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City: Daily savings from pipe leak fix 359,000 gallons day
Sean C. Morgan Data collected by the city Public Works Department continues to confirm that repair of a…
Chief: Thanks to those who ‘honor our fallen’
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Chief Jeff Lynn offered his thanks to those who keep the memories…
County COVID-19 total now 116
Linn County had seven new reported cases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning, May 25, for a total…
SHFAD Budget Committee approves 2.6% budget increase
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Budget Committee last week approved an increase of…
City Council to hold special meeting Tuesday for public input on local housing, community development needs
The Sweet Home City Council is holding a special meeting Tuesday evening, June 2, to take input from…
$29.4M city budget OK’d by committee
The City of Sweet Home Budget Committee voted to approve the proposed 2020-21 city budget on Tuesday May…
Sweet Home teens killed in Hwy. 228 crash
Two Sweet Home teens were killed and their younger sister was severely injured early Saturday, May 23, in…
7 to lead SHHS graduation
Megan Stewart Sweet Home High School has announced six valedictorians and one salutatorian to lead the Class of…
It’s official: 2020 Oregon Jamboree cancelled
Sean C. Morgan Oregon Jamboree Festival Director Robert Shamek announced May 13 that the 2020 Oregon Jamboree would…
Rebound from COVID-19 dominates council’s attention last week
Megan Stewart Addressing the Sweet Home City Council last week, Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker and Rep. Sherrie…
Council gives City Manager Ray Towry high marks
Megan Stewart The Sweet Home City Council provided City Manager Raymond Towry with positive marks on his annual…
Linn County COVID-19 cases up to 109, including presumptives
Linn County had 109 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning, an increase from 103 one week earlier…
Four charged in big game poaching case after tip from citizen
Three area men and a woman, two of them from Lebanon, have been charged with poaching 27 big…
Budget Committee agrees to keep levy intact, move marijuana money to General Fund
Megan Stewart The Sweet Home Budget Committee last week continued its discussion of allocating marijuana tax funds to…
Virtual recognition event honors SHHS forestry students
Sean C. Morgan Oregon high school forestry programs last week honored their students last week with special recognition…
Two Sweet Home teens die in early-morning wreck on Highway 228
Two Sweet Home teens were killed and another was severely injured early Saturday, May 23, in a two-vehicle…
Furloughs to save money for district
Sean C. Morgan Anticipating a revenue shortfall next year, the Sweet Home School Board decided Monday night, May…
Sprenger, Cate, Glaser lead Republicans in contested local primaries
State House District 17 Rep. Sherrie Sprenger is carrying 65.87 percent of the vote in the Republican primary…
SH begins to reopen following COVID-19
Linn County is among 31 counties that entered Phase 1 of the governor’s plan to reopen Oregon Friday,…
City working to support at-risk businesses, build ‘relationships’
Scott Swanson So what’s Sweet Home’s economic development director to do during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown? “It’s been…
Graduation plans begin to take shape
Sweet Home High School Seniors will have their chance to walk across the stage and receive a diploma…
Superintendent: Schools wrestling with questions about summer, fall
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District staff are starting to imagine how school will look in September,…