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Quittin’ time
Sweet Home Police Officer Rex Bostrom receives a shadow box filled with memorabilia from his tenure with the…
Cool Soda plan taking shape; public hearing Aug. 21
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Forest Service Sweet Home Ranger District is putting the finishing touches on a…
Highway 20 cycle wreck leaves 2 dead
A Salem couple were killed Saturday afternoon, Aug. 4, in a mo- torcycle crash on Highway 20 east…
Sweet Home man’s body found in river
The body of a Sweet Home fisherman was recovered Friday morning from the South Santiam River after he…
Schools bear close scrutiny, chair says
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District 55 has finished a difficult year, but it will need to…
Rock concert in park, poker run up next for Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan The country music is done, and now it’s time for a little local rock ’n’…
Stars draw big crowds
The New Era Dierks Bentley wrapped up the 20th Oregon Jamboree Sunday evening with a pulsating, high-energy performance…
Council gives good marks to city manager
Sean C. Morgan City Manager Craig Martin got high marks from the City Council in his annual evaluation…
Other than heat, police and medics have relatively quiet weekend, they say
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home police reported fewer law enforcement issues dur- ing this year’s Jamboree than usu-…
Longtime local postmaster calls it quits
Sean C. Morgan Ruth Powers was voted Most Likely to Succeed by her high school classmates. Forty- ive…
Missing man’s wife still seeks clues, a year later
Sean C. Morgan One year ago Tuesday, Mark Joseph Hardin’s wife, Angela Hardin, reported him missing, and she…
National Forest celebrates 100 years
Sean C. Morgan “Another recruit coming up here,” called out Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S.…
‘New’ officer comes with MP background
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Department Officer Dave Hicox has law enforcement in his blood. Hicox is…
Teens charged in grafitti case
Following an investigation, the Sweet Home Police Department took two juveniles into custody and charged them in connection…
Neighborhood Watch groups to observe National Night Out
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Neighborhood Watch programs will join the National Night Out Against Crime event from…
Ken Roberts remembered as ‘all heart’ when it came to students
Sean C. Morgan Longtime coach, educator and Huskies announcer Ken Roberts died Thursday. He was 61. He leaves…
B&G Club’s Robbie Melcher golf tourney sign-ups open
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam will host the third annual Robbie Melcher Memorial Golf…
HS shop classes to take a hit this fall
Sean C. Morgan The auto shop program at Sweet Home High School will be smaller next year, limited…
N. River Road problems have county grinding asphalt
Sean C. Morgan A portion of North River Road will remain graveled at least through the end of…
Six-year-old’s persistence gets help for neighbor in distress
Sean C. Morgan A 6-year-old boy is hero to a local woman who slipped dangerously close to a…
Chamber steadily progressing in its reorganization efforts
Scott Swanson With spruced-up landscaping, paid employees staffing the office and Visitors Center, and a general sense of…
Back where it belongs
Scott Swanson The school bell, a longtime source of school pride for Sweet Home High School, is back.…
Tyler Schilling, Caytlin Gillespie are freshmen of year
Sean C. Morgan Tyler Schilling and Caytlin Gillespie are this year’s Freshman Boy and Girl of the Year…
Cuff picks SH as launching pad for governor’s race
Sean C. Morgan Bruce Cuff has announced his candidacy for governor in 2014 and he kicked off his…
Red tape snag may stop Josai exchange
Sean C. Morgan A federal recertification process may prevent two Japanese students from Josai University High School of…