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County commission OKs quarry expansion
Sean C. Morgan On remand by the state Land Use Board of Appeals, the Linn County Board of…
Sweet Home Sweet Ride Car Show to fire up Saturday
The Sweet Home Sweet Ride Car Show will be back on the field between Sweet Home Junior High…
Vet hopes new stage will bring more youth to club
Sean C. Morgan Terry Shank wants to get more involvement from younger veterans at the Sweet Home Veterans…
Forest Service to move ahead with Cool Soda proposal
Sean C. Morgan After a second meeting held June 14 to solicit input into a management plan for…
ODOT hero says rescue of SH driver was ‘instinct’
Scott Swanson An Oregon Department of Transportation employee says he was reacting out of “instinct” when he dived…
SH alum gets big honor from Boeing
Scott Swanson Nancy Adcock wasn’t really sure what was next when she left Sweet Home High School in…
Foster fatality. Elderly man in wheelchair killed crossing highway
A 93-year-old Sweet Home man was killed Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a van as he…
Alex Brown, Amanda Basham to wed
Alex Brown and Amanda Basham are planning to wed July 7 in Lebanon. The bride-to-be is the daughter…
Grafitti vandal(s) mar new police mural
Scott Swanson A late-night graffiti job temporarily ruined Sweet Home’s most recent mural last week, but some quick…
SH Rodeo cancelled
Sean C. Morgan 60/20/12 After nearly 70 years of annual shows, the 2012 Sweet Home Rodeo has been…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court 2012 Chancy Fuesler
Chancy Fuesler, 17, is the daughter of Stacey Fuesler. She graduated June 9 from Sweet Home High School.…
Grampa Tom’s Car Show winners
Grampa’s Choice: Steve Dahrens, 1939 Chevy Grampa’s Choice (motorcycle): Les Jensen, 1946 Indian Chief Best of Show: Dave…
Board ratifies contract with licensed staff
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board ratified a two-year contract with district teachers and licensed staff…
2012 forest fire safety poster contest winners named
Three local girls are the grand prize winners in the 2012 Smokey Bear Poster Contest held in local…
City Council approves budget modifications
Sean C. Morgan The City Council adopted a resolution modifying the 2011-12 budget, increasing it by $17,659 to…
Former SH students receive medical scholarship awards
The Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation, Girod Scholarship Committee, Easton Scholarship Committee and Dinges Scholarship Committee are pleased to…
Blake Keesecker to marry Tami Zucker
Blake Joel Keesecker, son of Joel and Nancy Keesecker of Sweet Home, and Tami Lynn Zucker, daughter of…
Rural development experts congregate in SH
Scott Swanson Board and staff members from Rural Development Initiatives got an up-close-and-personal look at a community on…
Summer of 2012 shaping up to be an active one
Scott Swanson This past weekend, Sweet Home’s first big one of the season – featuring the Free Fishing…
Burning ban starts June 16
Sean C. Morgan A ban on backyard burning begins Saturday, June 16, in Linn County, along with Benton…
Board ratifies contract with PIE
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board ratified a contract Monday night with People Involved in Education…
Library summer program features wide variety of activities
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library Summer Reading Program gets under way on June 20. Registration…
New superintendent gets high marks from board
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board gave Supt. Don Schrader ratings of “high satisfactory” to “very…
Cool Soda meetings continue Thursday
Meetings are scheduled through October to enable the public to learn and comment about the joint effort between…
LBCC graduation ceremonies to be Thursday at Expo Center
The 44th annual Linn-Benton Community College Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 14…