Huskies go 2-1 in softball to maintain league ranking
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era The Sweet Home Huskies softball team fell to Cascade 12-2 on…
Commissioners OK application for local transportation grant funds
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications At their May 5 meeting, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger…
Warriors beat Woodburn in baseball, lose 3-2 to West Albany
By Mike Warner For The New Era The Lebanon baseball team won a home-and-home series with Woodburn last…
Crawfordsville tour features changes to ‘Pigeon Shoot’ property
By Larry Mauter LCSWA Linn County old-timers might know Phil Callaway’s 38-acre forest property along Crawfordsville Drive as…
Wildfire Safety Open House provides tips for fire season
By Satina Tolman For The New Era A free Wildfire Safety Open House, hosted April 30 by Pacific…
Huskies drop Cascade baseball series in tight 3-game battle
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home’s baseball team lost its series last week against Cascade,…
Sports Roundup: May 6, 2026
Warriors Baseball Heats Up Lebanon went 2-1 last week in baseball, dropping a close 9-8 decision at home…
Commissioners get report from Juvenile Department director
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications In March, the Linn-Benton Juvenile Department held 23 young people from Linn…
Linn County $299M budget slated for June adoption
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications After three days of presentations by elected officials and department heads, the…
Father-daughter duo share their art talents in SH City Hall gallery
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The newest installment of the SHOCASE Art Exhibit at Sweet Home…
Commissioners OK outdoor assembly permit for hazelnut event
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications At a public hearing held after their regular board meeting on Tuesday,…
Sports Roundup: April 29, 2026
It’s been a tough run so far for Lebanon’s baseball and softball teams, as both sat in seventh…
In praise of the obsolete – and an icon or two
By Roberta McKern Even at the East Linn Museum, with spring comes optimism. A spate of visitors will…
LDS Stake announces new leadership
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For the first time in nine years, new leadership has been…
Opinion: Are We Getting an Upgrade?
By Hudson Ogden Sweet Home High School has been around since the early 1900s. Before the school got…
Lebanon splits in baseball with McKay, Central
By Mike Warner For The New Era Lebanon’s baseball team won a make-up doubleheader against McKay last week,…
Diamond Roundup: Sweet Home wins baseball thrillers in extra innings
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home was supposed to play four baseball games over two…
Commissioners increase First-Time Youth Wage Grant stipend to $4
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications At their April 14 meeting, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger…
County Veterans Services reports landing $1.5 million-plus for locals
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Linn County Veterans Services helped local veterans obtain more than $1.53 million…
Gala concert evokes memories of legends
By Satina Tolman For The New Era SHOCASE brought back its annual gala Saturday, April 11, at the…
Chinese AI firm suspected of hacking area newspaper’s Facebook
For nearly half a century, McKenzie River Reflections has chronicled life along the McKenzie River, serving as a…
Driver manages to photograph wolf on Hwy. 126
A Bend man’s roadside wildlife encounter in mid-March has led to the first confirmed wolf sighting in the…
Opinion: Residents battle escalating costs in last affordable housing
By Barb Schafer Judy Annin and Lynn Cole were friends and co-workers for decades. After their husbands…
Warriors off to slow baseball start, but better things expected
By Mike Warner For The New Era Lebanon baseball is in full swing, but the Warriors are still…
Warriors see ‘potential’ despite slow softball start
By Mike Warner For The New Era The Lebanon softball team is off to a bit of a…