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Sweet Home's sixth-graders spent the afternoon Friday, Jan. 18, at Foster School learning about various career opportunities and how the school work they do today has real-world applications. Foster...

The Sweet Home School Board gave Supt. Tom Yahraes positive marks during its annual evaluation on Dec. 10. School Board Chairman Jason Redick released a statement on behalf of the board about the...

Members of the community's homelessness committee kicked around ideas Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17, on how to go about assisting the local homeless population. They discussed where to host the Linn Cou...

Oregon Jamboree ticket sales are strong and could set records for the event. "Ticket sales are up over last year close to 15 percent now," said Robert Shamek, festival director. The Jamboree has...

The Sweet Home High School equestrian team opened its competitive season Jan. 10-13 in Albany by collecting several trophies, including one for first place. Among 13 teams, Sweet Home placed second...

Although it may not be as fast as he would like, Mayor Greg Mahler believes the city is making progress in the right direction. The City Council re-elected Mahler as mayor during its regular meeting...

The percentage of ninth-grade students on track to graduate at this point in the school year has increased by more than six points over last school year. This year, 90.8 percent of freshmen are on...

The East Linn Treasure Seekers recently donated a record $10,000 to the Kids Food Pak program. The group of metal detector enthusiasts annually gives the proceeds from fund-raising events to the...

A contractor has located 68 leaks in the City of Sweet Home's water distribution system, and crews have repaired about 17 of them, according to Public Works Director Greg Springman. American Leak...

The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District saw a 4.4 percent decline in its total number of calls in 2018. But while that aspect of the department's operations saw a downtick, SHFAD's been plenty busy...

The late Frank McCubbins lived a colorful life, and he used to tell his family and friends all about it. He wrote a book about it, but that was in manuscript form – just for his family. His daughter...

Joe Graybill's plan for Sankey Park is taking shape. Sweet Home's city engineer has new pathways painted onto the ground, and the sewer, water and power connections are in the ground ready to accept a...

A new career and technical education program at Sweet Home High School is giving students a glimpse into what their community is all about, possible career paths and concrete applications of skills...

When he was sworn in at Sweet Home Police Department Dec. 6, Sweet Home's second new hometown police officer, Bret Adams, achieved a goal. Adams is filling a new position authorized in the 2018-19...

In addition to listening to and talking with Sweet Home officials about local issues during the delegation's trip to Washington D.C. at the beginning of December, Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Peter DeFazio...

The Oregon Jamboree last week announced Chris Young as the final headliner for the 2019 festival. Just after Thanksgiving, the Jamboree announced the addition of Hank Williams Jr. They join the...

The Sweet Home City Council gave City Manager Ray Towry a positive evaluation in a process that ended last week. The council met in an executive session, which is closed to the public, to discuss the...

A display of historical photos last week prompted a parent to leave to grab an old sweatshirt and then excitedly return to Little Promises Preschool to show it to veteran teacher Susie Burns. The...

Santiam Drug store closed Dec. 14 after serving the Sweet Home community for 52 years. Manager Connie Moyer spent the past 42 years working there, as store manager since 1987. Santiam Drug was opened...

Police Chief Jeff Lynn told an ad hoc committee on homelessness last week that he wanted move forward with an attempt to bring an adult services team to Sweet Home to begin pushing resources out to...