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Falling branch knocks out power, dents truck
Scott Swanson Charlie Spencer was getting ready to fire up his box truck to pick up mail at…
Crochet artist a prolific contributor to local charity
Natalie Grove For this past Christmas, Elizabeth Davis, 75, hand crocheted more than a hundred toys for the…
Sunshine Christmas present
Don Gonzales, left, president of the Sweet Home Kiwanis Club, presents a donation of $2,000 to Sunshine Industries…
SH’s Jim Yon now second in command as part of Sheriff’s Office promotions
Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley last week announced several promotions within the Sheriff’s Office. Riley said the promotions…
SH police calls up slightly in last year
Sean C. Morgan The total number of calls to the Sweet Home Police Department increased about 8 percent…
City committee leaves alone water bill collection policy
Sean C. Morgan After a lengthy discussion of the current policy governing how the city pursues payments for…
School Board’s Mike Adams steps down
Mike E. Adams, the Foster representative on the District 55 School Board, resigned his board seat Monday night.…
SH couple escapes burning car
A Sweet Home couple escaped injury Monday night when their car caught fire on Interstate 5, according to…
Public input sought for Cool Soda project
The public is invited to comment on vegetation-related projects proposed in the Cool Soda All Lands Restoration Proposal,…
New SHPD officer from rock-solid background
Sean C. Morgan Gerrit Southard got into the law enforcement business via an unusual path, but he brought…
Texting to tobacco to tethers: State lays down new laws
Scott Swanson Now that it’s 2014, it’s going to cost you more if you get caught using your…
Australian arrested after alleged online tryst
Sweet Home police last week arrested a 31-year-old Australian man at a Sweet Home motel for crimes involving…
Deceased artist’s work lives on in Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan Larry Gordon Kangas, 65, of Beaverton never had any children, but considered the more than…
June 30.2013 a record year for SHFAD fire, medical calls
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District set records in 2013 with the total number…
Unusual weather year leaves state’s summer temps high, water levels dry
Mark Floyd Oregon State University Writer The weather couldn’t seem to make up its mind what it had…
Beaver in gear only
Hawthorne Principal Terry Augustadt does his time as an Oregon State University Beavers clown to pay off one…
93-year-old veteran awarded lifetime VFW member status
Sean C. Morgan The Jefferson post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4065, inducted a 93-year-old World…
Oak Heights Gives Back
Oak Heights School students show off some of the 450 cans and many boxed foods they collected during…
County, state parks users may see big changes starting in 2014
Scott Swanson After years of discussing the possibility of Linn County taking over the operation of Cascadia State…
Hollywood mostly stories when it comes to guns
Jeff Hutchins In my last column I mentioned some of the crazy statements I’ve heard from other gun…
Class size cuts top priority for School Board
Members of the District 55 School Board have chosen to pursue class size reductions, along with maintaining professional…
LBCC, OSU announce fall Honor Rolls
The following Sweet Home students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher…
2013 big news: collaboration efforts, typical assortment of triumphs, tragedies
Editor’s note: Following is a review of what we considered the top stories from we reported in The…
Remembering Caroline
Scores turn out at vigil to mourn loss of popular teen Caroline Huss was remembered as a “sweetheart,”…
Sweet Home men arrested on theft charges
Two Sweet Home men were arrested this week on suspicion of multiple theft and criminal mischief charges, Linn…