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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…
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