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Backyard burning ban begins June 15
A ban on all open and backyard burning will take effect on June 15 in Linn, Benton and…
June 10, 2009
Fishing at Foster
Hundreds of children and their parents, from all over the Willamette Valley, participated in the Foster Lake Fishing…
June 10, 2009
Sweet Home takes hits from ‘unusual’ storms
Thunderstorms dumped nearly 2 inches of rain and displayed a dangerous beauty unusual for the Sweet Home area…
June 10, 2009
New track club’s focus is getting kids on feet
Two local track and field coaches are founding a new club designed to help local residents participate in…
June 10, 2009
Cutting through controversy
Scott Melcher and Melcher Logging Co. have been doing fuels-reduction work for years in Central Oregon, but their…
June 5, 2009
Pleasant Valley Rollover
Paramedics look inside a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban that rolled over at the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and…
June 5, 2009
Jamboree staffer, community volunteer honored by Elks
The Sweet Home Elks Lodge named Shannon Thayer the National Elks Foundation Distinguished Citizen for Sweet Home at…
June 5, 2009
River Bend leads 2009 county park upgrades
The county Parks Department has spent or plans to spend a total of nearly three-quarters of a million…
June 5, 2009
Joseph Topp
Joseph Gregory Topp, 54, of Waldport died of a stroke May 24, 2009 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical…
June 5, 2009
Axel Schmidt
Axel Walter Schmidt, 73, of Sweet Home died May 31, 2009. He was born on May 19, 1936…
June 5, 2009
Four named to lead SHHS commencement ceremonies
Paige Niemi and Norajean Lemar have been named valedictorians for the Sweet Home High School Class of 2009,…
June 5, 2009
Desler’s next court date in August
Dan Desler is anticipating pleading not guilty to all charges connected to a criminal air pollution case. He…
June 5, 2009
Graduates: Do what you know
When the Class of 2008 graduated last year, there were signs that things weren’t going well in our…
June 5, 2009
Hawthorne’s Karson Rodgers wins chamber essay contest
A Hawthorne sixth-grader was the winner in an essay contest for local fifth- and sixth-graders held in May.…
June 5, 2009
Mary Tunnell
Feb, 10, 1946 €“ May 30, 2009 Mary Ann (Kroker) Tunnell, 63, of Sweet Home, died May 30,…
June 5, 2009
Richard Bowler
Richard A. Bowler, 80, of Reedsport died May 26, 2009. He was born Sept. 24, 1928 in Oakland,…
June 5, 2009
Keys, Kropf named boys and girls track MVPs
Dakotah Keys and Maria Kropf were named the most valuable players for the boys and girls track teams…
June 5, 2009
Rob Callagan winner in inaugural Dam Run 5K race
Rob Callagan of Sweet Home was the winner in the inaugural Dam Run 5K Saturday at Foster Dam,…
June 5, 2009
Bully Gang comes up with two wins
Bully Gang Sweet Home fighters came up with two wins Saturday night at Capital City Cage Fights in…
June 5, 2009
Senior has not missed a day in 15 years of school
When Billy Rinehart walks the graduation aisle Friday, he will have completed 15 years of school €“ without…
June 5, 2009
Zane Wise, Paige Niemi named top boy, girl athletes
Zane Wise and Paige Niemi were named the Booster Club Boy and Girl of the Year on May…
June 5, 2009
Peer Court a go for fall, city officials tell kids
Gina Riley of the Sweet Home Police Department intends to have a new Peer Court program running by…
June 5, 2009
Amundson completing army training.
Andrew Amundson, the son of Steve and Linda Ivee, will complete Army IET training at Ft. Knox, Ky.,…
May 29, 2009
Births in Sweet Home
May 12: Redick Grant Lair, born to Jessamyn and Patrick Lair of Sweet Home at 9:35 p.m. He…
May 29, 2009
SHHS students to stage ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
Sweet Home High School students will present “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” on stage on at 7:30 p.m.Thursday…
May 29, 2009