Sweet Home News

Three Sweet Home schools, Crawfordsville, Holley and Sweet Home Charter School, scored the highest rating possible on their 2008-09 school report cards released by the state on Nov.

Local high schoolers interested in working in the woods got a taste of the profession Wednesday, Nov.

Associated Press A November 27, 2009 A SWEET HOME, Ore. -- Weyerhaeuser has volunteered to clean up two massive illegal industrial garbage dumps in Sweet Home.

The vehicle is more likely to be an SUV than a sleigh, but you still can make an old-fashioned family tradition by going into the woods and cutting your own Christmas tree.

SHARE member Nancy Patton, left, and City Councilman Jim Gourley look at drawings prepared by Rich Catlin, right, of potential layouts for the proposed HUB building during an open house held last week at the Police Department community room.

An Oregon State Police traffic stop led to the arrest of a Sweet Home man last week on drug and theft charges and the recovery of stolen firearms.

Influenza, suspected to be the H1N1 variety, struck Sweet Home students hard last week with absentee rates reaching as high as 40 percent at Foster Elementary on Friday.

The Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort's Planning Committee will unveil the first conceptual plans for the proposed downtown "HUB" on Thursday.

Brett White, left, one of three finalists for the economic development director position that SHEDG is seeking to fill, speaks with Peter LaPonte of the Oregon Jamboree and Nancy Patton of SHARE.

Patrick Savolt wears the two medals he received for his Vietnam service. Photo courtesy of Dan Zwierzyna When Patrick Savolt left Vietnam in 1970 he was glad to go.

Linn County Junior First Citizen Andrew Winslow, center, stands with his parents, Keith and Brenda Winslow, at left, and grandparents Joan and Elmer Riemer at right.

The Sweet Home Planning Commission granted Monday night a two-year extension on the Santiam Commons Subdivision, owned by Western States Land Reliance Trust.

What started as a traffic stop for a Sweet Home man ended with an arrest, after police discovered the man had outstanding warrants and carried suspicious weapons in the car.

A Linn County Grand Jury returned an indictment last week against Josh Lee Shaddon, 31, of Brownsville, who is accused of murdering his mother, Gerlene A. Thorne.

A sit-down, full-service coffee shop, maybe with a bakery? A store that served genuine ice cream on a hot summera TMs day? A full-service diesel shop? Full-service chain saw/outboard motor/ATV engine repair? Equipment rentals? A plumber? A steakhouse or other higher-end restaurant? A department store? Marine equipment and boat rentals? A store that ...

Two teenagers have been charged with sexually abusing a girl at a party in Sweet Home.

Robert Earl a oeBoba Gruwell, 80, of Sweet Home died early ont he morning of Oct.

Sweet Home High School will make one final plea to the Oregon School Activities Association next Monday, Oct.

Customers converge on Joe Brocarda s Antique Apple Orchard Saturday for the farma s annual Cider Day.

If rain materializes this week, fire season, the burn ban and regulated use will end this week.