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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…
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…