Railroad crossing case gets final court hearing goes to (final) court
Sean C. Morgan Attorneys for Albany and Eastern Railroad and residents of Country Lane argued Thursday morning, March…
District makes plans for new state money
Sean C. Morgan After School Board approval, the School District is submitting an application for nearly $1.8 million…
City councilors ponder water rate proposals
Sean C. Morgan City staff members have proposed increases for all of the city’s water customers. Staff presented…
Jamboree named Music Festival of the Year by industry peers
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree won the 2019 Music Festival of the Year award from the Oregon…
Gerrit Southard, Josh Bondeson top public safety honorees
Sean C. Morgan Josh Bondesen was named the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Firefighter of the Year,…
State decision prompts girls’ exit from SH forestry
Sean C. Morgan High school girls are either leaving the competitive forestry team or hanging in there a…
District to file Title IX complaint over forestry rule
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted Monday evening to file a Title IX complaint against…
Mudders test their metal on soupy Northern Farms courses
Sean C. Morgan Tucker Downs of Sweet Home didn’t hesitate driving his rig straight into a big pool…
Nine girls named to 2020 Sportsman’s Holiday Court
Sean C. Morgan The Sportsman’s Holiday Court Committee has selected all nine girls who applied to serve on…
City hires consultants to overhaul planning rules, using model codes
Sean C. Morgan Planning consultants John Morgan and Walt Wendolowski have started working on a complete overhaul of…
City Council takes steps to change zoning in problem areas
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council held the first readings of ordinances that will change zoning…
Rookie quiltmaker’s work popular favorite in City Hall exhibit
Sean C. Morgan Beth Suhr came to the craft of quiltmaking very late, but her work has been…
Officials concoct ‘plans’ for virus
Sean C. Morgan Local emergency responders have taken some steps to help prevent the potential spread of coronavirus,…
City staff: Water rate hike needed
Sean C. Morgan The city council intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the former Public…
Hot-shooting Phoenix ends Sweet Home’s basketball season
Sean C. Morgan Phoenix came to town with a hot hand Friday night and hit a lot of…
Husky swimmers set two state, six school records in 2nd-place state finish
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home High School girls swim team finished second, setting two state records, in…
Astronaut gives Charter School students up-close glimpse of space
Sean C. Morgan The moon is roughly 25 feet from the earth – that is when the earth…
Rainfall exceeds last year, but not significantly more than normal
Sean C. Morgan Up until last week, to state the obvious, this year has been wet. To date,…
School district poised to fight state’s Title IX crackdown
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Schools Supt. Tom Yahraes is preparing to lodge a formal complaint against a…
Councilors aim for downtown streetscape plan
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council is essentially continuing forward with last year’s goals, while adding…
State ruling on forestry competitions confounds local program
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home school officials and students were caught flat-footed last week by an announcement that…
Library consultants recommend building new facility
Sean C. Morgan Representatives of FFA Architecture, a library design firm, told the Sweet Home City Council last…
Workshop helps landowners plan strategy
Sean C. Morgan Area landowners with property in the Santiam River watershed wrapped up a four-week workshop earlier…
Police chief: Decline in crime probably due to number of factors
Sean C. Morgan Driving a 19.5-percent decline in the number of crimes reported in Sweet Home last year…
Councilors OK bus shelter loitering ban
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week gave final approval to a new ordinance that…