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Christmas season kicks off Friday with lighted parade
This weekend kicks off the Christmas holiday season in Sweet Home with a full program of activities, starting…
Three arrested after drug search warrants on Wednesday
Three Sweet Home residents were arrested early Thursday morning, Dec. 3, after a narcotics-related search warrant served at…
Growing church breaks ground for expansion
Sean C. Morgan While Harvest Christian Center has broken ground on the first part of its planned expansion,…
Rio Theatre taking sound system to new level in time for holidays
Sean C. Morgan Just in time for the Dec. 17 premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the…
SH to revisit urban renewal
Scott Swanson City Council members agreed to look into the possibility of urban renewal as a means of…
SH man arrested after vehicle stop, search
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man during the morning of Nov. 16 after a traffic stop…
Deadlines drawing near for donations to Sharing Trees
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District are collecting…
Teen charged in connection with first of two mill fires
Sweet Home Police have charged a 15-year-old boy in connection with the first of two fires in the…
Heading south? Be cautious
Freezing rain is now falling in southern Douglas County. Multiple crashes reported near milepost 108 (Myrtle Creek), according…
Watershed Council teens go to work on quarry land
Sean C. Morgan The effort to turn the former Knife River/Morse Bros. quarry property, which may one day…
Ex-SH man aiming to see VA in court over ‘wrongful’ firing
Audrey Gomez Joshua Peargin knew his job with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs might be on the…
Jamboree signs Toby Keith as second headliner
The Oregon Jamboree announced last week that it has signed a second headliner, Toby Keith, and three other…
Chamber members elect one board member, hear progress report
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce members re-elected Bill Baitinger to its board of directors Thursday…
Sweet Home Mennonite Church celebrates 75 years
Mary Lou Merrill In 1938, five of six Emmert brothers and their families, all Mennonites, came to Sweet…
Sweet Home’s population estimate now at 9,090 as city grows
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home’s population grew to 9,090 this year, an increase of 30 and the largest…
Elks donate to schools
Members of the Sweet Home Elks Lodge donate $4,500 worth of supplies, including 250 pairs of shoes, to…
E-system offers more options to permit applicants
Sean C. Morgan Contractors and property owners in Sweet Home now have the ability to apply and pay…
City Council approves pavement work for Mountain View, other streets
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved a contract for a pavement overlay on Mountain View…
Turkey in the crosshairs
Victor Rehart helps Charlotte Williamson line up a shot during a turkey shoot Saturday morning, Nov. 14, sponsored…
Residents raise objections to proposed drug testing for athletes
Sean C. Morgan Two Sweet Home women told the Sweet Home School Board last week that it should…
Local man arrested after drug search
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man Monday morning after a traffic stop on Main Street. According…
Over the edge on Marks Ridge
Rescue workers, stand on the edge of a ravine on Marks Ridge Drive, just north of North River…
Prepping Christmas cards
Audrey Gomez Most people haven’t gotten started on their Christmas cards yet, but when you’re preparing cards for…
5 arrested after drug search
Five people were arrested Friday morning, Nov. 13, after a narcotics-related search warrant was served at 2456 Long…
Public drinking ends Thanksgiving Day
Sean C. Morgan A new city ordinance banning drinking in public will take effect Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.…