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Helped by friends, family, fire victims picking up pieces
Sean C. Morgan It looks like Ground Zero after 9/11, but Bob Hubler is back at work on…
Santiam Supply auto parts changes hands after 61 years
Scott Swanson After 61 years, Sweet Home’s oldest family-owned business has been sold. Santiam Supply parts store, at…
Bentley to headline Sunday’s Oregon Jamboree Performance
Sean C. Morgan Dierks Bentley will headline the Sunday night show during the 20th Annual Oregon Jamboree next…
Board mulls 4-day week, budget cuts
Sean C. Morgan Facing an as-yet unknown revenue shortfall for the 2012-13 school year, the District 55 School…
Elks Lodge decides its building isn’t for sale any more
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Elks Lodge is no longer for sale. Things have turned around, and…
Young Marines learn life skills in SH camp
Sean C. Morgan In a cabin in the woods off Old Hufford Road, youngsters listen as a teenager…
Council takes first step on garbage rate hike request
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Sanitation is seeking a 4.3-percent increase in residential rates for garbage collection services…
City Council suspends grant program in cost-cutting move
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council suspended its community grants program last week as part of…
Catherine Moser, Larry Maccarone exchange vows
Catherine Loraine Moser and Larry Milo Maccarone of Sweet Home were married on Nov. 11 at Sweet Home…
Essay contest for high schoolers
High school students and their teachers are invited to participate in the sixth annual Being an American Essay…
SH man named Veteran of the Year has heart for kids
Sean C. Morgan Don Austin has spent decades working with youth. He’s been involved in the Boys Scouts…
Thanksgiving meal draws a crowd, bucks for SHEM
The Point Restaurant, and owners Mike and Mira Hall served a Thanksgiving holiday meal with all the trimmings…
30th Singing Christmas Tree to kick off holiday season
The Christmas season in Sweet Home starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday with the first of three performances…
Swimmers have experience, but girls lack depth
Scott Swanson Wanted: Girls (and boys) who aren’t afraid of water and work. That’s the word from Doug…
School bus gets up close with cougar
Scott Swanson Ginger Allen said she enjoys driving the Cascadia school bus route, partly because of all the…
Woman runs afoul of unemployment card ‘hold’
Scott Swanson Teresa Cissney says she got a nasty turn at the store the other day when she…
Longtime fire Battalion Chief Doug Emmert retiring
Sean C. Morgan Doug Emmert, 54, will work his last shift at the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance…
Free Thanksgiving meals offered
Sean C. Morgan Nobody should go hungry this Thanksgiving Day. The Point restaurant, the Veterans Club and the…
Christmas Parade gets the OK; will go off Saturday morning, Dec. 3
The Christmas parade is on. City officials approved the parade route last week. The Chamber of Commerce lacked…
Christmas in the air Helicopter harvest helps local farmer get trees to distant markets in a hurry
Staff 11/23/11By Scott Swanson Problem: How to move 5,000 Christmas trees from the farm to the sales lot…
Questions regarding Cascadia Post Office’s future intensify
The loss of Cascadia’s Post Office doesn’t mean the end of Cascadia’s effort to keep a Post Office…
Rodeo to hold kick-off dinner
Sweet Home Rodeo will hold it Kick-Off Dinner and Auction at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the…
Eighth-graders show off scientific prowess
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Junior High eighth-graders’ Science Fair Wednesday, Nov. 9, presented visitors with a mathematical…
8th tree auction set for Dec. 3
The Sweet Home Alumni Foundation will host its Eighth Annual Decorated Tree Auction, “Home Sweet Home for the…
SHPD to give gifts to needy children
Sweet Home Police Department will offer a Kids 5-Point Star Christmas tree this year for anyone with children…