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By Benny Westcott Of The New Era Just over two dozen unmasked individuals entered Sweet Home School Board meeting in the high school auditorium Monday, Sept. 13, despite being told at the door that th...

The Sweet Home City Hall hosted a special meeting Thursday, Sept. 9, to discuss a proposed homeless facility on Linn County-owned property behind the Bi-Mart, next to Sweet Home Public Works....

During a post-game breakdown Friday, Sept. 10, at North Marion High School in Aurora, Sweet Home's football team, fresh off a 35-0 win over those other Huskies, mobbed first-year Head Coach Ryan...

On a Thursday afternoon at the Sweet Home Genealogical Society, volunteer David Larsen sits at a computer and places a 1968 Sweet Home High School yearbook's front page under a scanning machine. Its...

By Benny Westcott Of The New Era The 11th annual Best in the West Triathlon Festival is a go this year, from Friday through Sunday, Sept. 17-19, even with slightly fewer participants than usual....

Sweet Home opened its 2021 high school football season Friday evening against Marist Catholic, a team that some rank as high as third in the state at the 4A level. Despite a never-quit effort by the...

By Benny Westcott Of The New Era Last winter, an impromptu tent encampment at the Nazarene Church provided shelter to Sweet Home's homeless, a subset of the population that consists of 44 people,...

Lisa Riggs became superintendent of the Sweet Home School District on Tuesday, Aug. 17, succeeding Tom Yahraes, who resigned earlier this month after a half-decade at the helm. Riggs brings 25 years...

Sweet Home High School's athletic department features a pair of new, if familiar faces this year, with one long recognized by anyone following local sports. As a three-decade teaching and coaching...

With a lot of returning talent, Sweet Home girls soccer hopes to improve on last season's record of 3-7-1. The team returns seven starters - senior defender Meagan Baham, senior forward Chloe...

Sweet Home's boys soccer team returns seven starters as they strive to get into the win column this season. Returning from last season's starting squad are junior defender Mason Lopez, sophomore...

Crowds of citizens attended a town hall meeting Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Sankey Park to voice concerns to the Sweet Home City Council about Gov. Kate Brown's recently issued mask mandates. The governor...

Sweet Home High School recently welcomed Aaron Huff as its new assistant principal. The new administrator began working in the building on Monday, Aug. 2. Huff, 38, grew up in Coos Bay and graduated...

The Sweet Home School Board unanimously approved the hire of Lisa Riggs as the district's new superintendent at a special meeting Monday, Aug. 16. Riggs has been the assistant superintendent of...

Mask mandates and homeless camps were two major topics of discussion during the Tuesday, Aug. 10, meeting of the Sweet Home City Council. "I'm concerned about the mask mandate that's being handed...

The Sweet Home Public Library has announced former Puyallup Public Library services manager Megan Dazey as its new library services director. Despite coming from out of state, Dazey has local ties....

Sweet Home High School forestry and natural resources instructor Blake Manley received the first-ever Rob Waibel Educator of the Year Award in April, presented by the Oregon Natural Resources...

A parking lot full of people, with crowds spilling into the streets, showed up at the Sweet Home district office on Monday evening, Aug. 9, brandishing signs and making their voices heard in regard...

Republican State Senator Fred Girod (District 9, Stayton), and Representative Jami Cate (District 17, Lebanon) held a discussion with a few dozen Sweet Home residents on Weddle Bridge Saturday, Aug....

On Tuesday, July 6, Trevor Sundquist started as a new officer at the Sweet Home Police Department. The 22-year-old Hillsboro native was exposed to the life at a young age. "My neighbors growing up...

The Sweet Home School Board has announced three finalists for further consideration to be the next superintendent for the Sweet Home School District. Paul Peterson is the interim principal of the...

Sweet Home native and former district employee Janice Albert brings community and education experience as a new school board member representing the Liberty District. Her four-year term began Monday,...

The 28th Oregon Jamboree finished with a bang Sunday as 20-year-old sensation Laine Hardy stepped in to headline the day's program after Ashley McBryde was unable to show. The festival, which didn't...