Over protests, planners OK two towers
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission Monday evening unanimously approved conditional use permits that will allow…
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…
Husky spikers power way to state finals before falling to Valley Catholic
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s volleyball players finished second in the state 4A championship tournament after sweeping Hidden…
Median trees to be removed
Sean C. Morgan Public Works crews are planning to remove five trees in the Main Street median strip…
Commissioners to consider 2 requests to build towers
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission next week will consider requests to construct two new communications…
Sports car lover’s latest project is Porche 912 he found in barn
Sean C. Morgan When Eric Mauer had the change to snag a 1969 Porsche 912 barn find in…
Lexi Schilling signs on for Corban’s inaugural women’s wrestling program
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home senior wrestler Lexi Schilling on Thursday, Oct, 24, signed to wrestle for the…
Huskies head for state volleyball in Forest Grove after win over Marshfield
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home High School varsity volleyball team is headed to the final eight Friday…
SHOCASE inviting entries for fiber arts exhibition
Sean C. Morgan The SHOCASE Public Arts Committee is inviting entries for its next art exhibit, to be…
Council likely to decide on utility management next month
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will likely decide next month whether to continue contracting with…
Exclusion zone nearing nuts and bolts stage
Sean C. Morgan The City Council may begin the process of passing the proposed exclusion zone ordinance at…
Local woman gives new life to stars from retired flags
Sean C. Morgan The trunk of Teneil Marcoccia’s car is usually filled with retired American flags, which typically…
Exclusion talk attracts attention, feedback from homeless advocates
Sean C. Morgan When she heard about Sweet Home’s proposed exclusion ordinance, Diane D. Nilan decided to stop…
Traffic data: Speeders not common on 1st Avenue, Airport
Sean C. Morgan According to statistics gathered by new electronic speed limit signs on Airport Road and 1st…
City staffers present plans for downtown
Sean C. Morgan City staff last week outlined a multi-pronged approach to dealing with issues in the downtown…
Local accountant Steve Hanscam calls it quits after nearly four decades
Sean C. Morgan After nearly 40 years in business as an accountant on Main Street, Steve Hanscam has…
Public Works prepares for winter, buys new plows
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Public Works is better prepared for a snowstorm like the one in late…
Schools make big gains
Sean C. Morgan While recently released results from statewide assessment tests showed improvements among Sweet Home schools with…
Megan Hager, Nich James named Jr. First Citizens
Sean C. Morgan Seniors Megan Hager and Nich James were named Sweet Home High School’s Junior First Citizens…
School District planning how to use new business tax revenue
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School District is preparing an application for funding from the Student Success…
Real market property values rise 8.9 percent
Sean C. Morgan At this point, property owners should have or soon will have received property tax statements,…
Jacobs makes pitch to council to continue running city treatment plants
Sean C. Morgan Representatives of Jacobs Engineering last week outlined to the City Council the advantages of continuing…
Councilors learn that nearly all of Corvallis livability law is already on books in SH
Sean C. Morgan City Council members were told Tuesday, Oct. 8, that nearly every regulation included in a…
District: Summer school paid off for students with faster start in fall
Sean C. Morgan Eighty-one Sweet Home elementary students and seven teachers got an early look at the School…