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SH car explosion under investigation
Sweet Home police are investigating an explosion inside a vehicle parked in the 1600 block of Main Street…
Bicyclist doesn’t let weather brake his cross-country trek
Sean C. Morgan It was the middle of a record-setting cold spell as Leo Dever and his dog…
Council OKs sidewalk contract, hikes garbage rates
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 10, agreed to contract with Exca-Drain Construction…
Effort to thaw pipes causes house fire
Fire caused minor damage to a Highway 228 home Wednesday. Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District firefighters responded…
Cash for kids
Gina Riley of the Sweet Home Police Department, center, receives a check from Sweet Home Kiwanis Club President…
Crawfordsville driver injured in crash
A Crawfordsville man was injured Monday evening, Dec. 2, when his vehicle collided head on with another car…
Planners approve 19th Ave. variances
The Sweet Home Planning Commission on Dec. 2 approved two variances for Northern Investments to allow the siting…
Oregon Jamboree adds five artists to line-up
Justin Moore, the Eli Young Band, Joe Diffie, Cassadee Pope and Blackjack Billy have been added to the…
Pipes freeze, but chill has few other ill effects in SH
The Rio Theater’s new digital projector was wrapped in plastic to keep out humidity as owner Mike Kinney…
Police come up short on donors for teenage Sharing Tree
Sean C. Morgan Name tags are still available on the Sweet Home Police Department Sharing Tree, and while…
Got great lights? Contest deadline Thursday
Has one of your friends or neighbors (or you) created a lights display you’d like the public to…
Merry Christmas
Christmas events continued, despite adverse weather conditions over the weekend. Auctioneer Jeremy Powell works for bids during the…
Snow cancels Friday Singing Christmas Tree performance and Saturday parade
The Friday Singing Christmas Tree performance for Friday, Dec. 6, and the annual Christmas Parade have been canceled…
Left-out city staffers to get access to HSA
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council adopted a resolution on Nov. 26 that will allow two…
Foster Mud Run
A Foster mud run was held in he Foster lake bed during the Foster Lake Trail and Offroad…
Shakespearian actors coach, perform for SHHS students
Natalie Grove Actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland visited Sweet Home High School last week, giving…
Ex-director’s return to Singing Christmas Tree, in sense, realization of dream
Natalie Grove After a six-year hiatus, founder Paul Rowton returns this year to direct Sweet Home’s Singing Christmas…
Christmas card display rapidly develops from vision to ‘real success story’
Scott Swanson Drive into Sweet Home on a winter night this Christmas season and you will see, on…
Christmas kicks off Friday with music, lights and more
Sean C. Morgan Christmas activities kick off Friday evening and run through the weekend, with more events planned…
Tooth Taxi helps local kids put bite on cavities
Sean C. Morgan The Tooth Taxi spent last week at Foster Elementary School, serving students from Foster and…
Committee takes care on proposed ‘nuisance’ law
Working through a proposed “chronic nuisance property” ordinance, members of the city’s Public Safety Committee want to ensure…
Residents give input for Strategic Plan on education, parks, more
Sean C. Morgan Members of the Sweet Home community have added numerous new objectives to the proposed Strategic…
Elks’ lodge turns 50: Celebration harks back to organization’s heyday
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Elks celebrated the 50th anniversary of their lodge building Saturday afternoon, Nov.…
Local woman dies in Highway 20 wreck early Thanksgiving morning
A Sweet Home woman died early Thursday morning in a two-car collission on Highway 20 near Waterloo Drive…