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The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, March 14, to award an Aumsville firm a contract for upgrades to the city's wastewater treatment plant. Councilor Angelita Sanchez abstained from...

The Sweet Home Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday, March 16, to grant the Linn County Parks and Recreation Department a conditional use permit for a four-lane public recreational vehicle...

For the first time since 2019, the Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District celebrated its own, holding its awards banquet Saturday night, March 18, at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge. Near the top of that...

The new Family Assistance and Resource Center's managed outreach and community resource facility was declared a success during a March 9 Community Health Committee meeting. "Ever since [it] got up...

What does the Sweet Home School District need to provide for kids' physical needs and accommodate the growth in the community? That was a focus for the School board Monday, March 13, as members...

Sometimes music best expresses "The Power of Love." So goes the theme of the Sweet Home Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic Enrichment (SHOCASE)'s annual gala concert - a night packed with local...

Senior Brooke Burke was named Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year at the girls basketball awards banquet held Tuesday, March 7, at Sweet Home High School. She was also honored with a First Team...

Sweet Home softball has a new head coach this season, albeit a familiar face in the program. Emily Marchbanks, an assistant coach for the team for the last four years, replaces Karyn Hartsook, the...

Sweet Home baseball had a tough showing last season, going 5-17 overall and 3-12 in Oregon West Conference play, to finish last in the conference. This year Head Coach John Best expects improvement....

The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously at a Wednesday, March 1, special meeting to declare a homeless state of emergency. "Sweet Home is gravely concerned about homelessness in our community...

A house reportedly occupied by squatters remains problematic for its neighbors, nearby residents told the Sweet Home City Council Tuesday, Feb. 28. Nancy White spoke for a second time on issues at...

Sweet Home High School junior Nathan Aker was named boys basketball Team MVP at the program's awards banquet at The Commons in Sweet Home High School on March 2. Aker led the team this season with...

Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District Chief Nick Tyler reported to the fire board Tuesday, Feb. 21, that the district can't communicate effectively in town, much less along the Highway 20...

Sweet Home's boys had a good day, literally, at the state wrestling tournament Friday, Feb. 24, taking home a second-place team trophy and finishing with three individual state champions. The individu...

On the strength of four place-winners, Sweet Home's girls finished just short of a team championship in the inaugural 4A/3A/2A/1A state championships Friday, Sept. 24, losing 77-71 to La Pine....

Sweet Home engineer Joe Graybill, with his experience as both a city employee and longtime resident, could accurately be called a local institution - a "foundation pillar of the community," as City...

The Sweet Home City Council honored two public servants at its Thursday, Feb. 14, meeting, one for his future in a relatively new position, the other for his contributions to the city in challenging...

Sweet Home's girls swimming team came close – oh, so close – to repeating as state champions, losing by three points to private-school powerhouse Catlin Gabel at the OSAA 4A/3A/2A/1A state champio...

By Scott Swanson and Benny Westcott Of The New Era Sweet Home's boys won their ninth straight regional wrestling title Saturday at Cascade High School, qualifying 18 wrestlers for the state...

The Sweet Home School District Board on Monday, Feb. 13, unanimously approved a 2023-2026 licensed professional agreement between the Sweet Home Education Association (SHEA) and the district. About...

Sweet Home resident and Weyerhaeuser Santiam Lumber Mill operations manager George Virtue was named the Weyerhaeuser Company's Volunteer of the Year for 2022, a distinction the firm, which operates...

Sweet Home Junior High School on Friday, Jan. 13, rolled out a new Tiger Scholar program that has already awarded special privileges to 48 students for good behavior and academic success. Honorees...

Sweet Home's girls swim team won its 10th straight district title and the boys finished second at the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 4 Championships held Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Albany...

The HOPE Center in the former First Baptist Church at 12th and Kalmia streets reopened its doors in early 2022 following a pandemic-imposed two-year hiatus, welcoming clients and visitors with a host...