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Volunteers put in hours each week feeding fellow seniors
The New Era Three days each week volunteers for Meals on Wheels take over the kitchen at the…
Mr. Husky getting a new look as girls enter renamed competition
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School is expanding Mr. Husky to include girls this year and will…
SH invited to Livability Share Fair on Tuesday
Scott Swanson Ready to talk about what would make Sweet Home a better place to live? Sweet Home…
Quartzville campground, road work set to start this summer
Scott Swanson Linn County is gearing up to start campground construction and work on Quartzville Road this summer,…
Enjoyed that sunshine? Forecasters say wet winter weather may be getting set to return
Sean C. Morgan As of the beginning of this week, precipitation in Sweet Home is drastically lower than…
SH schools, cops implementing Standard Response Protocol for incidents
Sean C. Morgan Suppose an armed intruder were to be spotted entering a building of a local school.…
SHEDG board moves forward on Knife River land
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Economic Development Group Board of Directors agreed Feb. 18 to seek an agreement…
Man gives silhouettes to agencies
Sean C. Morgan A Sweet Home man honored the Sweet Home Police Department and Sweet Home Fire and…
Cops chill in Corvallis
Sweet Home Police Officer Gerrit Southard, left, leads the charge down the ramp into the icy Willamette River…
Local Kiwanians celebrate organization’s 100th birthday
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Kiwanis Club celebrated the 100th birthday of its parent organization Friday evening…
City looks to establish new eastside park
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home will seek money from the state to establish a new park on the…
Efforts mounting to develop funding for Sweet Home for B&G Club
Scott Swanson The Boys and Girls Club of the South Santiam is aiming to raise $40,000 by the…
ODOT: Work on Sheep Creek bridge, slide to start this summer
The Oregon Department of Transportation will repair a landslide and the Sheep Creek bridge on Highway 20 beginning…
Wendy Smith calling it quits as Sportsman’s Holiday Court coordinator
Sportsman’s Holiday Court Coordinator Wendy Smith is resigning and seeking a successor. “The last five years, I have…
Wordsmiths have their say at SH Library Open Mic Night
Sean C. Morgan The program at the Sweet Home Library’s first-ever Open Mic Night was … wordy. Genny…
In sixth year, Food Pak program continues to help hungry SH kids
Now in its sixth year, the Kids Food Pak program is serving about 70 Sweet Home students each…
Graduation numbers don’t really tell story for SH, officials say
Sean C. Morgan In 2013-14, School District 55 graduated 63.81 percent of students who entered high school in…
New Foster Post Office clerk rediscovering her roots
Teri Perkins has returned to her Postal Service roots: running things at the Foster Post Office, Perkins has…
Potential candidates for local boards have month to decide
March 19 is the deadline to file to run for the board of directors for School District 55,…
School Board lets four-day week continue
Sean C. Morgan The four-day school week will stay on after the District 55 School Board chose to…
B&G Club financial crisis prompts creation of ad-hoc group
A group of concerned citizens have formed an ad-hoc committee in response to news that the future of…
SH School District administrator Goetz placed on paid leave
Dave Goetz, human resources, maintenance and transportation supervisor for School District 55, was placed on administrative leave beginning…
Winds buckle poles along Hwy. 34, knock out power to thousands
Strong winds knocked down power poles along Highway 34 Monday morning, Feb. 9, leaving Sweet Home and surrounding…
Police say scams frequent, varied in SH area
Sean C. Morgan A Sweet Home woman recently received a postcard indicating she had an unclaimed prize of…
Ranger district plans for Trout Creek drainage modeled after similar projects
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Ranger District staff members are developing a list of projects for the new…