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Grant funds available for local cultural activities
The Linn County Cultural Commission is accepting proposals for grants to fund projects that will promote and improve…
School board takes a stand on OSAA reclassification proposal
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School District Board of Directors is planning to speak out against the…
Egg hunts offered throughout east county this weekend
A variety of Easter Egg hunts are breing offered for the children of the Lebanon and Sweet Home…
Chamber faces tough decisions with no money, missing records
Sean C. Morgan Facing deep debt and little revenue, all options up to and including discontinuing operations are…
Family, pilot killed in Harrisburg plane crash
Four people were killed Friday, April 7, when a plane crashed just north of Harrisburg. Linn County Sheriff…
Local organizations receive grants from Community Foundation
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Community Foundation awarded $12,343 in Alice Blazer Endowment Grants to seven nonprofit…
$4 million bond would pay for long-term school fixes
Several ethernet cables run haphazardly across the roof of the Sweet Home Junior High, one of them meandering…
Charter students treated with Iditarod musher visit
Scott Swanson Rachael Scdoris told an audience of students at Sweet Home Charter School last week how she’s…
Storm damage: Storm knocks out power, sends trees onto houses in SH
Scott Swanson Sweet Home residents woke up Friday morning to raging winds from a “rare” spring storm that…
Match Day is celebration time for students
Medical students from Western University of Health Sciences celebrated Match Day this year on March 17. As a…
Future doctors from SH ready for residencies: Move to Illinois residencies will be family affair for Steffensens
Audrey Caro Russell and Stefanie Steffensen are getting ready to take another in a series of leaps of…
Future doctors from SH ready for residencies: Sarah Crowe May opted to go to medical school after trying chemical engineering
Audrey Caro Sarah Crowe May wanted to go to medical school when she was an undergraduate studying bio-engineering…
Holy Grail rifles: Hang onto one if and when you can find it
In a previous column I wrote about “Holy Grail” pistols and revolvers. I have had requests for the…
Mineral show just rocks
Sean C. Morgan The colors of the rainbow are not only meant for the sky. They decorate the…
Improved insurance rating could mean lower rates for SH residents
Sean C. Morgan Many Sweet Home area property owners outside the city limits may see lower property insurance…
City Council approves $500 grants for Little Promises, Farmers Market
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved $500 grants for Little Promises preschool and…
Planners OK permit for firm to raise pot
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission unanimously approved Monday evening a conditional use permit that will…
Local stores get a rush after Bottle Bill refund doubles
Sean C. Morgan Taking advantage of an increase in the deposit on beverage containers from 5 to 10…
Ordinance would stiffen control of nuisance dogs
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will consider a new ordinance next week that will give…
Governor expounds on state issues in Lebanon
Scott Swanson Gov. Kate Brown told a near-capacity crowd Friday that she is committed to “common-sense” solutions as…
Josai high school faculty pay Spring Break visit to strengthen ties with SHHS
Two representatives of Josai High School in Japan paid a spur-of-the-moment visit to Sweet Home last week in…
Local 90-year-olds find their groove at bowling alley
Scott Swanson Phil Palkki doesn’t move real fast as he steps onto the runway at Linn Lanes bowling…
Former Sweet Home woman injured in Spicer Road crash
Linn County deputies arrested an Albany man, and a former Sweet Home woman was badly injured in a…
Memorial grove planted in honor of local deputy
Sean C. Morgan Family, friends and co-workers of the late Denis Zuhlke planted a grove of trees in…
Business support network RAIN plans SH stop after visit to County Commission
Audrey Caro The Regional Accelerator Innovation Network is looking to nurture entrepreneurs in East Linn County. A meeting…