Helped by friends, family, fire victims picking up pieces
Sean C. Morgan It looks like Ground Zero after 9/11, but Bob Hubler is back at work on…
Board mulls 4-day week, budget cuts
Sean C. Morgan Facing an as-yet unknown revenue shortfall for the 2012-13 school year, the District 55 School…
Pressure ‘D’ name of the game for new girls coach
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s girls basketball program is breaking new ground this year with an all-out defense…
SH man named Veteran of the Year has heart for kids
Sean C. Morgan Don Austin has spent decades working with youth. He’s been involved in the Boys Scouts…
City Council suspends grant program in cost-cutting move
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council suspended its community grants program last week as part of…
Elks Lodge decides its building isn’t for sale any more
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Elks Lodge is no longer for sale. Things have turned around, and…
Young Marines learn life skills in SH camp
Sean C. Morgan In a cabin in the woods off Old Hufford Road, youngsters listen as a teenager…
Council takes first step on garbage rate hike request
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Sanitation is seeking a 4.3-percent increase in residential rates for garbage collection services…
Bentley to headline Sunday’s Oregon Jamboree Performance
Sean C. Morgan Dierks Bentley will headline the Sunday night show during the 20th Annual Oregon Jamboree next…
Free Thanksgiving meals offered
Sean C. Morgan Nobody should go hungry this Thanksgiving Day. The Point restaurant, the Veterans Club and the…
Longtime fire Battalion Chief Doug Emmert retiring
Sean C. Morgan Doug Emmert, 54, will work his last shift at the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance…
TV stars strike gold
Sean C. Morgan Esben Selvig and Thomas Gullestad came all the way from Norway to Oregon looking for…
Cemetery board ups its prices
Sean C. Morgan In response to the defeat by voters of its request for a local option levy…
Police, library get general fund money
Sean C. Morgan The City Council approved a supplemental budget last week, transferring money from the general fund…
Parents, staff oppose four-day school week
Sean C. Morgan Parents and staff members packed the school disrict board room Monday night to let the…
Skate park neighbors complain about noise, rudeness
Sean C. Morgan Neighbors of the city’s skate park are getting sick and tired of the language and…
Volunteers take case for parade to city
Sean C. Morgan Whether Sweet Home will have a Christmas parade this year is in the city government’s…
Schools to seek tax levy
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board voted unanimously Monday night to place a local option levy…
New planner sees economy, growth as keys for SH
Sean C. Morgan Growth is critical to helping Sweet Home’s economy and improving the city, according to new…
Sunshine gets green light from planners
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for Sunshine Industries to construct…
East Linn Museum seeks funds for new roof
Sean C. Morgan The East Linn Museum Society replaced part of the museum roof this year in response…
Jamboree signs artists
Sean C. Morgan The Charlie Daniels Band, Chris Young and Steve Holy have been added to the list…
Winning a family affair for local drivers
Sean C. Morgan They haven’t been racing cars for very long, but after two years, the Yeack family…
Chickens in town get final OK from City Council
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week adopted an ordinance revision that will permit Sweet…
Cops, city reach tentative agreement on contract
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department Emergency Services Union last week reached a tentative agreement with…