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Sunshine spaghetti feed
Sunshine Industries held their annual spaghetti feed Friay October 3 at their new facility at 1333 Clark Mill…
Election brings local measures before voters
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home voters will decide whether to approve revisions to the Sweet Home City Charter,…
Highway 228 crash sends two to hospital
MEDICS and firefighters tend to Tami Linn Dugan, 57, at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Highway…
Forest Service seeks input as it decides what to do with roads
Sean C. Morgan The Willamette National Forest cannot afford to keep all of its roads open, and forest…
American Legion seeking to re-establish presence in SH
Sean C. Morgan Dale Jenkins, commander of Sweet Home’s American Legion Timber City Post 133, is leading a…
Taking game laws too lightly can have truly blasted results
Scott Statts Two bucks stood very still in a small clearing of the ponderosa pine forest – actually…
Samaritan Health officials working to meet patients’ needs
Scott Swanson The addition of a new physician last week to the Sweet Home Family Medicine staff is…
New Samaritan records system allows patients increased access
Following years of preparation and work by care providers, clinic and hospital staff and behind-the-scenes technical experts, all…
Four arrested after cops discover two fugitives at Brush Creek home
A Sweet Home man who fled the Linn County Courthouse after a trial in September was arrested Tuesday,…
New doctor says Sweet Home’s just the place for her
Scott Swanson Dr. Tessa Reff is happy to be in Sweet Home, because this is exactly the kind…
General Election 2014: City Council candidates state positions on key issues
Editor’s note: Seven candidates for four open Sweet Home City Council seats makes the Nov. 4 election one…
Scott McKee resigns from City Council
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home City Councilor Scott McKee Jr. resigned during the City Council’s regular meeting on…
County completes road repairs on Marks Ridge, North River
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Road Department has completed two major projects in the Sweet Home area…
Proposal would allow RV owners up to 60 days
Sean C. Morgan Under the latest draft of an ordinance proposal to be submitted to the City Council,…
Fire season winding down but not over
Sean C. Morgan Fire season is almost over, but officials aren’t quite ready to pull the plug. The…
City, school district working to stop park, bridge vandals
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School and city officials are taking steps and working together this school…
Studying salmon habitat
Some 2,000 children from Linn and Benton counties are participating this year in Salmon Watch field trips. Sweet…
Elks Hee Hee Haw Haw Show packed house
The Elks Hee Hee Haw Haw show Saturday nigh, September 20, was well attended by Sweet Home residents.…
Veterans home opening sparks joy in Lebanon
Sean C. Morgan Jodi Allworth raised her hands high in the air, thumbs up, as she prepared to…
Bicyclist injured in collision with car
An elderly bicyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, in a collision with a vehicle near Hilltop Market…
Linn Shuttle introducing new bus service to transport local shoppers
Scott Swanson Linn Shuttle will launch a new bus service next Wednesday, Oct. 1, in response to increasing…
Web database to help prospective investors find SH property
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort and the City of Sweet Home have completed development…
Robber gets 54 months
Jacob Thomas Salvador A third suspect in a June 14 home invasion robbery, Jacob Thomas Salvador, 21, was…
County program helps local businesses hire teens for summer
Sean C. Morgan The Linn County Board of Commissioners agreed recently to help pay the wages for a…
Board to review four-day school week, set goals
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board has divided into several subcommittees to develop goals for 2014-15,…