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Crawfordsville firefighter Kropf gets top SHFAD honor; Hickcox named top cop
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District and Sweet Home Police Department named six award…
County Parks Dept. assumes management of Cascadia State Park for year
Scott Swanson Starting immediately, Linn County Parks Department has taken over management of Cascadia State Park for the…
SHHS auditorium upgrades make big difference for arts
Scott Swanson Josh Crawford stood behind a brand new sound board in the Sweet Home High School Auditorium…
SH ballerina to dance senior performance
Nearly a lifetime of training will be on display Friday night, March 8, when Sweet Home’s Rebecca Jones…
City to contract with COG rather than hire new planner
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved an inter-governmental agreement with the Oregon Cascades…
County planning to auction former Willamette Industries mill site
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Board of Commissioners is moving forward with plans to auction off some…
Snow forces postponement of SHHS theater production
As a result of last week’s snow storm, Sweet Home High School Drama Department’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s…
Snow makes for good mud at festival
For more photos, see our Mud Fest album: https://www.sweethomenews.com/photos/03_06_2019
City fund-raising to get matching grant to fix up Sankey Park
Sean C. Morgan To meet a grant matching requirement, city officials are conducting a month-long fund-raising campaign to…
Water rate hike on table for next year’s budget
Sean C. Morgan As city officials prepare the budget for 2019-20, they plan to include an incremental increase…
Sister: Local homeless man died after he was found with hypothermia
Sean C. Morgan A 55-year-old Sweet Home homeless man, who was found earlier this month suffering from hypothermia,…
Arts supporters ask district for elementary music
Scott Swanson A group of educators and local citizens is asking the Sweet Home School Board to restore…
East Linn Christian Academy First Semester Honor Roll
Following are students named to the First Semester Honor Roll at East Linn Christian Academy, as announced by…
Planners approve Strawberry Ridge cul-de-sac subdivision
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission, during its regular meeting on Feb. 19, approved an eight-lot…
SH suspect arrested after police chase
A Sweet Home man was arrested in Albany early Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, after a pursuit in an…
Sweet Home’s Bonnie Neal, 76, still a ‘truck-drivin’ woman’
Sarah Brown A song vocalized by Norma Jean in 1968 begins “A little boy is what my daddy…
Slow snowy Monday in SH
Sean C. Morgan The snow finally stuck in Sweet Home early Monday morning, after a series of close…
Early morning pursuit, crash end in DUI arrest
Police arrested a 48-year-old man early Tuesday, Feb. 12, following a brief pursuit. At approximately 4:31 a.m., a…
‘Importance of Being Earnest’ to be staged at high school
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School students will present the Oscar Wilde play “The Importance of Being…