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Triathlon needs volunteers
The seventh Best in the West triathlon series will be held Sept. 7-10 at Lewis Creek Park. The…
District welcomes new school teachers
The Sweet Home School District has welcomed 30 new teachers this month. They include the following: – Tiffany…
Sheriff’s volunteers donate school supplies to new teachers
New teachers Hannah Galka and Emma Brock were each treated to several bags of school supplies and a…
Jobe Woosley finds niche – and busy schedule of gigs
After a decade playing music in a variety of bands, Jobe Woosley believes he has found his niche…
Mobile Home Fire
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District responded to a 3:05 a.m. fire call on Saturday, Aug. 26. No…
Total solar eclipse draws visitors from near and far, but few difficulties reported
Scott Swanson The first total eclipse of the sun viewable in Sweet Home in nearly 40 years left…
Health and safety fair, backpack giveaway draw crowds
The second annual Health Fair drew more than twice as many visitors as last year’s, said Health Fair…
Sweet Home Gleaners needs volunteers, upgrades and equipment
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Gleaners have been making some improvements over the last couple of years,…
Gleaners: Fair Share cooperative seeks new facilities
Sean C. Morgan When life goes sideways, sometimes people need a hand; and even with reasonably strong incomes,…
Update: Wildfire near Potato Hill has Highway 20 closed
A wildfire continues to burn along Highway 20 near milepost 76, about five miles west of Santiam Pass,…
Weather break lowers fire danger
The Oregon Department of Forestry downgraded the fire danger level from extreme to high early last week after…
Solar spectacular
The first total eclipse of the sun viewable in Sweet Home in nearly 40 years left impressed spectators…
Sweet Home American Legion faces loss of building – to wear and tear
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home American Legion, Post 133, is looking for help with a deteriorating building…
Longtime teacher Barbi Riggs named principal at Hawthorne School
Sean C. Morgan Barbi Riggs, a veteran of the Hawthorne Elementary School teaching staff, has been named the…
Stars and Stripes
PFC Jacob Allen Maas graduated from basic training in the U.S. Marines in San Diego Aug. 4. A…
Correction: PEO scholarships awarded to local women
The Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) Chapter FA, Sweet Home, Oregon is pleased to announce that all three women…
Letters to the editor: City stepped up for eclipse visitors
In the past week and a half, the city (officials, volunteers and business owners) really stepped to come…
Local astronomer: Eclipse to be ‘nature’s grandest spectacle’
Sarah Brown Local astronomers from the Heart of the Valley Astronomer’s Club made themselves available at a series…
Aug. 19 Sweet Home Health Fair to be bigger, include public safety
Sean C. Morgan The second annual Sweet Home Community Health Fair will be significantly bigger than the first…
Council OKs lease of police patrol unit
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week authorized Police Chief Jeff Lynn to lease a…
Father details son’s struggles, accomplishments in book
Sean C. Morgan In a lot of people’s eyes, Parker Seiber started life with a raw deal –…
15 years of work culminates with carousel opening
After years of preparation, the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum opened Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the corner of…
Highway 228 wreck
Medical personnel attend to injured motorcyclist Ronald Castleman of Sweet Home near milepost 17 on Highway 228 Monday…
Officials looking into death of 10-month-old
Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports that his detectives, in conjunction with investigators from the Sweet Home Police…
School district progressing with auditorium seismic upgrades
Sean C. Morgan Seismic upgrades in the Sweet Home High School auditorium are well under way and on…