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Manager retires after 42 years at welding shop
Scott Swanson After 42 years on the job at Industrial Welding Supply – and long before it was…
Council awards $3,000 in grants to schools, nonprofits
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council awarded $3,000 in grants to five community organizations during the…
Arbitrator next for city, cops?
Sean C. Morgan Police employees union representatives had not responded as of last week to a July 15…
Rescue on the fly
A 68-year-old man with apparent life-threatening injuries was air-lifted from the site of a head-on crash on Highway…
SH artist finds self-expression in totem pole
Megan Sanderson When Mike Stone took a trip to the San Juan Island and saw the totem poles…
SH man ‘healthy as a horse’ as he celebrates 100th
Sean C. Morgan Alfred Finnell celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 21. He can hear a little out…
Cougar killed on 50th Ave.
Sean C. Morgan Linn County trapper Jim Schacht treed and killed a cougar that had killed at least…
Council decides to consider stoplight at Pleasant Valley
Sean C. Morgan The city’s Traffic Safety Committee will take a look at installing a traffic light or…
Open vehicles thieves’ prime targets
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home has gone through a rash of vehicle break-ins in the past couple of…
Weekend rumor false; SH man still missing
Mike Hardin would like to quell rumors around town Sunday that his missing brother, Mark Hardin, has been…
A&W celebrates 50 years with cruise-in, music
Debbie Olson takes a break from selling 50-cent hot dogs and root beer to dance with the A&W…
School district completing changes to school bus routes
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 Transportation Department is still adjusting bus routes and has added back a…
Five arrested after search warrant at Nandina home
Sweet Home police arrested five people after serving a search warrant at 1280 Nandina St., on the northwest…
Searchers on lookout for missing man
Linn County deputies and search crews continued looking Tuesday for a man reported missing in the Upper Calapooia…
Library announces Summer Reading Program winners
The Sweet Home Library ended its 2011 Summer Reading Program with an Awards Day Aug. 3. Winners included:…
2010-11 SHHS award winners
Following is our annual list of the previous school year’s award winners at Sweet Home High School. Awards…
Cycle run to benefit fireworks
Sean C. Morgan Motorcyclists will have the chance this weekend to make a little cash for themselves and…
Mock tax run for pool shows $84,000 loss to police, library option levies
Sean C. Morgan Compression will cost local governments a little more than $84,000 in local option levies if…
Rettai Reppy, Trevor Lee engaged
Trevor Michael Lee and Rettai Darlene Reppy are planning a Sept. 3 wedding. Reppy is the daughter of…
Second Pyschostock festival returns with variety
Sean C. Morgan The second annual Psychostock show this weekend, Aug. 13 and 14, will feature 12 bands.…
Rotarians ship supplies to Philippines
The Rotary Clubs of Greater Corvallis and Greater Albany, led by Juan Ulep of Sweet Home and assisted…
A&W celebrating 50 years
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home A&W will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday. The celebration will include a…
Doctor known for generosity, compassion
Scott Swanson They remember Dr. Dowling for many things and for two things: his letterman’s jacket and his…
Council ponders PA permits amidst opposition
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved another public address permit just prior to the Oregon…
Suspicious device turns out to be ‘Star Wars’ toy
A suspicious device, possibly a pipe bomb, on the train trestle behind the Vet’s Club, 580 Main St.,…