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City builds funding for sewer plant
Sean C. Morgan If everything goes just right, City Manager Ray Towry told the City Council March 12,…
Few file for open seats in May 21 election
Two incumbents have filed for the May 21 Sweet Home School Board Election. The district has five open…
Armed standoff ends peacefully
A high-speed pursuit ended in a standoff Friday night between an armed male subject and multiple law enforcement…
City explores ideas for Main Street crossing at 22nd Avenue
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home is looking at options to provide a safer pedestrian crossing…
Community Foundation awards nearly $13,000 in grants
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Community Foundation last week awarded $12,787 in grants to seven charities and…
VFW Auxiliary head’s goal is to help vets, community
Sarah Brown When people think about the VFW building on Highway 20, they figure it’s “just some bar”…
Blast from the past
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Junior High PE and health teacher Craig Wilson was a little worried last…
Police in standoff with armed male at Clark Mill
A high-speed pursuit ended in a standoff Friday night (March 22) between an armed male subject and multiple…
SH Sanitation won’t increase garbage rates
Sean C. Morgan A Waste Connections company official told the Sweet Home City Council last week that Sweet…
Top awards go to Ego, Thorpe
Scott Swanson Donna Ego was recognized as Distinguished Citizen and Steve Thorpe was named Citizen (formerly the First…
Driver strikes pedestrian, commits suicide
A Sweet Home man committed suicide after striking and critically injuring a Sweet Home woman with his vehicle…
Santiam DAR names Sarah Hewitt ‘Good Citizen’
Sarah Hewitt of Sweet Home was the winner at a Santiam Chapter of the Daughters of the American…
High school accepting Ashton scholarship applications
Applications for the annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College Sweet Home…
SHEDG expects big Jamboree, preparing new grounds
Scott Swanson Sweet Home could see a significant crowd at this year’s Oregon Jamboree, Festival Director Robert Shamek…
SH Woman killed in crash
A Sweet Home-area woman was killed early Thursday, March 14, in a head-on collision near Harrisburg. Linn County…
Talent contest April 6
Sean C. Morgan The annual talent contest to raise funds for arts in Sweet Home, SHARC Showdown V,…
Library offering new VOX books
Sweet Home Public Library has put out 72 new children’s VOX books that allow children to listen while…
Applications for LBCC Ashton scholarships open
Applications for the annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College Sweet Home…
Superintendent: Snow Day decisions involve multiple people, are not hasty
Sean C. Morgan Deciding whether to cancel school, delay school or go ahead and have school is an…
Sheriff: Crawfordsville woman died from burns after ‘tragic accident’
A 77-year-old Crawfordsville woman died after catching fire and suffering burns last week. “We went on a medical…
Sweet Home forestry team wins its home competition
The Sweet Home High School Forestry Club won its home competition Saturday, March 9, by some 120 points…
North River fire spreads from shop to home, destroys both
Fire destroyed a North River Road shop and home March 6. Firefighters responded to a report of a…