The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Craig Frangente, left, retired from the Navy, and Marine veteran Nick Ashworth fold the American flag during the annual Memorial Day service at Gilliland Cemetery Monday, May 29. See more photos of...

Lebanon's 114th annual Strawberry Festival, themed "Peace, Love and Strawberries" will be held June 1-4 with expanded hours this year. The Strawberry Festival Association is doing a couple of things...

Thanks to local efforts, the Sweet Home downtown district may spring to renewed life in a revivifying paint job. Sweet Home City Manager Young told the Sweet Home City Council Tuesday, May 23, that...

Four valedictorians and one salutatorian will lead the Sweet Home High School Class of 2023 graduation exercises, scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 9, at Husky Field, 1012 22nd Ave....

By Annabelle Morris Sweet Home FFA Member The Sweet Home chapter of Future Farmers of America has accomplished and seen a lot over the last few months. First, we attended the March 16-19 Oregon FFA...

A logger injured in an area southeast of Cascadia was airlifted to the hospital Tuesday morning, May 23, according to the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District. James Evans, 52, of Lebanon who...

Wildlife officials captured a 25-pound snapping turtle found wandering through a Harrisburg pasture on Apr. 28. The invasive species, which poses a threat to native fish and wildlife habitats, not to...

It wasn't a record-setting meet for the Sweet Home boys, but the 4A State Championships certainly weren't an embarrassment for the Huskies, who came away with two placings and a bunch of experience....

At Sweet Home baseball's end of season awards banquet at Husky Field on May 24, senior catcher Lewis Conn won Team MVP. "This young man is very deserving," Head Coach John Best said. "Not only did he...

May 31, 1973 George Finer, 60, died after being stung by a bee or similar insect near his home. He and his wife were on their way to put water in a trough for cattle when they apparently stirred up a...

Cris was born in Baker, Oregon, in the same hospital where her father, a small-town doctor, tended to his patients. She was a rambunctious child, filled with an abundance of energy that her parents...

Gregory Lynn Hall, 67, of Sweet Home died on May 22, 2023. Greg passed away after spending the morning on one of his favorite lakes, doing what he loved best - fishing. Greg was born in Crescent...

James Roger Rice, 94, of Sweet Home, died May 19, 2023. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Holley to James Elbert and Berneta Velma (Banta) Rice. Mr. Rice enjoyed fishing, hunting and, later, spending...

Timothy Charles Shipp, 69, of Sweet Home, died May 25, 2023, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis after a long battle with heart disease. He was born March 1, 1954, in Sweet Home to...