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Community steps up for Sharing Tree effort
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District is delivering 384 boxes full of presents this…
STAR Toy Run
Santa (Randy Claasen) gets to ride in style during the STAR Touring and Riding Association’s second annual toy…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court out and about as they serve
Sean C. Morgan It’s been a bit of a soft opening for the 2017 Sportman’s Holiday Court –…
SHJH science teachers honored by state association
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon School Teachers Association presented Outstanding Classroom Teacher Awards to Sweet Home Junior High…
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree winners announced
Though fewer businesses participated this year in the fifth annual Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, “the fun and…
Sights and Songs of Christmas
Actors in the East Linn Museum’s Live Nativity, above, portray the original manger scene of Jesus Christ’s birth…
SHPD seeks to address rising numbers of dog calls
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Chief Jeff Lynn told the city Public Safety Committee last week that…
City Council to consider street maintenance fee
Sean C. Morgan The city Public Safety Committee will move the concept of a street maintenance fee to…
Council declares former 9th Avenue facilities surplus, with intent to sell
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week declared surplus the former Public Works maintenance facility…
Environmentalists ask county to opt out of lawsuit
Audrey Caro Gomez After initiating a $1.4 billion breach of contract lawsuit against the State of Oregon and…
GAME OVER:
A frozen net holds two basketballs on Fourth Avenue Sunday morning, after clearly stopping a shootaround after one…
Sweet Home iced over but snow passes by
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home barely caught the edge of two winter storms over the past 10 days…
2016 Christmas Parade winners
The Legendary Longhorns won the Sweepstakes Trophy during the annual Sweet Home Christmas Parade, held Dec. 3. The…
Retiring Mayor Gourley intends to continue public service
Sean C. Morgan Dec. 31 will mark the official end of Mayor Jim Gourley’s 24-year career as a…
Weather predicted to turn nasty Wednesday, with snow, ice storm
The National Weather Service on Monday predicted a significant snow and ice event affecting northwest Oregon and southwest…
Christmas in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Community Church staged its annual live Nativity Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10 with some 40 “actors” from…
SHEDG reports loss for 2015, expects more red ink for this year
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group recently filed its 2015 Form 990 with the IRS,…
Jamboree personnel, coaches move box that impeded softball fans’ views
Sean C. Morgan Since the 1990s, spectators at Sweet Home High School varsity softball games have had to…
Kids Free Christmas Store
Red-shirted volunteers Richard Ingham, left, and Chris Layne help Doug Baxter, 10, foreground, and James Gardner, 6, shop.…
Judge rules in county’s favor on paid sick leave law
Audrey Caro Gomez Linn County and eight other counties can opt out of Oregon’s paid sick leave law…
School board moves toward bond election
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted 8-0 Monday to apply for a state matching grant…
Two loggers injured last week in separate accidents
Two loggers have been hospitalized in logging accidents this week. They were injured in separate incidents. Thursday, Sweet…
After 40 years of treating local pets, SH veterinarian is calling it quits
Scott Swanson When Dr. David and Sandy Larsen arrived in Sweet Home to open a veterinary practice, it…
Two injured in separate logging accidents
The New Era Two loggers were injured earlier this week in separate incidents, Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance…