News
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 12004
By 
Test results up for grade schoolers
The number of elementary students showing proficiency in state math and language arts in the Sweet Home School District continued an ongoing upward trend overall, while at the junior high and high school level, the number showing proficiency...
Music returning to grade schools, in a small way
For the first time since it was cut during the 1990s, the Sweet Home School District has an elementary vocal music program. The district has maintained a sixth-grade band program. In addition to the...
Local artist's painting gets public's top pick at City Hall
Elda Miller won the People's Choice Award with her painting of a 1934 Roadster at the Grand Opening, Grand Art local art exhibit at City Hall. The exhibit coincided with the grand opening of the new...
Temperature change presents challenges at SHJH
While construction continues at Sweet Home Junior High, the School District has had some trouble keeping classrooms warm as the weather changes. The district weathered some criticism over it via social media last week. Supt. Tom Yahraes said the...
Public Safety Log Oct. 9, 2019
Oct. 7 3:43 a.m. - Veronica Sue Szuch, 23, arrested on Sweet Home warrant for failure to comply on original charge of second-degree theft, Lebanon Justice Court warrant for failure to appear on a citation and Albany warrant for failure to appear,...
Fire season officially ends Oct. 1, about 3 weeks early
The 2019 fire season officially ended Oct. 1 on all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. The 923 wildfires on ODF-protected lands this year is about average. However, thanks to...
'Exclusion' law stirs debate as councilors take another look
A possibiltiy of an "exclusion ordinance" banning troublemakers from the downtown area stirred vigorous discussion Tuesday, Sept. 24, as the City Council took another look at the proposal. The...
Taking a cue from local history, radiator firm spreads, gets love with $2 bills
More than 40 years ago, local mill owner Amos Horner made a point of doing business using the rare $2 bill. That story inspired Radiator Supply House, over the past couple of years to create a...
Linn Shuttle gets new bus, adds routes
Linn Shuttle put a new bus into service last week, bringing its total number of propane-fueled buses to five, and signaling an accompanying increase in the shuttle routes between Sweet Home and...
Farmers market: Vagrants' activities killing business
Mayor Greg Mahler told city staff and the City Council last week that the city needs to take some kind of action to solve problems related to the homeless and others who have been hanging around the...
Old City Hall to be anchor for Haunted House Ghost Tour
Ghosts from the past will appear in Sweet Home this month. Drawn from Sweet Home history, various personalities will come to life in a Haunted House Ghost Tour that will focus on the old City Hall. The historical ghosts will be joined by other scary...
Councilors divided over scope, need for 'livability' ordinance
The question of whether Sweet Home should try to do something about rathole rentals led to extensive discussion by the City Council at its Sept. 24 meeting. The issue has been on the council’s radar since 2016, and it reappeared in late August,...
Council fast-tracks changes to codes
City Council members took steps at their Sept. 24 meeting to fast-track approval of changes to the city’s Zoning Ordinance that have been approved and recommended by the Planning Commission. Planning commissioners held a work session on June 3 to...
Public Safety Log Oct. 1, 2019
Sept. 30 12:12 p.m. - Austyn Mitchell Lee Clark, 25, arrested for misdemeanor driving while suspended and cited for driving uninsured, 2405 Main St, 7-Eleven. 2:35 p.m. - Austyn Mitchell Lee Clark, 25, arrested for driving under the influence,...
Council hears timelines for water/sewer operations options
City Council members reviewed options for possible changes in management of the city’s Water and Wastewater Treatment facilities at their Sept. 24 meeting. Public Works Director Greg Springman presented three options for the council to consider:...
SH, other cities considering joint recycling of biosolids
Sweet Home, Lebanon and Albany officials are proposing to study the feasibility of a regional biosolids recycling program. As part of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project, Sweet Home officials intend to begin recycling biosolid waste...
Students step up for boy with cancer
Sweet Home's Sept. 11 volleyball game against Woodburn was more than just an athletic event. The players all wore custom-made tie-dyed orange socks and the student cheering section was decked out in...
Goat-killing cougar dispatched in 43rd Ave. family's back yard
Craig Hayes says a neighbor warned him when his family adopted a small herd of goats. "He came down and said he saw a cougar," Hayes said. "He said it's hard to have goats up here." That was Sunday...
