Longtime Sweet Home Police CSO Gina Riley retires
Sean C. Morgan Gina Riley called it quits Monday, Dec. 30, after nearly 11 years working with the…
Counterfeit money continues to surface in SH
Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Sweet Home police are continuing to investigate reports of counterfeit money…
Survey says residents want more grade school arts, music
Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era A recently completed community survey shows that local residents broadly support…
After years of saving, waiting, local family gets baby
Sean C. Morgan The road to a baby adoption has taken a lot of twists and turns over…
Public Works to remove trees from Main Street median next week
Sean C. Morgan After some delays, Sweet Home Public Works will begin removing five trees from the Main…
RAIN score puts SH in middle for business climate
Sean C. Morgan Corey Wright told the Sweet Home City Council recently that while the community still has…
Norovirus bug attracts news crews, prompts antiseptic use
Sean C. Morgan Two confirmed cases of norovirus infections in Sweet Home schools prompted television news reporters to…
Home-grown toy business taking off for mom, daughter
Sean C. Morgan What started as a home-based business producing crafts and monsters for kids has turned into…
Girls battle back from 17 points down to beat Scio in hoops opener
Sean C. Morgan Down 17 points at halftime, Sweet Home’s girls basketball team went to work in the…
Council to look at fee increases
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council has approved a timeline for updating the city’s systems development…
Warming shelter to open on next cold night
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s warming shelter will be open as early as Sunday evening, Dec. 15, to…
Elementary schools construction nears finish
Sean C. Morgan Construction is nearly complete at Foster and Holley elementary schools, and Sweet Home Junior High…
SH Councilor Coleman throws hat in legislative race
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home City Councilor Susan Coleman filed Nov. 24 in what is shaping up to…
Council moves forward on exclusion law
Sean C. Morgan Following a second reading of the proposed ordinance, the Sweet Home City Council voted last…
Council to consider ordinance banning sleeping in bus shelters
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council told city staff last week to move forward with a…
Dierks Bentley named Jamboree’s 2nd headliner for 2020
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree last week announced Dierks Bentley as its second headliner Sunday for the…
Rebuilding process showing results for girls hoops, coach says
Sean C. Morgan Coach Michelle Knight is highly optimistic about the Sweet Home High School girls varsity basketball…
Husky boys bring experience, stature to basketball court
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s boys basketball team welcomes a lot of experienced players this year, despite graduating…
FBI data suggests rash of thefts boosted crime in SH in 2018
Sean C. Morgan Based on crimes tracked by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the crime rate in…
SHFAD leader in local OT
Sean C. Morgan The highest levels of overtime wages among Sweet Home-area public employees last year went to…
Forestry Club still winning, but program now well beyond just that
Sean C. Morgan After graduating some heavy hitters last year, the Sweet Home High School Forestry Club is…
Superintendent tells students about his life in far north
Sean C. Morgan When Sweet Home schools Supt. Tom Yahraes was a teen, he didn’t know what he…
Jury: State at fault in timber lawsuit
Sean C. Morgan Following a 19-day trial, a Linn County jury last week found in favor of 13…
City expulsion ordinance gets council vote
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council held the first reading of its downtown expulsion ordinance last…
Jacobs weighing city’s demands for water, sewer plants’ futures
Sean C. Morgan A Jacobs Engineering representative called Sweet Home’s demands “a little extensive” but thanked the city…