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…
Voters get green light on city charter ballot measure
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether or not to revise the city…
Local Elks’ Ron Sharrah assumes role in organization’s regional leadership
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Elks Past Exalted Ruler Ron Sharrah is serving as district deputy to the…
Test scores up in SH schools
Sean C. Morgan While the Oregon Department of Education is preparing to release school report cards, spring elementary…
Boys soccer: Lots of talent and potential, and maybe a move to the win column
Sean C. Morgan New Head Coach Eric Stutzer thinks his varsity boys soccer team has a good chance…
Girls soccer team, depleted by graduation, starts afresh
Sean C. Morgan The girls varsity soccer team is reloading this year after the departure of most of…
Looking for lifesavers
Sean C. Morgan Local trainer joins program to train disaster search dogs: It takes a special dog to…
SHHS vice principal back in old stomping grounds
Sean C. Morgan Mark Looney was no stranger to Sweet Home when he accepted his new position as…
Former RARE student lands planning job at Sweet Home City Hall
Sean C. Morgan Laura Goodrich, who has worked for the City of Sweet Home in a variety of…
Sweet Home ‘outsider’ throws hat into gubernatorial ring
Sean C. Morgan Royce Cantrell of Sweet Home is asking voters to support him as a write-in candidate…
City charter revisions being finalized for November ballot
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted last week to move forward with charter revisions and…
Homeless camp proposed for old mill property
Sean C. Morgan James “Jammers” Warrington proposed to the City Council last week that the city allow the…
Lightning strikes eye-opening for one-time SH resident, now author
Sean C. Morgan Struck by lighting, Beth (Stafford) Peterson’s life changed radically. It became a life of surgeries…
Foster Post Office service cuts likely; Cascadia mail prospects still uncertain
Sean C. Morgan Foster Post Office will likely reduce its hours and be managed by the Sweet Home…
Psychostock to bring wide variety of local bands to Sankey Park
Sean C. Morgan The annual Psychostock festival returns this weekend with a variety of bands and musicians beginning…
Housing starts on rise in Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan Residential construction is picking up in Sweet Home as four subdivisions have begun or resumed…
Pot dispensary set to open in SH
Sean C. Morgan A medical marijuana dispensary will open in Sweet Home this Saturday, assuming everything falls into…
School board votes to chip in $25,000 for SHARC effort
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board agreed Monday night to commit $25,000 toward the Sweet Home…
Ex-WWF wrestler helps host church ‘Back to School’ day
Sean C. Morgan As Harvest Christian Center celebrated back to school Saturday by giving away hundreds of backpacks…
Honor Flight film screening to raise money for veterans program
Sean C. Morgan The one-time soldier now had Parkinson’s disease and, well over 80, he hoped to find…
SHEM fund-raising for generator to protect frozen food supplies
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has launched a fund-raising effort to help pay for a generator…
ONE BIG, HOT SHOW
Sean C. Morgan Record crowds brave muggy weather to celebrate 22nd annual Oregon Jamboree (See more photos in…
Treasure hunters to stage public competition at events center
Sean C. Morgan Got an itch to find some buried treasure? Your big chance will be Aug. 9…
Wildfire danger sends Sweet Home area to Level II precaution
Sean C. Morgan Steady rainfall two weeks ago provided some brief relief from wildfires, but fuel moisture levels…
Committee ponders proposed rules for recreational vehicles
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Safety Committee is reviewing an early draft of proposed rules to…