Huskies end season with win over Sutherlin, loss to CG
Sean C. Morgan The Huskies lost a valiant effort to keep their season alive in boys soccer, ending…
Light up the burn barrel: Rains end Fire Season
Sean C. Morgan The heavy rains over the past few weeks on Oct. 11 put an end to…
Murphy Plywood in process of buying Foster mill
Sean C. Morgan The Murphy Company is in the process of purchasing Foster Plywood from Weyerhaeuser, but the…
SHHS test scores up, but lower grades trail state averages
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home 11th-graders are doing better across the board compared to similar school districts and…
SHFAD part of local strike team responses to California
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance has sent six firefighters in two strike teams to California…
Portland architect estimates cost of City Hall remodel at $1.1 million
Sean C. Morgan The city may borrow money to close a $700,000 gap in funding to remodel its…
Local residents, who left early, escape Vegas shooting
Sean C. Morgan A Sweet Home resident who left the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert in Las Vegas…
SHFAD equipment purchases on move after bond passage
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board of Directors last week decided to join…
School Board hires engineer, architect firms
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board Monday voted to hire ZCS Engineering to complete engineering on…
Council gives good marks to manager
Sean C. Morgan Following a three-part evaluation process, the Sweet Home City Council gave City Manager Ray Towry…
Harvest Festival features fun Saturday
Sean C. Morgan The 11th Annual Harvest Festival will feature the return of many activities and a few…
Genealogts want to help Keep Your Memories Alive
Sean C. Morgan A new program of the Sweet Home Genealogical Society gives Sweet Home community members the…
Pot shop gets approval from planners
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission Sept. 20 approved a conditional use permit for Modern Forest,…
City Hall not moving fast, thanks to mounting costs
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home is in a holding pattern on its new City Hall…
Learning ins and outs of salmon
Sean C. Morgan Some 450 sixth-grade students from Lebanon and Sweet Home are spending time at Northside Park…
Library celebration marks 75 years of serving Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library has “come a long way,” as State Librarian MaryKay Dahlgreen…
New economic development director knows way around rural areas
Sean C. Morgan Jerry Sorte is on the job as the City of Sweet Home’s new Community and…
Police warn of counterfeit bills after forgery arrest
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home woman last week in connection with the alleged…
City Council approves funding for Visitor Center – in three installments
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted last week to provide $15,000 in funds to the…
In-town cougar sighting leaves residents edgy
Sean C. Morgan Waiting for his coffee to finish brewing, Eric J. von Ladau was leaning against the…
Test scores put SH behind rest of state again
Sean C. Morgan Newly released state test scores show Sweet Home School District has continued to lose ground,…
Rain dampens fire danger, as officials watch and wait
Sean C. Morgan A shot of rain beginning Sunday is driving down the fire danger. “We had over…
Officials: Quartzville blaze after rain reminder that fire season still here
Sean C. Morgan Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit, local landowners and a Weyerhaueser helicopter got to…
School numbers are up as district kicks off new year, five-day week
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home school officials reported things went smoothly during the first week of school as…
Kindergarteners are first graduates from Dolly Parton program
Sean C. Morgan As he prepared to read “Adventure Annie Goes to Kindergarten” to a group of Sweet…