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The Sweet Home City Council slate was packed Tuesday, Sept. 13, with topics ranging from local crime solutions to speeding to the recent public safety power shutoffs that left much of the city in the...

Former City of Sweet Home Communications Specialist Lagea Mull won't have to travel far down Main Street from her old City Hall stomping grounds to her new job as the Chamber of Commerce's executive...

After 16 years teaching at South Albany High School, Amanda Marvin GaVette started Monday, Aug. 1, as the new assistant principal at Sweet Home Junior High. Despite the new role, however, she's...

With a 2-0 home win against East Linn Christian Academy on Sept. 13, the Sweet Home boys soccer team posted its first three-win season in four years, improving its record to 3-1. Head Coach Eric Stutz...

Sweet Home kept pace with defending Class 4A Special District 3 champions Cascade, but ultimately fell 22-13 to the Cougars on the road to open their league season Friday, Sept. 16. The loss put the...

At the Monday, Sept. 12, Sweet Home School District board meeting, Superintendent Terry Martin addressed the weather-related public safety power shutoffs (see story on this page) that hit the city...

New Sweet Home School District Nutrition Services Director Amber Walker has worked in the kitchen since 2013, but her family has an even longer association with local palates: her mother, Kathleen...

With a 2-1 home win Wednesday, Sept. 7, against Elmira, the Sweet Home boys soccer team improved its record to 2-1 for the young season. The Class 3A Elmira squad fell to 0-2. "I felt like we did a...

The Sweet Home wastewater treatment plant experienced unusually high flow levels, followed by die-offs of biological life in its aeration basin, on a pair of Tuesdays two weeks apart, Aug. 9 and 23....

The Sweet Home Planning Commission on Thursday, Sept. 1, unanimously approved two additions to the city. The decisions will now go to the city council for final approval. The commission cleared Mosaic...

At the age of 24, new Sweet Home Police Department Officer Allen Cripe has already fulfilled two of his biggest childhood dreams. "As a kid, my two ideal jobs I always wanted to do was be a Marine or...

After a topsy-turvy 26-20 overtime loss to Madras last week in their season opener, Sweet Home is looking to right the ship this week as they take the road for another non-league game, this time...

The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 23, to authorize staff to enter into an agreement with Pacific Excavation, Inc. of Eugene for emergency repair - not to exceed $60,000 - of...

Many people might associate the Sweet Home School District with green and gold, but lately another color has been showing up more and more often: orange. That's because on Aug. 23 and 24, about 30...

Samaritan Health Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning, Aug. 29 to cele-brate the start of construction on a 17,000-square-foot building on 1289 49th Ave. that will house...

Are you ready for some football? With the 2022 season about to get underway, the Huskies are, returning quite a few pivotal players from last year's squad, which went 3-6 overall and 1-3 in 4A's...

Sweet Home boys soccer players have been working during the offseason to improve from last season's record of 2-12 overall and 0-10 in the 4A-3 Oregon West Conference. According to head coach Eric Stu...

Sweet Home girls' soccer will have a fresh look this season, after losing a number of players to graduation. "We've got a new team," head coach Ramiro Santana said. "Totally different than what we had...

By Benny Westcott Of The New Era Sweet Home's first football game of the season was a wild back-and-forth contest, but visiting Madras was able to finally come out on top in overtime, winning 26-20. T...

The Sweet Home City Council has named Kelcey Young as its new city manager, according to an Aug. 16 letter from Mayor Greg Mahler. He wrote that the council, after considering the city's needs,...