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Holley teacher arrested on sex charges
Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sweet Home second-grade teacher on multiple sex abuse charges Feb. 2. After…
Sweetheart run Saturday
Local runners and walkers are invited to turn out for the third annual Sweetheart Run at 10 a.m.…
Former patient wants ‘change’ after hospital discharge in middle of night
Audrey Caro In the last 11 years, the Oregon Health Authority has only received three complaints about Samaritan…
SH trucker cited after collision with snowplow
A Sweet Home trucker was cited Tuesday, Jan. 31, after his truck hit a snow plow on Interstate…
Cops recover trailer in Crawfordsville
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies recovered one of two stolen flatbed car trailers in Crawfordsville on the morning of…
Marion County deputies arrest Sweet Home teacher on sex charges
Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sweet Home second-grade teacher on multiple sex abuse charges Feb. 2. After…
Local genealogy veterans unravel their family trees
Scott Swanson In one of the spacious, open rooms of the Sweet Home Genealogical Society Library on a…
High school graduation rate improves by more than 4 percent
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s high school graduation rate has increased over the past year. Of Sweet Home…
SH’s first baby of the year joins ready-made babysitters
Audrey Caro One of Sweet Home’s newest residents, Jeremiah L. Miles-Russell, already has his own fan base. When…
Council takes step to ban offenders from city property
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council held the first reading of an ordinance that would allow…
Increasing canine problems dog police, prompt calls for change
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Municipal Court Judge Larry Blake last week found a Third Avenue woman guilty…
Flu in area results in packed hospitals
Audrey Caro Instances of influenza and influenza-like illnesses have been increasing throughout the United States and the Mid-Willamette…
Interactive project to make stop at SH Library
Audrey Caro Artist Sal Strom is putting together an interactive art project, “Connecting US20,” that will travel from…
Oregon Community Foundation staffers give local nonprofits primer on grant funding
Scott Swanson Want some money? Here’s how to get it. That was the basic message last week from…
Full schedule of events planned to celebrate library’s 75th year
Sean C. Morgan The Knights of Veritas stormed Sweet Home Saturday to vanquish the the myths of theatrical…
Never Trumper offers wish list for Trump’s first 100 days
Dr. Caleb Verbois Elections have surprising consequences. It is hard to know who is most surprised by the…
Lawmakers’ spending framework includes cuts, no new taxes
Claire Withycombe EO Media Capital Bureau The co-chairs of the Oregon Legislature’s joint budget-writing committee last week presented…
Desire to spend more time at home prompts purchase of rental business
Sean C. Morgan Brad Hartsook isn’t Thelma Brady, but he’s following in her footsteps. Hartsook purchased Thelma Brady…
Sweet Home Junior High School Fall Honor Roll
Grade Eight – 4.00: Dawson Armstrong, Jessy Hart, Bailee Hartook, Savannah Hutchins, Jerusalen Jimenez-Ramon, Trace Marler, Sicily Neuschwander,…
Hospital foundation offering scholarships
Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation is offering a number of scholarships to students pursuing degrees in the medical field.…
Auxiliary offers scholarships for health care fields
The Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Auxiliary is accepting applications for five $1,000 scholarships granted to students pursuing a…
Chamber caught up on IRS Form 990s
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce has gotten caught up on its delinquent Forms 990…
Saved by a stranger: Transfusion gives local man, stricken by rare blood disease, new lease on life
Sean C. Morgan Fresh from a trip where he met the man who saved his life, Rich Little…
Hospital limiting pediatric visits due to flu concerns
To protect pediatric patients, mothers and newborns from flu viruses circulating in the region, all Samaritan Health Services…
Bond passage will give schools $4 million match
Sean C. Morgan If Sweet Home voters approve a proposed $4 million bond measure in May, the Sweet…