Despite loss, Huskies show progress against Cascade
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era The Sweet Home girls basketball team lost, 60–33 to No. 6…
Sweet Home, Lebanon 2024-25 graduation rates inch up
By Khushboo Rathore Oregon Journalism Project Sweet Home’s graduation rate for the 2024-25 school year was slightly increased…
Wins keep Warriors in MWC playoff berth race
By Mike Warner For The New Era Lebanon’s boys and girls basketball teams have finished the first half…
Puzzle competition raises funds for Hawthorne playground
By Satina Tolman For The New Era With Kenny Loggins’ “Highway to the Danger Zone” playing in the…
Lebanon wrestlers battle illness; SH beats 5A defending champ
By Ryker Burr For The New Era A Lebanon wrestling team debilitated by illness fell Wednesday, Jan. 28,…
Husky girls first, boys third against tough swim teams
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The Sweet Home High School swim team made a strong statement…
County spending conservative, commissioners told
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Halfway through the 2025-2026 fiscal year, Linn County’s department heads and elected…
Huskies place fourth at Reser’s Tournament of Champions
By Ryker BurrFor The New Era Sweet Home’s wrestlers continue their quest for Head Coach Steve Thorpe’s eighth…
County health officer: No new measles cases reported
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications There have been no new cases of measles reported in Linn County…
Sports Roundup: January 28, 2026
Lebanon boys face MWC leaders Lebanon’s boys faced their toughest basketball test of the year last week with…
Huskies show promise against high-ranking league foes
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home’s boys opened their league basketball season on Jan. 20…
Despite losses to top-10 teams, SH girls make strides
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Sweet Home’s girls began Oregon West Conference action on the road…
Couple’s hobbies lead to many adventures
By Satina Tolman For The New Era On any given back road winding through the foothills or mountain…
An Emporium on the Kitchen Table
By Roberta McKern For The New Era The East Linn Museum is still closed and our ability to…
Autism fuels creativity for SHOCASE artist at Sweet Home City Hall
By Satina Tolman For The New Era At first glance, Mike Fulton’s drawings appear almost impossibly precise: meticulously…
Sweet Home Boys Win Oregon Classic For Third Consecutive Year
By Ryker Burr For The New Era Sweet Home Wrestling keeps on rolling, winning its third-consecutive Oregon Classic…
Commissioners hear Veterans Services report
Linn County Veterans Services helped local veterans and their families obtain about $414,661 in government benefits from October…
Lebanon girls come get split after tough loss at home
By Mike Warner For The New Era Lebanon’s girls emerged from the second week of Mid-Willamette Conference play…
Warrior boys lose two close ones in hoops
By Mike Warner For The New Era Lebanon’s boys lost close games to Silverton and Corvallis last week…
Depth counts against Husky swimmers, despite event wins
By Satina TolmanFor The New Era The Sweet Home Huskies earned a series of first-place finishes Friday, Jan.…
On-line seedling store open until Jan. 31
By Lena Tucker LCSWA seedling sale chair The Linn County Small Woodlands Association seedling online sale store is…
Local Woods Fair offers wood crafts, information booths Feb. 14
By Larry Mauter LCSWA member Wood-oriented crafts people and agencies that can help woodland owners are the backbone…
Lebanon school board to explore new bond measure
By Jennifer Moody For The New Era Lebanon board members are philosophically in favor of trying for another…
Sweet Home wrestlers shine in home meets
By Ryker Burr For The New Era Sweet Home’s boys were not only the hosts but the winners…
Commissioners OK juvenile records expungement contract
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications At their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 6, Linn…