High school athletes begin drug tests as policy kicks in
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School began drug testing athletes last week as part of a new…
Council looks at 3 manager candidates
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council has selected three candidates for final interviews for city manager…
SH school enrollment up
Sean C. Morgan As students are getting busy with the new school year, enrollment is up district-wide in…
Fire danger falls to moderate
Sean C. Morgan A small dose of rain and shorter days have pushed the fire danger down to…
City’s ‘serious’ crime numbers show steep decline in first eight months of year
Sean C. Morgan Mid-year statistics show a 43-percent decrease in “serious” crimes in Sweet Home to date this…
Resurgence of local Elks gains national attention, big award
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Elks Lodge has been named an All-American Elks Lodge by The Benevolent and…
City boards may get bit of shuffling
Sean C. Morgan Mayor Jim Gourley wants to reorganize – combining and shifting responsibilities among the various committees…
Work on Sheep Creek Bridge rolling right along
Sean C. Morgan Under normal circumstances, a bridge that slides isn’t a good thing. But that’s not the…
New Sweet Home Choppers owners experience real rush as they re-open business
Sean C. Morgan David and Kellie Kem are doing one of the things they love most: running a…
Girls soccer preview: Experience, added speed have girls aiming for state soccer berth
Sean C. Morgan The Huskies return a number of experienced varsity players and will add a little to…
Boys soccer preview: Returnees boost boys soccer hopes for state qualification
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s boys soccer team lost a lot of seniors last year, but some outstanding…
New SHJH vice principal tested other fields, found real calling was teaching
Sean C. Morgan Andy Price is joining Sweet Home Junior High as vice principal this year. Price, 31,…
New Oak Heights principal started educating kids young
Sean C. Morgan Josh Dargis takes over as principal at Oak Heights Elementary School this year with an…
After community escapes fires during hot weekend, blaze ignites south of Holley Monday
Sean C. Morgan While temperatures reached at least 105 degrees in Sweet Home last week, the Sweet Home…
City Council members re-address goals set earlier this year
Sean C. Morgan The City Council got together last week to salvage its short-circuited goals for the current…
Psychostock 7 offering tunes for wide variety of tastes
Sean C. Morgan From bluegrass to metal, about a dozen local bands are expected to perform at Sankey…
Public encouraged to take part in SH Health Fair this Saturday
Sean C. Morgan How’s your health? Or, perhaps more specifically, how’s your healthcare? Saturday, Aug. 20, might be…
Council puts pot sales tax on ballot
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted last week to place a 3-percent sales tax on…
Former Husky quarterback now wearing a different – SH police –uniform
Sean C. Morgan Keenan Martin wants to serve and protect the public. The 23-year-old 2011 graduate of Sweet…
Trout Creek plans include boosting wildlife, harvest
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Ranger District Thursday unveiled a variety of proposals for managing the Trout…
Local employer finds Sunshine alum does ‘excellent job’
Sean C. Morgan Jay Keesee can’t stand sitting around and not working. He has a learning disability that…
Contract OK’d for $168K of seismic work on auditorium
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted Monday to approve a $168,000 contract to engineer and…
Fire danger starting to catch up to normal as things dry out
Sean C. Morgan While the 2016 fire season has been relatively mild so far, fire danger is increasing.…
City signs papers to buy former USFS building
Sean C. Morgan Mayor Jim Gourley and interim City Manager Christy Wurster signed papers on July 26 to…
SH marijuana questions now in voters’ hands
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved two ballot measures that will allow voters…