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High school auditorium fix-it plan starting to take shape, get financial legs
Sean C. Morgan Efforts to improve Sweet Home High School’s auditorium are taking shape with organizational decisions, the…
UPDATE: Crane lifts runaway city backhoe out of South Santiam River
Scott Swanson A crane lifted a city backhoe out of the South Santiam River Friday morning after the…
Tribe donates to Fair Share
Members of Fair Share Gleaners display a check for $2,000 from the Siletz Tribe to help pay for…
BREAKING NEWS: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: SERIOUS INJURY TRAFFIC CRASH – HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF LEBANON
News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: April 24th, 2014 3:00 PM Oregon State Police (OSP)…
House fire out when firefighters arrive, but woman burned in Rice Road blaze
Sweet Home paramedics transported a woman burned in a Rice Road house fire to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital…
County parks gets national recognition
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week presented a national award to Linn County…
Corps: Water situation much improved
Sean C. Morgan February and March rains have improved the outlook for water this year, according to U.S.…
Council zeroes in on marijuana moratorium
Scott Swanson Following a special meeting on the issue Tuesday, April 15, City Council members appeared poised to…
Heavy hailstorm, lightning strikes hit Sweet Home
A thunderstorm that hit Sweet Home at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, dumped about an inch of…
Community chorus to perform pops concert this Sunday
The Lebanon Community Chorus will present the annual pops concert “Childhood Lessons for Life” under the direction of…
‘Sweet Home’ for fish: Brand new transfer facility reduces human contact with salmon, steelhead
Sean C. Morgan Winter steelhead are getting less personal touch as they negotiate their way past Foster Dam…
Bill for SHHS stage fixes adding up to $75K-plus
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home High School stage committee will need to raise more than $75,000 to…
Sheriff warns about tax refund fraud
Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley is reminding citizens to be on the lookout for possible ID theft involving…
Police survey aims for community input
Sweet Home police are looking for your input. A survey offering local residents a chance to weigh in…
‘Black rifles’ show American ingenuity, something to be proud of
Jeff Hutchins The black rifle is all the rage these days. Eugene Stoner originally designed it for the…
Blue pinwheels, ribbons displayed as reminders of child abuse
Sean C. Morgan Blue pinwheels, many made by Sweet Home children, are spinning in the wind in front…
After long winter, hunters, dogs get workout at Field of Dreams
Sean C. Morgan As the black Labrador retriever hits a small thicket, a chukar partridge bursts from the…
Crosswalk sting results in warnings, tickets
Sean C. Morgan Most drivers stopped during a three-hour crosswalk enforcement operation on Monday behaved appropriately and cautiously,…
Sweet Home Ranger district’s Toll Joe project nears final OK
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Ranger District has completed a draft decision notice for the Toll Joe Project…
BREAKING NEWS: City backhoe rolls into river
Sweet Home firefighters late Tuesday afternoon, April 15, are probing the South Santiam River to determine that no…
Councilors ponder marijuana options
Sean C. Morgan The City Council is considering whether to place a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries within…
Truck knocks out power in Foster
A commercial truck struck a power line on 54th Avenue at Osage Street Thursday, April 10, pulling down…
SH residents invited to weigh in on school improvement
Sean C. Morgan Residents of Sweet Home are invited to a forum hosted by School District 55 on…
Chromebooks provide students low-cost, high-tech options
Sean C. Morgan If you wear Air Jordans, commercials hint, you will jump higher than wearing other brands.…