Sweet Home

Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance crews responded to two separate fires Saturday evening in a span of just a few hours.

Voters in Sweet Home don’t get to choose their city’s mayor. A proposal on the May ballot would change that.

The US Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will halt the drawdown of the Green Peter Reservoir on the South Santiam River.

One person died and another suffered from burn injuries in an early morning fire on Green Acres Loop in Cottage Grove on Friday. Officials believe the blaze may have been related to a generator that was running inside the garage of the home.

Several cities in Oregon’s Willamette Valley have seen excessively muddy water flowing into their drinking water systems as a result of upstream reservoirs being drained, the Salem Statesman-Journal has reported.

Linn-Benton Community College is closing its Sweet Home Center. They say it's to consolidate staff and resources and better serve the community.

This post includes information about power shutoffs and evacuations during the Sept. 2022 wind storm. This post will be updated.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of western Oregon.

UPDATE: The DOT now says "the planned U.S. 20 construction closure east of Sweet Home has been delayed until Sunday, September 11 for traveler safety. The road will be open Friday and Saturday. Drive carefully and be prepared if you travel this weekend. Hot, dry winds may prompt power line shutoffs to prevent fires. Treat traffic signals without power like a four-way stop. Trees and vegetation may be on the road. In dry conditions, be careful parking to prevent vehicle-sparked fires. Visit TripCheck.com for the latest traffic conditions."

The City of Sweet Home is getting a $30 million low-interest loan from the federal government to help build a new wastewater treatment plant.

Drivers heading from the mid-Willamette Valley to central Oregon will have to find a new route for three days this week. The Oregon Department of…

It's wildfire season in Oregon, and a class of new wildland firefighters is ready to help. About 200 students from all over western Oregon trained in…