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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…
SH teen named B&G Club Youth of the Year
Sarah Brown Sweet Home High School senior Angeleah Williams was honored as this year’s Youth of the Year…
School Board decides not to extend school for snow days – if unions agree
Sean C. Morgan The School Board voted Monday night to try to add makeup days without extending school…
SHJH kids getting real busy
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Junior High has nearly achieved a goal Vice Principal and Athletic Director Terry…
Update: Police investigating crash followed by suicide
Sweet Home police continue to investigate the death of an elderly male who, they say, killed himself following…
Foster woman dies in head-on collision
A Sweet Home-area woman was killed this morning, March 14, in a head-on collision near Harrisburg. Linn County…
District to look into water wells
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board instructed Supt. Tom Yahraes Monday night, Feb. 11, to look…