Craaaaaazy country: Record heat doesn’t squelch massive turnout for 2015 Oregon Jamboree
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home contractor Tim Murray has been a faithful Oregon Jamboree attender for the duration…
City seeks kids’ input on Strawberry Park
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Parks Board is working with two University of Oregon graduate students to…
Council members OK 2.4 percent trash rate increase
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted 6-0 on July 28 to approve a requested increase…
Vacation, vintage-style
Sean C. Morgan For a growing number of folks, car shows are a thing of the past. The…
Committee mulls alcohol, smoking rules
Sean C. Morgan The city Public Safety Committee is weighing options on what to do about drinking in…
Oregon Jamboree expects ‘big’ crowds
Sean C. Morgan Ticket sales are running about the same as last year as Oregon Jamboree officials and…
New state law puts marijuana sale ban back on table in SH
Sean C. Morgan The City Council has decided to move forward with a process outlined in House Bill…
Councilors quibble over trash collection rates
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week turned down a request by Sweet Home Sanitation…
Water rate discussion to proceed without consultant
Sean C. Morgan The City Council has abandoned plans to hire a consultant to review its water and…
Study seeks to determine how descent from dams affects fry
Sean C. Morgan For a young salmon or steelhead, going over a 450-foot dam can be a big…
Storm gives brief respite from severe fire conditions
Sean C. Morgan The hot weather relented in a big way last week as lightning and a little…
Legislature puts ACT program on hold for Class of ’16
Sean C. Morgan A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would limit the growth of “fifth-year” high school programs…
Husband-wife duo Cloverdayle playing Fair prior to Jamboree
Sean C. Morgan Cloverdayle is starting to make a habit out of Sweet Home, as the group returns…
5K to benefit local charity that provides clothes for kids
Sean C. Morgan Local runners and walkers are invited to raise money for Hope’s Closet Friday night in…
School Board balks at sports fee increase
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted 7-1 Monday to hold sports fees constant at Sweet…
Council puts rate hike plans on hold
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will hold off on water and sewer rate increases this…
Facebook tips lead to robbery arrests
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police arrested and charged two suspects last week in connection with a robbery…
Veterans group to serve as parade grand marshal(s)
Sean C. Morgan Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 585 will be the grand marshal(s) for the Sportsman’s Holiday…
And you thought you knew these people…: Switcheroo Review fund-raiser to reveal different side of SH
Sean C. Morgan Kicking off this year’s Sportsman’s Holiday festival Friday night will be a show that, for…
Two Sweet Home men die in Hwy. 34 crash
Sean C. Morgan Two Sweet Home men were killed Wednesday afternoon, June 24, in a crash on Highway…
Dry conditions force Fire School to go smokeless
Sean C. Morgan Unseasonable three-digit temperatures, red-flag warnings and dry fuels have prompted an early declaration of fire…
Alcohol ban for parks under consideration
Sean C. Morgan The City Council has referred to its Public Safety Committee a request to ban the…
Burn ban goes into effect early
Sean C. Morgan The annual burn ban went into effect on Friday, June 12 in Linn, Benton and…
Trash hike ordinance gets first review
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week held the first reading of a proposed ordinance…
Ranger district planning day use area, trails
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Ranger District will soon begin construction of a new day use area…