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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…
Workshop helps landowners plan strategy
Sean C. Morgan Area landowners with property in the Santiam River watershed wrapped up a four-week workshop earlier…
Police chief: Decline in crime probably due to number of factors
Sean C. Morgan Driving a 19.5-percent decline in the number of crimes reported in Sweet Home last year…
Councilors OK bus shelter loitering ban
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week gave final approval to a new ordinance that…
Mudfest ‘Leap into the Mud’ to be Feb. 29 at Northern Farms
Sean C. Morgan The Northern Farms Mudfest will be a week early this year to allow participants to…
Sweet Home at Timber Unity Rally
Twenty-four rigs left Sweet Home early on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 6, to join a statewide #TimberUnity…
Schools developing plans for SSA funds
Sean C. Morgan Supt. Tom Yahraes told the School Board Monday that district staff will use the findings…
Officials get walk-through of nearly completed schools
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School Board members got to see two elementary school construction projects that were…
Librarian seeking missing pieces in Timber Echo collection
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School librarian Jill Wilson is looking for copies of old yearbooks and…
Arrested boy in gun case named
A 15-year-old boy arrested Jan. 28 after he allegedly brought a firearm to school at Sweet Home High…
Motel tenant dies of natural causes
A Sweet Home police investigation has determined that the death of a 77-year-old man last week at the…
District to create facilities plan
During the next 10 months, the Sweet Home School District will develop a long-range facilities plan funded by…