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City looking at ‘livability’ ordinance
Staff The city’s Public Safety Committee last week began considering a proposal to implement a “livability” ordinance. Looking…
Mud Fest: That 4-wheel drive busted? Switch to two and keep going
Sean C. Morgan Kyle Keeney of Cascadia caught about eight feet of air Saturday morning, breaking his four-wheel…
Proposed Douglas Fir National Monument seen as threat to county, city
Audrey Gomez and Scott Swanson A proposal to establish a nearly half-million-acre Douglas Fir National Monument in the…
Citizen’s Academy offers look behind the bullet-proof glass
Staff If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the bullet-proof glass and security doors of your local…
Following fire, Sweet Home RV on the road to recovery
Staff After part of its facility was destroyed by a fire last summer, Sweet Home RV Center has…
Council to mull water rate change on March 8
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will take a look at several options for new sewer…
SH teen arrested on rape charge
Sweet Home police took a 17-year-old Sweet Home boy into custody for first-degree rape last week. Police arrested…
SH man arrested after alleged home invasion
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man who allegedly invaded a home in the Mountain Shadows manufactured…
Medical staff at new Sweet Home Health Center say use is on upswing
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Health Center is open for business, and its physician’s assistant is staying busy…
Couple of ‘lovebugs’ celebrate 70 years of marriage
Scott Swanson Joe Gallipeau was in the U.S. Navy in 1945, living in San Diego, Calif., when his…
Mud Fest this Saturday
Sean C. Morgan Some 1,500 people will bring their four-wheel drives to Sweet Home Saturday morning to spend…
Teens add energy to museum plans for 40-year celebration
Rhiannon Stiles clearly appreciated the stone she held Thursday evening as she showed a visitor a display of…
Popular culture, engineering mix it up in Hawthorne egg drop competition
Scott Swanson The biggest surprise at Hawthorne School’s Egg Drop Challenge Thursday, Feb. 25, was the contraption that…
Role in OSU’s ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ brings back past for SH alum
When Kimber Parker got involved with the “Kiss Me, Kate” production at Oregon State University, she ran into…
Tourism team aims to bring visitors to county, SH – by the busload
Scott Swanson Picture luxury buses full of tourists rolling into Sweet Home – and stopping here. That’s what…
SH woman killed in Lebanon wreck
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a single-vehicle, fatal motor vehicle crash reported Sunday, Feb. 21, at 4:29…
City Library seeking to work with schools on book shortage
Sean C. Morgan The Friends of the Library, a volunteer organization, bought pizza for those attending an Oak…
Council approves contract to replace Quince Street water line
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved a contract with Exca-Drain Construction LLC of Halsey to…
Attorneys working on deal in SH firearms possession case
Attorneys for Allen Maurice Diggs and the county agreed Thursday, Feb. 25, to a settlement conference in the…
Police arrest local man after 18-mile chase through area
Sweet Home police arrested a 32-year-old Sweet Home man following an 18-mile pursuit early Sunday morning on multiple…
Council, staff debate Public Works staffing
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council continued discussions about whether to keep its Public Works maintenance…
B&G Club in ‘good place,’ leaders say in meeting
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Branch of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam is…
Local family’s ‘nightmare’ trip has more happy ending
Scott Swanson Dr. Alan Blake sits in a comfortable armchair in his living room, listening intently as family…
Four arrested in 27th Avenue drug bust
Four people were arrested on various drug-related charges during an early-morning search warrant served on 27th Avenue in…
Local man gets 14-month prison sentence
Michael Joseph Perez of Sweet Home was sentenced on Feb. 12 in Linn County Circuit Court to 14…