Around Town (March 15, 2023)
Lebanon garden classes continue Master gardener Sheryl Casteen’s free basic organic gardening classes continue through April at the…
Sweet Home Swim Club competitors place in state meets
Sweet Home Swim Club members took part recently in statewide competitions. In the first photo, from left, are,…
Carol Donnell
Carol Louise Donnell, 71, of Sweet Home, died March 8, 2023. She was born June 1, 1951, in…
From Our Files (March 15, 2023)
March 15, 1973 The DEQ requested a survey be conducted in the Foster and Midway areas to determine…
Commentary: Economic illiteracy costs Americans (March 15, 2023)
By Dr. Caleb Fuller “Economics,” wrote Henry Hazlitt, “is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known…
Yes, there is a golf team, and no, we haven’t overlooked them
Due to scheduling conflicts – the Huskies were on the road for their season-opener at Bandon Dunes (above)…
Man dies, woman hurt in house fire
A Sweet Home man died in a house fire Thursday evening, March 9, near 47th Avenue and Main…
DNA helps ID body found in 2020
The remains of a woman found 13 miles east of Sweet Home nearly three years ago have been…
Public Safety (March 15, 2023)
March 6 1:24 a.m. – Natasha Sue Funk, 44, arrested on Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant for failure…
Commissioners agree to hear concerns about land swap
Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed after a brief public hearing Feb. 28…
HIGH-LEVEL COMPETITION
Ryker Hartsook competes in the pole climbing event during the annual forestry competition hosted by Sweet Home High…
Mayor: City headed in ‘good direction’
By Scott Swanson Of The New Era New Sweet Home Mayor Susan Coleman delivered her first State of…
2023 Sportsman’s Holiday Court announced
These seven young women were named last week to make up this year’s Sportsman’s Holiday Court. All juniors…
Paula Crone named provost at WesternU
The Western University of Health Sciences Board of Trustees and President Robin Farias-Eisner announced Feb. 6 that Paula…
Court and police updates in Lebanon
Lebanon couple pleads no contest in death of child A Lebanon couple pleaded no contest Friday, Jan. 27,…
Husky softball team aiming for return to state playoffs
Last year, Sweet Home’s softball team finished the season 19-7 overall and placed third in the Oregon West…
Linda Renoud
Linda Renoud, 72, of Sweet Home, died March 8, 2023, at the Salem Hospital surrounded by her close…
John Scott
John Franklin Scott, 80, of Sweet Home, died March 2, 2012. He was born Feb. 19, 1943, in…
Death Notices (March 15, 2023)
Luke Buehner, 39, of Sweet Home, died March 9, 2023. Services are to be determined. Sweet Home Funeral…
Velma (Vitek) Cosler
Velma Cosler, 101, of Albany, passed away Feb. 26, 2023, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. Velma was born…
Daniel ‘Dan’ John Matheny
Daniel “Dan” John Matheny, 76, of Lebanon, passed away March 5, 2023. He was born Dec. 25, 1946,…
Edith Joann VanBelle
Edith Joann VanBelle, 85, of Spanaway, Wash., passed away Feb. 25, 2023. She was born June 22, 1937,…
Diane Jean McDaniel
Diane Jean McDaniel, 74, of Sweet Home passed away from brain cancer on March 10, 2023. She was…
Thorvald Cowley
Thorvald “Bill” William Cowley, 83, of Sweet Home, died March 11, 2023. He was born June 11, 1939,…
Carol Davenport
Carol Davenport, 86, of Sweet Home, died March 7, 2023. She was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Pacific…