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2nd veteran dies of coronavirus as numbers rise
The total number of COVID-19 cases rose from 191 as of the morning of March 23 to 606 statewide as of 8 a.m. Monday morning. The death toll increased to 16 with the report of three deaths by Monday...
Cops take precautions on patrol
Sweet Home police are taking precautions to minimize potential exposure to the COVID-19 coronavirus to remain safe and able to serve the public while also finding ways to assist residents. Among the...
Plea for medical face masks elicits enthusiastic local response
Sweet Home Rotary Club and Senior Center members are among local residents who are sewing masks and donating them to the hospitals. For the Rotary Club, Larry Horton has been meeting volunteers at...
Gleaners organizations carrying on, with some restrictions
Sweet Home's two Gleaners groups are staying busy helping supply food to low-income families through the COVID-19 outbreak. "We're here for the community, and we're staying here for the community, no...
Coronavirus shuts down SH businesses
Business is good for some and really bad for others in Sweet Home as local merchants and service providers deal with social distancing guidelines and requirements handed down by state officials in an...
Legion leader does time after virus exposure
So far, Dale Jenkins hasn't shown any symptoms of COVID-19, but he's spent the last two weeks on the sidelines after a visit the Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon. Jenkins, commander of the local Ameri...
Councilors declare COVID-19 state of emergency
The Sweet Home City Council on Thursday, March 19, declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and approved a plan to waive fees for shutting off and starting water service for...
Governor's order shuts down state
With the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 in Oregon reaching 191 as of Monday morning, Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order requiring Oregonians to stay at home, closing businesses and requiring social distancing measures. A resid...
SH district files discrimination complaint against state
The Sweet Home School District last week officially filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights in Seattle, Wash., on behalf of Sweet Home High School's female forestry...
School staffs working to get local education online after break
Since the closure of local schools on March 16, educators have been busy working out ways to get instruction out to their students while they stay at home to help avoid spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus. Sweet Home School District officials expect...
City councilors ponder water rate proposals
City staff members have proposed increases for all of the city’s water customers. Staff presented their recommendations to the City Council at its March 10 meeting. At the low end, those using 300 cubic feet per month or less, water bills would...
District makes plans for new state money
After School Board approval, the School District is submitting an application for nearly $1.8 million in Student Investment Account funds which would pay for an expansion of programs and more than 14 full-time equivalent employees. The funds are...
Railroad crossing case gets final court hearing goes to (final) court
Attorneys for Albany and Eastern Railroad and residents of Country Lane argued Thursday morning, March 12, before the Oregon Supreme Court whether the railroad crossing at Country Lane was what is considered a “common road.” After purchasing...
Students get hands-on introduction to dental field
Sweet Home High School seniors Samantha Virtue, Brook Womack and Lilly Lindsey have spent time this year learning to make crowns, working with fillings and taking dental impressions. They are among...
Author puts pursuit of visual art aside to write novels
Jenna Underwood is busy studying visual arts, but she has a surprising passion for the theater of the mind – writing fiction, drawing pictures with just words. Underwood, 21, a 2017 graduate of...
District to file Title IX complaint over forestry rule
The Sweet Home School Board voted Monday evening to file a Title IX complaint against the Oregon Department of Education in response to the ODE’s decision to combine girls and boys in the physical portion of forestry competitions. The ODE decision...
State decision prompts girls' exit from SH forestry
High school girls are either leaving the competitive forestry team or hanging in there a little longer to see whether the Oregon Department of Education will reverse its decision to combine boys and...
Gerrit Southard, Josh Bondeson top public safety honorees
Josh Bondesen was named the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Firefighter of the Year, while the Police Department presented its Police Officer of the Year Award to Gerrit Southard, and Katie...
Jamboree named Music Festival of the Year by industry peers
The Oregon Jamboree won the 2019 Music Festival of the Year award from the Oregon Festivals and Events Association. Jamboree staff members received the trophy at the annual Ovation! Awards and conference presented the weekend of Feb. 29 in Bend....
City staff: Water rate hike needed
The city council intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the former Public Works headquarters and Water Treatment Plant on 9th Avenue to help pay for needed capital projects at the Water Treatment Plant and offset some potential rate increases...
Officials concoct 'plans' for virus
Local emergency responders have taken some steps to help prevent the potential spread of coronavirus, known as COVID-19, which made its first confirmed appearance in Oregon over the weekend. “We’re monitoring the situation,” said Police Chief...
City staff: Water rate hike needed
The city council intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the former Public Works headquarters and Water Treatment Plant on 9th Avenue to help pay for needed capital projects at the Water Treatment Plant and offset some potential rate increases...
Rookie quiltmaker's work popular favorite in City Hall exhibit
Beth Suhr came to the craft of quiltmaking very late, but her work has been an almost instant hit. Based on votes by visitors to the Fiber Arts Show in the lobby of City Hall, Suhr's quilt "Window to...
City Council takes steps to change zoning in problem areas
The Sweet Home City Council held the first readings of ordinances that will change zoning in two areas. The first of those is composed of 32.1 acres between 18th and 22nd avenues and between Tamarack...
City hires consultants to overhaul planning rules, using model codes
Planning consultants John Morgan and Walt Wendolowski have started working on a complete overhaul of Sweet Home’s planning ordinances based on model codes they have developed for Millersburg. Morgan, who has assisted Sweet Home in a variety of plan...
