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Sweet Home High School announces first semester honor roll
SHHS Honor Roll Criteria: Students on Honor Roll are required to have at least five letter-graded classes (A-C).…
East Linn Christian announces high school, middle school honor rolls
12th Grade 4.0 – Kory Bates; Taylor Becker; Taylor Dawson; Kelsie Horner; Addie Johnson; McKenna Miner; Taylor Moore;…
Indie festival off 2013 ticket
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group’s new indie music festival won’t be held until next…
School budget picture looks cloudy at best
Sean C. Morgan School District 55 Supt. Don Schrader is optimistic that the governor’s budget proposal marks the…
Council considers changes to city peddler ordinance
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council is considering an update to its ordinance governing peddlers, solicitors…
Community organizer honored by Ford Family Institute
Scott Swanson JoAnn McQueary of Sweet Home is one of eight Oregon residents named Ford Community Fellows by…
Study indicates young fish survive trip over dam best when water’s low
Sean C. Morgan Juvenile and adult steelhead headed downstream in the South Santiam River have their best chance…
ODF employee-turned-volunteer named SHFAD Firefighter of the Year
Sean C. Morgan Chad Calderwood was named Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Firefighter of the Year Saturday…
SHJH second trimester Honor Roll
Seventh Grade 4.00 – Jamie Lynn Alvarez, Fisher Thomas Anderson, Ashley Marie Bailey, Natalie Lynn Blanchard, Elizabeth Chelstad,…
Bank robber gets 70 months; accomplice sentencing March 8
John Walter Cerruti, 45, was sentenced in Linn County Circuit Court to 70 months in prison on Feb.…
Five School Board seats open for May 21 election
Five seats are open in the May 21 District 55 School Board election scheduled for May 21. Expiring…
School Board OKs open enrollment
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board agreed Monday night to open enrollment to anyone during the…
CHEER CHAMPS
Cheer squad wins second straight state title The Sweet Home High School cheerleaders placed first among seven teams,…
Manslaughter suspect back in jail
Bobby Ray Hancock, 41, will remain in jail while awaiting trial in a manslaughter case unless he posts…
Threatened Sweet Home GED class offers students chance to succeed
Scott Swanson In a classroom at Linn-Benton Community College’s Sweet Home branch, several students sit around a U-shaped…
Changes to sweethomenews.com under way
If you’re wondering what’s up with the format changes you’re seeing here, they are the beginning of a…
Sports photos posted in Photo Galleries
We’ve posted an extensive array of wrestling and boys basketball photos in those galleries, accessible under the “News”…
Feb. 25 forum to focus on local projects, issues
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home has a lot going on, and public officials from several agencies are planning…
Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation offers scholarships in health care fields
Editor’s note: This article appeared in last week’s paper, but it included information on the Samaritan Lebanon Community…
SH schools mull open enrollment
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board will decide this spring whether to completely open enrollment to…
Trucker arrested after crash on pass
A commercial truck driver was arrested on the night of Jan. 28 by Oregon State Police in connection…
SH cops to take a dive for Special Olympics
On Feb. 9, several Sweet Home police officers, a Public Works employee and family and friends will join…
Planners OK new look for river property
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission Monday night approved a master plan amendment for the Santiam…
Next stop: Court?
Country Lane residents, faced with legal action, say they want a judge to rule whether they must pay…
Police Chief Bob Burford says he’s through in June
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Chief Bob Burford announced Monday his official retirement effective June 30, capping…