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Two COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported at Lebanon’s Oregon Veterans Home
Scott Swanson Two presumptive cases of COVID-19 have been detected at the Oregon Veterans Home in Lebanon, the…
District to file Title IX complaint over forestry rule
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted Monday evening to file a Title IX complaint against…
City staff: Water rate hike needed
Sean C. Morgan The city council intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the former Public…
Officials concoct ‘plans’ for virus
Sean C. Morgan Local emergency responders have taken some steps to help prevent the potential spread of coronavirus,…
Leap Year baby, now 16, celebrates birthday No. 4
Scott Swanson Javi Cuevas celebrated his fourth true birthday Saturday, Feb. 29. That’s because Cuevas, now truly, 16,…
Rookie quiltmaker’s work popular favorite in City Hall exhibit
Sean C. Morgan Beth Suhr came to the craft of quiltmaking very late, but her work has been…
Students receive DAR Good Citizen Awards
The Santiam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented its Good Citizen Awards at a tea…
City Council takes steps to change zoning in problem areas
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council held the first readings of ordinances that will change zoning…
City hires consultants to overhaul planning rules, using model codes
Sean C. Morgan Planning consultants John Morgan and Walt Wendolowski have started working on a complete overhaul of…
Nine girls named to 2020 Sportsman’s Holiday Court
Sean C. Morgan The Sportsman’s Holiday Court Committee has selected all nine girls who applied to serve on…
Mudders test their metal on soupy Northern Farms courses
Sean C. Morgan Tucker Downs of Sweet Home didn’t hesitate driving his rig straight into a big pool…
Councilors aim for downtown streetscape plan
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council is essentially continuing forward with last year’s goals, while adding…
School district poised to fight state’s Title IX crackdown
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Schools Supt. Tom Yahraes is preparing to lodge a formal complaint against a…
Jamboree announces final headliner: Dustin Lynch
The New Era Dustin Lynch has been announced as the third and final headliner for this year’s Oregon…
Rainfall exceeds last year, but not significantly more than normal
Sean C. Morgan Up until last week, to state the obvious, this year has been wet. To date,…
From SHHS track to Venice Beach and beyond, life’s been challenge for Pam Walker
Sarah Brown Pam Walker would tell you she started her athletic career when she was in the third…
Astronaut gives Charter School students up-close glimpse of space
Sean C. Morgan The moon is roughly 25 feet from the earth – that is when the earth…
Tigers on Top
Sean C. Morgan So, what does it take to get a 13-year-old out of bed and off to…
City Council gives Jacobs the pink slip
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council has officially agreed to part ways with Jacobs Engineering, which…
State ruling on forestry competitions confounds local program
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home school officials and students were caught flat-footed last week by an announcement that…
One-time local YouTube poster ‘FedSmoker’ dies
A former Sweet Home resident who went by the YouTube handle “FedSmoker” has died, Arizona state police reported…
Local schools announce first-semester Honor Roll
SWEET HOME HIGH SCHOOL Seniors 4.00: Davin Guzman, Megan Hager, Torree Hawken, Nicholaus James, Jasper Korn, Katie Kurtz,…
Library consultants recommend building new facility
Sean C. Morgan Representatives of FFA Architecture, a library design firm, told the Sweet Home City Council last…