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Rains bring fire season to close throughout state
Fire season has officially ended on all private and public lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry districts…
Board buys house to improve traffic safety at SHJH
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board approved the purchase of residential property next door to Sweet…
Body found in camper
Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 22-year-old Lebanon man found in a motor home…
Teens sought for advisory group
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home’s Youth Advisory Council is seeking four additional members, as well…
Local couple celebrating 60 years
Walt and Eunice Rasch of Sweet Home will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Oct. 26. They met in…
SHIBA offers help for seniors struggling with Medicare
Annual open enrollment for Medicare is under way, and Oregon’s Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance Program is available…
Local arrestee charged with Crook Co. counts
Casey Allen Shadle, 42, was charged with four counts of first-degree rape, four counts of second-degree rape, first-degree…
Taste of medicine
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Northwest medical student Heather Wheeler helps Foster School kindergartener Aleigha Smith try…
Murphy Plywood in process of buying Foster mill
Sean C. Morgan The Murphy Company is in the process of purchasing Foster Plywood from Weyerhaeuser, but the…
SHHS test scores up, but lower grades trail state averages
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home 11th-graders are doing better across the board compared to similar school districts and…
Light up the burn barrel: Rains end Fire Season
Sean C. Morgan The heavy rains over the past few weeks on Oct. 11 put an end to…
SHFAD part of local strike team responses to California
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance has sent six firefighters in two strike teams to California…
First of five information kiosks installed across from City Hall
The City of Sweet Home has completed construction of five information kiosks that have been planned for different…
Portland architect estimates cost of City Hall remodel at $1.1 million
Sean C. Morgan The city may borrow money to close a $700,000 gap in funding to remodel its…
Motorcyclist killed in Hwy. 20 crash
A Willamina motorcyclist was killed Oct. 2 in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 east of Sweet Home.…
Flue fire damages 4th Avenue home
Firefighters doused a 4th Avenue flue fire Friday evening. Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District responded to a…
Snowfall in mountains causes multiple wrecks on Hwy. 20
Oegon State Police and Linn County Sheriff’s patrol officers, along with Oregon Department of Transporation personnel, responded to…
Willamina man killed in motorcycle crash
Oregon State Police troopers responded to a fatal motor vehicle crash on Highway 20, near milepost 34.5 at…
SHFAD equipment purchases on move after bond passage
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board of Directors last week decided to join…
Victim of alleged SH kidnapping winds up in jail
Audrey Caro Sweet Home police have arrested two people and are looking for a third suspect in an…
Local residents, who left early, escape Vegas shooting
Sean C. Morgan A Sweet Home resident who left the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert in Las Vegas…
School Board hires engineer, architect firms
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board Monday voted to hire ZCS Engineering to complete engineering on…
Harvest-Time Community: Residents gather at annual festival for fun – and pie
If you need to eat a piece of pie faster than everyone else, experience pays off. It certainly…
Community, cops find companionship on common grounds
Audrey Caro The Sweet Home Police Department hosted its first Coffee with Cop event at Sugar Vibes on…