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Jake Porter signs to wrestle at Umpqua CC
Scott Swanson Jake Porter signed a letter of intent Monday, April 24, to wrestle for Umpqua Community College.…
Little libraries to help keep printed page in front of kids
Sean C. Morgan If the staff and volunteers at the Sweet Home Public Library and the Friends of…
RAIN offers free donuts, business help
Scott Swanson Got a big idea? Got a business that just can’t get over the proverbial hump? Got…
Review: 2001 bond paid for dozens of school improvement projects
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District Business Manager Kevin Strong told the School Board last week that…
Council plans focus on local quality of life
To meet its vision of making decisions that do the most good for the most people for the…
Sunny spring day helps raise the cheer for egg hunts
Children ages 5 and younger, above and at left, race down the hillside at the Sweet Home Elks…
High School, Junior High announce winter Honor Rolls
Sweet Home High School Students on Honor Roll are required to have at least 5 letter graded classes…
RV burns
Firefighters extinguish a fire in a motor home parked at 2165 Ames Creek Drive. They responded to the…
School Board write-in candidate has multiple connections to education
Sean C. Morgan With no candidate filed for the position, Benjamin Emmert has thrown his hat into the…
Sidewalk replacement
A crew from Aryes West Construction of Salem puts in a sidewalk at the corner of Oak Terrace…
SHPD joining newly narcotics enforcement team
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department is preparing to join a new interagency narcotics enforcement team…
Forestry fire camp gives high-schoolers taste of real thing
High school students from around the state spent last week getting a taste of wildland firefighting last week…
Pool opens after shutdown, cleanup following parasite discovery
The Sweet Home School District closed the Sweet Home Community Pool for decontamination last week and reopened the…
Eugene Todd May 9, 1924 – April 5, 2017
Eugene Todd May 9, 1924 – April 5, 2017 Eugene Todd, 92, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday.…
Putting your money to work for you: Reasons to review your beneficiary designations
Baby boomers have been planning and saving for retirement for decades. They are also planning their legacy –…
Death notices April 11, 2017
Death Notices Brunk Jerralyn Conley, 73, died of natural causes April 2, 2017 at his residence in Marion.…
Child abuse awareness event includes walk, pinwheel planting
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home residents gathered with Sweet Home Police Department volunteers and personnel Saturday, April 8,…
Hospital seeks donors to qualify for ‘top-off’ grant
The Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital is seeking donors for an $11 million Surgery and Emergency expansion project at…
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…