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Sugar City Gleaners seeking help after break-in
Ethan Hoagland Sweet Home’s Sugar City Gleaners are asking the community for help to replace their thrift store’s…
Sweet Home High School students join National Honor Society
Ethan Hoagland Amid a crowd of proud parents and faculty, 15 Sweet Home High School students were inducted…
Sweet Home woman successfully hikes all 50 states
Ethan Hoagland Up Ames Creek Road, just outside of town, sits a family farm with no shortage of…
Community raises record amount for local cancer patient
Fighting cancer can often be a roll of the dice. But one Sweet Home group used the classic…
9th annual Kids Free Christmas Store
Ethan Hoagland Dozens of Sweet Home families could get a chance to do their Christmas shopping for free…
41st annual Singing Christmas Tree raising money for SHHS Performing Arts
Ethan Hoagland Lights, ornaments, tinsel: these are the common sights on a Christmas tree. In Sweet Home, you…
Ornaments hidden throughout Willamette National Forest
Ethan Hoagland Keen Sweet Home hikers will have more than giants and bigfoot to keep an eye out…
Best in the West Triathlon moves to June
Ethan Hoagland The Best in the West Triathlon Festival will now be held in June, due to wildfires…
SHHS to feed 50 families for Thanksgiving
Ethan Hoagland Canned and penny food drives at Sweet Home High School will pay off by feeding 50…
Water could face prolonged turbidity
Ethan Hoagland Sweet Home’s water quality took a central focus at the city council meeting held Monday, Nov.…
City council approves utility assistance program
Ethan Hoagland Certain Sweet Home residents can get some help on their utility bills, after council approved a…
Outreach brings winter warmth to skate park
Ethan Hoagland As the sun started to set and temperatures dipped into the 40s, dozens flocked to Sweet…
Hawthorne students “Knock Down Hunger”
Ethan Hoagland Hundreds of boxes of cereal came toppling down on Friday, Nov. 17 at Hawthorne Elementary School,…
Gregory gives back to clients and community
Ethan Hoagland Sweet Home’s very own Gregory Home Team is gearing up to give away hundreds of turkeys…
Drawdown straining water treatment
Ethan Hoagland Members of the Sweet Home community will have a chance to bring their concerns directly to…
House fire victim identified
Ethan Hoagland The Linn County Sheriff’s Office identified Nancy Hoffman, 79, as the person who died in a…
Fern Ridge Home destroyed by fire
Ethan Hoagland A home in the 28000 block of Fern Ridge Road is in ruins after being engulfed…
Discovering “Good Grief”
Ethan Hoagland C.S. Lewis once wrote in A Grief Rediscovered: “I thought I could describe a state; make…
Hundreds attend Linn County Veterans Day Parade
Ethan Hoagland Hundreds gathered along the streets in Albany for the 73rd Linn County Veterans Day Parade on…
African Children’s Choir performs in Sweet Home
Ethan Hoagland Journeying thousands of miles, crossing the Atlantic and the continental United States, a group of children…
Oregon National Guard adjutant general retires
Ethan Hoagland The Oregon National Guard’s Major General Michael Stencel, adjutant general, announced his retirement after 39 years.…
Sweet Home woman swatted, police say
Ethan Hoagland Sweet Home police responded to a swatting incident at a home in the 4700 block of…
Grants aimed at helping student veterans
Ethan Hoagland More than $1 million is going to help Oregon’s student veterans through a grant from the…
ENTEK building new plant in Indiana
ENTEK broke ground for the development of its new $1.5 billion separator plant in Terre Haute, Ind, on…
Pool levy passed by voters
Ethan Hoagland Sweet Home voters renewed the pool levy nearly two to one. 63% of voters approved the…