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SH gets nearly quarter million in park upgrade dollars
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home has received $242,000 in grant funds from the Oregon Parks…
Sweet Home rider, injured in motocross crash, moves to rehab hospital
Sean C. Morgan A Sweet Home motocross rider, who was injured in a crash three weeks ago, has…
Police: Local wave of counterfeit bills reminder to be careful
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police are warning the public to be careful when receiving $10, $20 and…
New detective brings lifetime of local experience to position
Sean C. Morgan In an attempt to solve more crimes and decrease the burden on its patrol officers,…
Jacobs makes pitch to council to continue running city treatment plants
Sean C. Morgan Representatives of Jacobs Engineering last week outlined to the City Council the advantages of continuing…
Councilors learn that nearly all of Corvallis livability law is already on books in SH
Sean C. Morgan City Council members were told Tuesday, Oct. 8, that nearly every regulation included in a…
District: Summer school paid off for students with faster start in fall
Sean C. Morgan Eighty-one Sweet Home elementary students and seven teachers got an early look at the School…
Local high-schooler already owns world record, titles
Sean C. Morgan Relatively massive horsepower, lightweight vehicles, four G’s for 300 feet and zero to 60 in…
Test results up for grade schoolers
Sean C. Morgan The number of elementary students showing proficiency in state math and language arts in the…
Music returning to grade schools, in a small way
Sean C. Morgan For the first time since it was cut during the 1990s, the Sweet Home School…
Local artist’s painting gets public’s top pick at City Hall
Sean C. Morgan Elda Miller won the People’s Choice Award with her painting of a 1934 Roadster at…
Temperature change presents challenges at SHJH
Sean C. Morgan While construction continues at Sweet Home Junior High, the School District has had some trouble…
Fire season officially ends Oct. 1, about 3 weeks early
The 2019 fire season officially ended Oct. 1 on all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry.…
Taking a cue from local history, radiator firm spreads, gets love with $2 bills
Sean C. Morgan More than 40 years ago, local mill owner Amos Horner made a point of doing…
Linn Shuttle gets new bus, adds routes
Sean C. Morgan Linn Shuttle put a new bus into service last week, bringing its total number of…
Farmers market: Vagrants’ activities killing business
Sean C. Morgan Mayor Greg Mahler told city staff and the City Council last week that the city…
Old City Hall to be anchor for Haunted House Ghost Tour
Sean C. Morgan Ghosts from the past will appear in Sweet Home this month. Drawn from Sweet Home…
Councilors divided over scope, need for ‘livability’ ordinance
Scott Swanson The question of whether Sweet Home should try to do something about rathole rentals led to…
Council fast-tracks changes to codes
Scott Swanson City Council members took steps at their Sept. 24 meeting to fast-track approval of changes to…
Council hears timelines for water/sewer operations options
Scott Swanson City Council members reviewed options for possible changes in management of the city’s Water and Wastewater…