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Combined event honors public safety workers
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District and the Sweet Home Police Department presented their…
Chip truck slides off snow-slicked Hwy. 20 into South Santiam
The driver of a commercial truck that slid into the South Santiam River, east of Cascadia, escaped serious…
Corrections
A report about Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (SHEM) and its pantry director, Cindy Rice, should have stated that…
Genealogical Society offers many resources for historical, family research
Jessica Hurst The Sweet Home Genealogical Society is all about history. Yours. The society’s library is a treasure…
Local pastor turns heads downtown as he distributes ‘Ashes to Go’
Pastor Joe Medley and Linda Rowton walked the downtown area Wednesday, March 1, placing ashes on willing recipients…
Google beefing up technology for school district
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School District recently moved all of its email to Gmail and provided…
Mat Champions: Huskies win state wrestling team title; Olson repeats
Scott Swanson Years of focused hard work paid off Saturday as Sweet Home won its first state title…
Preparing for mud
Matt Jordan of the Santiam Four-Wheel Drive Association watches, ready to assist, as Joe Richard of JTI Supply…
Samaritan to look at options to better serve SH’s health
Sean C. Morgan A Samaritan Health official last week told fellow members of the Sweet Home Health Care…
2 file for School Board election
Two candidates had filed to run as of Monday, Feb. 27, in the May 16 election for the…
Council poised to appoint Susan Coleman to fill vacant position
The Sweet Home City Council expected to appoint Susan Coleman to fill a vacancy on the council during…
More statistics show decrease in most serious crimes in SH last year
Sean C. Morgan Statistics continue to indicate that most types of serious crimes declined in 2016 from previous…
SHHS student among D.A.R. Good Citizen honorees
Santiam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented its “Good Citizen” awards on Feb. 22 at…
Saw display offers flashbacks to days of old in the woods
Roberta McKern If you were to ask, “Where can I find an intriguing collection of crosscut and chain…
ELCA announces first-semester Honor Roll
East Linn Christian Academy has announced its first-semester Honor Roll. Honorees are: Seniors 4.00 – Wesley Anderson; Rebecca…
Serving others is multi-facted exercise for SHEM’s Cindy Rice
Audrey Caro Cindy Rice has been serving the community of Sweet Home in some capacity for decades. When…
Local Democrats report increased interest, turnout to party activities
The Linn County Democratic Central Committee has seen a huge increase in turnouts for its monthly meetings since…
Polar Plunge
Photos courtesy of Gina Riley The Sweet Home Police Department had 31 local staff members, friends, family and…
City workers begin planned improvements to Strawberry Park
Sean C. Morgan A Public Works crew has completed preparations at Strawberry Park necessary to install a new…
Hotel drowning victim identified, looking for next-of-kin
UPDATE (March 3, 2017 10:40 a.m.) Lebanon Police have been unable to locate next-of-kin to Alfred Andrew Nichelson,…
Sweet Home man found dead in Lebanon hotel pond
The body of a 56-year-old Sweet Home man was found submerged in the pond at Best Western Premier…
Around Town February 21, 2017
Free help for kids with hyper-activity Samaritan Neuropsychology – Albany is offering free classes for children who have…
Sweet Home alum named to professional honor in field of safety
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home alumnus Luke Betts has been named Safety Professional of the Year by the…
Ever-expanding universe of laws detrimental to Oregon residents
Dennis Linthicum “There ought to be a law…” Have you ever seen something silly or ridiculous and muttered…
Council debates ins and outs of trespass law
Sean C. Morgan What happens if someone who has been barred from City Hall or the Police Department…