Sweet Home Trails
Sean C. Morgan 01/23/12 Advocates working to improve community’s health and connections The tree-lined South Hills Trail takes…
Huskiettes young, but bring lots of enthusiasm to dance floor
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home High School Huskiettes dance team is starting the season loaded with –…
Sheriff: Response to letter exceeds his expectations
Sean C. Morgan Linn County Sheriff Mueller never expected the whirlwind after writing a letter last week explaining…
Friends of Library store makes move
Sean C. Morgan The Friends of the Library Book Store has moved to the corner of Long and…
SH Young Marine earns honors
Sean C. Morgan Ian Search was named Division Young Marine of The Year on Jan. 5. The Sweet…
City Council opts to eliminate 7th Avenue school zone
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council decided to remove the school zones on Seventh Avenue near…
Council elects Gourley mayor
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council elected Jim Gourley mayor in a 4-3 vote during its…
SH Gleaners back in business after shutdown
Sean C. Morgan Following a brief closure, a new board has reopened the Sweet Home Gleaners store and…
Adopted daughter, 9, makes call to save mom
Sean C. Morgan DeCima Lugo likes to make sure her children are independent and can take care of…
School district continues to struggle to fund PERS, board members learn
Sean C. Morgan Retirement payments will be one of the biggest issues School District 55 staff prepare the…
Schools policy ‘silent’ on guns
Sean C. Morgan As it turns out, School District 55 Sc hool Board members learned Monday night, the…
SHFAD calls down from ’11
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District responded to fewer medical calls, 2,085, in 2012…
Crime bumps up slightly in latest report
Sean C. Morgan The crime rate in Sweet Home increased a little from 2010 to 2011, according to…
Competition cheer team seeks repeat title
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s competition cheer squad is looking to repeat last year’s successful quest for a…
Forest project team starts
Sean C. Morgan Gathering at Lebanon’s River Center brings together some 50 interested people Monday The Oregon Solutions…
Pedestrian struck by car still in serious condition
Sean C. Morgan The man hospitalized after being struck by a motor vehicle last month is out of…
Suspects in Sweet Home bank robbery arrested
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police arrested two persons on Saturday, Dec. 29, in connection with the Dec.…
Local genealogists make resources available on-line
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Genealogical Society launched a new website, featuring tools to locate information contained…
School funding picture could be improving
Sean C. Morgan If Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed budget and retirement system reforms are approved, School District 55…
Fish transfer facility work progresses at Wiley Park
Sean C. Morgan Work on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new $18.6 million fish transfer facility is…
Community Foundation experiencing pinch after big contribution
Sean C. Morgan Despite a large recent donation that nearly doubled the Sweet Home Community Foundation’s endowment, foundation…
Jamboree signs Yoakam
Sean C. Morgan Dwight Yoakam named as final Jamboree headliner The Oregon Jamboree this week announced the 2013…
School zone stays for now, council says
Sean C. Morgan The City Council declined on Dec. 11 to remove a school zone designation on Seventh…
Jamboree operated in red on ’11 event
Sean C. Morgan The 2011 Oregon Jamboree lost $26,710, according to tax documents released by the Sweet Home…
Robbery, rumors create some jitters in SH
Sean C. Morgan Schools feel fallout from rumors after Connecticut killings The world didn’t end last Friday, and…