Commissioners OK Wildfire Ready Project grant plan
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Young people who are part of the Linn County Juvenile Department’s work…
Memorial Day has deep meaning for veterans
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For a holiday marked by backyard barbecues, camping trips and retail…
Sidetracked by Two Heroes
By Roberta Kern At East Linn Museum, we’ve started looking in the “General History of Oregon,” written by…
County parks ready to roll after busy windstorm cleanups
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications The Linn County Parks and Recreation Department had a busy winter, due…
Commissioners remember former colleague Wooten
Former Linn County Commissioner Cliff Wooten loved his family and the people of Linn County, Commissioners Roger Nyquist,…
Warriors end softball season: What could have been?
By Mike Warner For The New Era The Warriors ended their softball season with a pair of losses,…
Remembering the Cost of Freedom: A Memorial Day poem
By Satina Tolman For many, Memorial Day now marks the start of summer days, Of crowded camps and…
A Memoir: Everyone has to Go
By Xander Eddings Everyone knows the pain of losing someone. The agonizing, harrowing, gut-wrenching pain as you watch…
Huskies go 2-1 in up-and-down week of baseball
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home’s week in baseball was filled with highs and lows…
Warriors baseball, softball both go 2-1 last week
By Mike Warner For The New Era Going into the last two games of their season, Lebanon’s baseball…
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…