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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…
June 2, 2026
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…
May 26, 2026
Sidetracked by Two Heroes
By Roberta Kern At East Linn Museum, we’ve started looking in the “General History of Oregon,” written by…
May 26, 2026
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…
May 26, 2026
Commissioners remember former colleague Wooten
Former Linn County Commissioner Cliff Wooten loved his family and the people of Linn County, Commissioners Roger Nyquist,…
May 26, 2026
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,…
May 26, 2026
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…
May 26, 2026
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…
May 26, 2026
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…
May 19, 2026
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…
May 19, 2026
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…
May 12, 2026
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…
May 12, 2026
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…
May 12, 2026
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…
May 12, 2026
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…
May 5, 2026
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,…
May 5, 2026
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…
May 5, 2026
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…
May 5, 2026
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…
May 5, 2026
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…
April 28, 2026
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,…
April 28, 2026
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…
April 28, 2026
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…
April 28, 2026
LDS Stake announces new leadership
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For the first time in nine years, new leadership has been…
April 21, 2026
Opinion: Are We Getting an Upgrade?
By Hudson Ogden Sweet Home High School has been around since the early 1900s. Before the school got…
April 21, 2026