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Local veterans feel ‘humbled’ by Honor Flight accolades
Sean C. Morgan In all his years, Hal Hennick has never felt so honored as he did visiting…
SHPD’s recruitment of veterans working out well
Sean C. Morgan Geoffrey Hamlin is the latest of three military veterans recently hired as police officers at…
Photo brings back war memories for SH man
Scott Swanson Darrell Goddard was looking at a Time-Life book on World War II some years ago when…
Patrol vehicles ordered to replace units lost in pursuit
The Sweet Home Police Department has ordered two new vehicles to replace those destroyed in a pursuit in…
Sweet Home man dies 10 days after auto wreck near Jefferson
A Sweet Home man died last week after suffering injuries in a car crash on Oct. 20 near…
Jamboree signs Luke Bryan
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Jamboree Thursday named Luke Bryan as its second headliner for 2013, and announced…
Community Foundation receives $202,000 donation
A Lebanon man donated $202,000 to the Sweet Home Community Foundation in honor of his wife, a Sweet…
Wild chase in SH
Fleeing suspect, who rammed a variety of vehicles during pursuit, arraigned on numerous charges By Sean C. Morgan…
League’s plan would boost city revenue
Sean C. Morgan The League of Oregon Cities is proposing two measures that will improve funding for city…
Three patrol vehicles possibly totaled in pursuit
Sean C. Morgan The police chase in Sweet Home last week left the city Police Department with five…
Stock remembered as warm, loving ‘angel’
Sean C. Morgan James “Skip” Stock and his brother Ted performed many funerals together, but Skip always made…
Election 2012: County Commission candidates square off: Mark Spence
Sean C. Morgan Mark Spence, a historian, sees connections among all kinds of issues, national and local. Klamath…
SHEDG gives thumbs up to indie festival
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group Board of Directors Oct. 17 authorized Oregon Jamboree Festival…
Fire season ends with largest blaze of year
Sean C. Morgan The weather is wet. Fire season is finished. The burn ban has ended. Fire danger…
Josai program gets green light from feds
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, better known as SEVIS, has approved Sweet…
SHHS to enforce dress code
Keith Winslow Our leadership class and our Making A Change (MAC) student group have attended trainings and are…
Kristen Peterson, Colton Schilling are Jr. First Citizens
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School seniors Kristen Peterson and Colton Schilling have been selected as Sweet…
Working together
Sean C. Morgan Unique cooperative effort on display in Cool Soda field trip Hydrologist Lance Gatchell stood above…
Dentist to offer cash for candy
Scott Swanson So your kid(s) brought home 10 pounds of candy from Halloween. What now? Do you let…
Chamber looking to upgrade
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce members voted Oct. 18 in support of refinancing their building at…
Cougar shot near Pleasant Valley
Scott Swanson Whether cat was one involved in horse’s death is uncertain Mitch Walker says has seen three…
Election 2012: County Commission candidates square off
Sean C. Morgan Roger Nyquist Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist is interested in improving Linn County’s economy. It…
SH man pleads to lesser charge in killing of son
Jerry Ray Milligan, 66, was sentenced on Oct. 10 in Linn County Circuit Court to seven years, three…
End is nearing for fire season
Sean C. Morgan As of Monday, fire season was still in effect, but fire officials are lifting restrictions…
Election 2012: State office candidates lay out views: Phil Barnhart, House District 11
Sean C. Morgan Phil Barnhart isn’t done yet. The problem that brought him to the Oregon legislature isn’t…