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Sweet Home wins second water taste competition of this year
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home has won its second drinking water competition this year, this…
Schools budget retains art, Spanish classes
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School Principal Ralph Brown said the art program will remain intact, and…
Parks get emphasis in city budget approved by committee
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home Budget Committee on May 11 approved a budget for 2016-17…
SHFAD bond measure passes
A $1.575 million bond levy request by the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District was approved by local…
With boiler finally in after many delays, pool set to open
Nearly 10 weeks after the boiler on the Sweet Home pool failed, repairs are nearly completed and the…
Updated: Council hires Albany resident as interim city manager
Staff The Sweet Home City Council on Wednesday, May 18, hired Christy Wurster of Albany to serve as…
Council: Ex-Forest Service building could save city dollars
Sean C. Morgan City councilors told members of the public during a May 10 meeting that moving City…
Updated: Aaron Lewis, Ben and Noel Haggard, added to Jamboree line-up to replace late Merle Haggard
The Oregon Jamboree announced last week that Aaron Lewis will replace the late Merle Haggard as headliner of…
Kyle Winslow, Leilani Adams to wed May 30
Kyle Winslow and Leilani Adams have announced their engagement to marry on May 30, 2016. The groom-to-be graduated…
Sweet Home Christian Church beginning PTSD class – for women
Staff Life’s challenges can have long-lasting negative effects on a person, and may even result in Post Traumatic…
Council cites law in declining to talk about Martin exit
Sean C. Morgan Hobbled by concerns over the legality of commenting on a labor issue, Sweet Home city…
Alumni sought for High Q Award
Sweet Home Alumni Foundation has assumed the coordination of the prestigious Sweet Home High School High Q Award…
Scholarship offers free LBCC tuition to locals
Applications for the annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College Sweet Home…
Two boys charged in mobile home fire
Two boys have been charged in connection with a fire that destroyed a manufactured home on April 25,…
Holley Auction
Photo by Scott Swanson Participants survey the merchandise Friday evening, May 6, at the Holley School PTC Auction…
New detective, crosswalks on budget table
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department plans to maintain its current levels of service while the…
Praying in and for Sweet Home
Photo by Scott Swanson Members of the community gathered at City Hall, the School District administration building and…
Quartzville Road improvements under way, to continue through summer
Staff Linn County Road Department last week started a comprehensive $5.3 million improvement project along the Quartzville Corridor,…
School Board adopts drug test plan
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board voted 7-1 Monday to adopt a new drug testing policy…
Drop in enrollment prompts possible SHHS staffing cut
Sean C. Morgan Facing a sustained reduction in enrollment at the high school level, the Sweet Home School…
Charter School students get hands-on carpentry practice building birdhouses
Staff Some students at Sweet Home Charter School got their first shot at building something on Thursday, May…
New district ranger lands job she’s long wanted
Scott Swanson New Sweet Home District Ranger Nikki Swanson found her calling in a summer job. Swanson, who,…
Alleged attempted cop shooter charged
Staff Brian Eugene Eller faces 10 charges from a March 25 shootout which left him critically injured. Eller,…
SHHS students celebrate May Week with traditional fun and games
Sweet Home High School students celebrated their annual spring May Week last week with competitions ranging from the…