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Change of leadership brings familiar face back to SHFAD
Sean C. Morgan Fire Chief Dave Barringer has begun work for the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District…
Ten move on in karaoke contest
The annual Double D Karaoke Contest continues into the finals at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Vets…
Council to hear from public on fluoridation
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will hear from the public about whether to continue fluoridating…
Wave of senior school district staffers head for retirement exit
Nine School District 55 long-term staff members are retiring this summer, six of them with more than 20…
Cops investigating gunshot injury
Sweet Home police are investigating a shooting incident that wounded a 31-year-old man the morning of June 10.…
RV goes up in flames
Update: FIRE destroys a 1989 Jamboree RV in the 40300 block of Highway 228 on Saturday. Firefighters responded…
Annual karaoke contest now a local staple
Sean C. Morgan The annual Double D Karaoke Contest got under way Saturday evening with 20 singers competing…
$18.5 million city budget approved with a few tweaks in old budget
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council adopted a budget for 2014-15 along with several resolutions transferring…
Clutch delivery: SHFAD medics deliver 2 babies en route to hospital in less than a month
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home medics had just been watching training videos on obstetrics when they got a…
Painter’s generosity helps freshen up local church building
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Christian Church, located at 18th and Long, started giving its building a facelift…
2014 Linn County Fair
The Linn County Fair was held last week in Albany. Results of the 4-H livestock competitions and other…
Jurors find for SH in former park caretakers’ lawsuit
A federal jury has found in favor of the City of Sweet Home in a lawsuit filed by…
History teacher looks forward to new role as elementary principal at Foster
Sean C. Morgan Luke Augsburger says he loves teaching children, and working as an elementary principal is a…
Five from Sweet Home finish Girls on the Run program
Five Sweet Home girls finished the first Girls on the Run program with a 5K (3.1-mile) fun run/walk…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court : Faith Black
Sponsored by Sweet Home Sanitation Faith Black, 15, is the daughter of Robert and Angela Burger and Richard…
Diploma Day
Scott Swanson On a picturesque summer-like evening, Sweet Home High School’s Class of 2014 departed into the sunset.…
Crash Saturday evening: no injuries
MEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS help around the scene of a crash Saturday evening. No one was injured. Steven Leroy…
Three arrested after home invasion robbery report
Three men have been arrested in connection with a reported home invasion robbery that occurred Saturday morning, July…
LBCC to graduate 874 students Thursday, including 35 from SH
The 46th annual Linn-Benton Community College Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at…
Superintendent gets new contract
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board approved a new contract for Supt. Don Schrader Monday night…
Student artists’ posters warn of fire danger as summer nears
Sean C. Morgan Fire officials have selected fire prevention posters by three Sweet Home children to post near…
Camping season starts with average turnout at parks
Scott Swanson East Linn County’s camping season kick-off over the Memorial Day weekend wasn’t a record-breaker, but “overall,…
50 years of marriage
Keith and Betty Looney of Sweet Home recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a quiet weekend at…
County gets EPA grant for mill site cleanup
Sean C. Morgan Linn County has received a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct…