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County sells SH land so couple can cut tree
Audrey Caro Gomez The Linn County Board of Commissioners accepted a bid for half the real market value…
Oak Heights Jog-A-Thon
Principal Josh Dargis above, gives Lexi Simonson a high five during Oak Heights Elementary School’s Jog-A-Thon on Oct.…
State house candidates square off in good-natured debate
Sean C. Morgan Jeff Goodwin of Sweet Home praised Sherrie Sprenger’s work as representative for House District 17…
Rifle discharge injures two children
Two children were injured Monday morning, Oct. 31, when a hunter’s gun accidentally discharged, the Linn County Sheriff’s…
New teacher: Art vital to education, draws from many subjects
To Autumn Almanza, doing art is a comprehensive process involving nearly every element of what students learn in…
Ray Towry to be new city manager
The City Council and Raymond Towry have reached agreement on terms for the vacant city manager’s position and…
Fine-Lookin’ Rednecks
Recording a historic moment at the Sweet Home Boys & Girls Club annual auction Saturday, :Oct. 22, Robert…
Early drug tests result in no true positives
Sean C. Morgan The school district’s new drug testing program is under way at Sweet Home High School,…
Seventh-grader follows Trump-Clinton presidential debate with national online student discussion
Audrey Caro Gomez While many people took to Facebook and Twitter after last week’s presidential debate, one local…
Zombie Zoup event to feature the running dead
Sweet Home’s mayor will declare an emergency Saturday as a zombie apocalypse arrives in Sweet Home. A two-mile…
Chilling tales at the library
About 35 local residents got to hear some of the spookier stories of Oregon’s past Thursday, Oct. 20,…
Republican incumbent Girod says goal is to be voice for rural areas
Sean C. Morgan Fred Girod wants to continue to bring a rural voice to a Portland-dominated legislature in…
Boys & Girls Club reaps real country livin’ benefits at auction
Sweet Home community membrers bid on a variety of items during the Boys and Girls Club annual auction,…
Sweet Home Fire district, Police Department collecting names for gift trees
Both the Sweet Home Police Department and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District have begun their annual…
Barnhart says he’s delivered for district, helped business
Audrey Caro Gomez State Rep. Phil Barnhart, D-Eugene, is running for re-election in District 11, a position he…
Potwora plans to address issues from rural perspective
Audrey Caro Gomez Joe Potwora sees a variety of problems in Salem he would like to fix. That’s…
Libertarian Stillwell would focus on basic necessities
Jack Stillwell of Lyons is bringing a left-libertarian focus to the Senate District 9 election this year, proposing…
Democrat Harisay seeks to end government ‘oligarchy’
Sean C. Morgan If elected, Senate District 9 candidate Rich Harisay would pursue several substantial changes to state…
Huskies head to playoff games
After being in some limbo for the past couple of weeks regarding their playoff chances, three Sweet Home…
Eugene man has plans for Sweet Home’s former bus depot
Audrey Caro Gomez Steve Keating wants to hear about Sweet Home’s old bus depot. Keating, a structural engineer…
See what City Council candidates have to say on the issues
Visit our Politics/Government page under the News/Photos pulldown above to see the (extended) list of questions we’ve posed…
No Paywall: Sweet Home City Council candidates discuss the issues
Editor’s note: These are answers from Sweet Home’s eight City Council candidates to questions presented by The New…
Council seeks to reel in city manager pick
Sean C. Morgan The finalist for city manager countered the Sweet Home City Council’s initial offer for salary…
Council to consider merging committees for efficiency of time, personnel
Sean C. Morgan The City Council’s Administration and Finance Committee is re-commending that the council combine four of…
Finance: Property tax revenues shaping up to deliver greater-than-expected compression
Sean C. Morgan Property tax compression increased this year, as expected, following an increase in property tax rates…