C. Morgan A plant with an appetite will be looking for blood in Sweet Home next week…
Planning Commission approves third pot retailer
Sean C. Morgan Following a short public hearing Monday evening, the Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit…
Local veteran George Dominy rises in Honor Flight activities
Sean C. Morgan George Dominy likes learning one-on-one from veterans, hearing their stories and seeing the healing that…
Cheer brings home hardware
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home High School cheerleaders finished third and fourth with two stunt groups, and…
Another retail marijuana shop applying to open in SH
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission will consider whether to approve a conditional use permit for…
City receives first revenue from marijuana tax: $27,302
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home has received $27,302.46 in marijuana taxes through the state’s revenue…
Owner plans public park on vacant lot behind Rio Theater
Sean C. Morgan When Rio Theater owner Thomas Baham is finished with it, Long Street will have a…
Board buys house to improve traffic safety at SHJH
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board approved the purchase of residential property next door to Sweet…
SH property values up 12% in last year
Sean C. Morgan Real market property values in Sweet Home increased nearly 12 percent from 2017 to 2018,…
Local Halloween events kick off with Zombie Zoup Run
Sean C. Morgan Zombies might be a battlefield obstacle and perhaps tools for Rick Grimes and company in…
Teens sought for advisory group
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home’s Youth Advisory Council is seeking four additional members, as well…