Election brings local measures before voters
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home voters will decide whether to approve revisions to the Sweet Home City Charter,…
Forest Service seeks input as it decides what to do with roads
Sean C. Morgan The Willamette National Forest cannot afford to keep all of its roads open, and forest…
American Legion seeking to re-establish presence in SH
Sean C. Morgan Dale Jenkins, commander of Sweet Home’s American Legion Timber City Post 133, is leading a…
Library’s new windows popular with public
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home last week dedicated the new stained glass windows inside the…
Warm, dry weather prolongs fire season
Sean C. Morgan It may be October, but even after a storm system rolled through nearly two weeks…
Saturday’s Harvest Festival to feature lots of fun
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home’s annual Harvest Festival begins at 10 a.m. and ends at…
Proposal would allow RV owners up to 60 days
Sean C. Morgan Under the latest draft of an ordinance proposal to be submitted to the City Council,…
Fire season winding down but not over
Sean C. Morgan Fire season is almost over, but officials aren’t quite ready to pull the plug. The…
City, school district working to stop park, bridge vandals
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School and city officials are taking steps and working together this school…
County completes road repairs on Marks Ridge, North River
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Road Department has completed two major projects in the Sweet Home area…
Scott McKee resigns from City Council
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home City Councilor Scott McKee Jr. resigned during the City Council’s regular meeting on…
Elks Lodge to host Back to School Fair evening of Sept. 29
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Elks Lodge, 440 Osage St., will host its third annual Back to…
Veterans home opening sparks joy in Lebanon
Sean C. Morgan Jodi Allworth raised her hands high in the air, thumbs up, as she prepared to…
Web database to help prospective investors find SH property
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort and the City of Sweet Home have completed development…
County program helps local businesses hire teens for summer
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Board of Commissioners agreed recently to help pay the wages for a…
Boys and Girls Club kicks off Blue Doors fund-raiser
Sean C. Morgan The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam is aiming to raise $150,000 during…
Board to review four-day school week, set goals
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board has divided into several subcommittees to develop goals for 2014-15,…
Stop signs approved for airport-area intersections
Sean C. Morgan The City Council last week approved new stop signs at four different locations on cross…
Fires reminder of ‘extreme’ danger
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit responded to five calls on Thursday, two…
Marijuana dispensary opening goes ‘pretty good’
Sean C. Morgan Going Green, a medical marijuana dispensary, opened Aug. 30. That was later than Manager C.J.…
Fire danger reaching highest level of season
Sean C. Morgan While fire ripped across some 100 acres in Corvallis, forcing the evacuation of more than…
Schools off to smooth start
Sean C. Morgan While district officials report a smooth first week of school, they continue adapting to Common…
Struggle to have baby ending for SH couple
Sean C. Morgan Joe and Stephanie Borello of Sweet Home have struggled to have a baby for eight…
BMX project under way
Sean C. Morgan Over the past two weeks, James Goble and city staff have been busy repairing and…
Entertainers planning ‘Hee Hee Haw Haw’ dinner show
Sean C. Morgan To help raise cash for a project at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge, Shirley Austin…