Superintendent: School budget a mixed picture
Sean C. Morgan The short-term budget picture for Sweet Home School District looks good, adding about seven full-time…
City seeks grant for park land
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council passed a resolution last week to pursue a grant from…
Planning Commission approves expansion to Harvest church
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission Monday approved a conditional use permit for Harvest Christian Center…
Officials warning against looming danger of wildfire
Sean C. Morgan Fire officials are spreading the message “Wildfire Knows No Season” in the run-up to fire…
School Board: Watershed educator seeks Foster write-in votes
Sean C. Morgan Angela Clegg, the South Santiam Watershed Council watershed education coordinator, is seeking the Foster seat…
Robert Shamek named new Jamboree director
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree announced Monday afternoon that Robert Shamek will be its new festival director.…
Sunshine invites public to chat about disability community
Sean C. Morgan The public is invited to attend a special event next week, a conversation, at Sunshine…
Proposal would move $500k to bolster SHPD
Sean C. Morgan City Manager Craig Martin has proposed transferring $500,000 to the police department in the 2015-16…
Experiencing booming attendance, local church plans big expansion
Sean C. Morgan Harvest Christian Center is planning to expand its church building by nearly 13,000 square feet…
$337,000 decrease proposed for SHFAD budget
Sean C. Morgan Fire Chief Dave Barringer has proposed a decrease of $337,000 in the Sweet Home Fire…
SHFAD candidates both bring fire experience to table: Challenger Don Schlies
Sean C. Morgan Don Schlies believes that retaining firefighters and medics is the most important issue facing the…
Community Foundation hands out $8,875 in funds to nonprofits
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Community Foundation awarded $8,875 to nine local charitable groups Thursday evening as…
Local legislators: Efforts in Salem tending to be ‘defensive’ this year
Sean C. Morgan Rep. Sherrie Sprenger and Sen. Fred Girod, Republicans who represent most of the Sweet Home…
SH youths making strides toward understanding, improving local watersheds
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home City Council recognized the members of the South Santiam Youth Watershed Council for…
Council to discuss pot on May 6
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week set May 6 as the date for a…
School Board mulls supt. compensation
Sean C. Morgan Next year when the School Board searches for a new superintendent, Chairman Mike Reynolds told…
Changes in state code prompt look at city fence heights
Sean C. Morgan The default limit for fences in Sweet Home may change to 7 feet, up from…
OSEA members asking community to register for free books
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home members of the Oregon School Employees Association are asking local residents to register…
Mental health expert gives cops options
Sean C. Morgan A local police officer responds to a call and finds a subject who is clearly…
Closed wing at County Jail reopens
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has reopened a 48-bed block at Linn County Jail that…
‘Warm,’ ‘kind’ firefighter Roy Gaskey dies of ALS
Sean C. Morgan Roy Franklin Gaskey, 69, remembered as a kind-hearted and generous man, dedicated to his community…
Local blues fans establish bi-weekly jam session at local eatery
Sean C. Morgan Steve Magnolia and his blues band, Symplistic Soles, have started hosting a regular blues jam…
Addition of code enforcement puts SH cops at record call load
Sean C. Morgan Counting code enforcement activity, 2014 was the Sweet Home Police Department’s busiest year in history.…
Railroad-Country Lane trial delayed by ‘conflict’
Sean C. Morgan A civil trial of 14 Country Lane homeowners, who have refused to pay fees to…
Councilman proposes that city outlaw pot
Sean C. Morgan The City Council will vote at its next meeting, April 14, whether to put a…