Letter: Frustration builds at the fuel pump (Jan. 18, 2023)
Editor: I am very fed up with gas stations in Sweet Home. I went down today to get…
Boys and girls wrestlers both finish third at Oregon Classic
Sweet Home’s boys and girls both placed third in the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, in…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…
Boys end non-league basketball season with pair of losses
Sweet Home boys basketball lost to Madras 55-36 at home last week and to Crook County 64-32 on…
Terrence Shea
Terrence “Terry” Kevin Shea, 65, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022, from fungal meningitis, a rare complication…
Sue Tenbusch
Sue Ann Tenbusch, 72, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. She was born July 13, 1950, in…
Around Town (Jan. 11, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
John Emma
John Emma, 83, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 28, 2022, at his home. Mr. Emma was the previous…
Letter: Downtown fixes require choices (Jan. 11, 2023)
Editor, Over the last few months, as I have enjoyed reading The New Era each week, I have…
Oscar Hiaasen
Oscar Grant Hiaasen, 90, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 30, 2022, at Evergreen Hospice in Albany. He was…
New laws for 2023 bring changes for Linn County residents
Oregon lawmakers passed just under 120 bills during last year’s short legislative session, 20 of which went into…
Sworn to service
Recently elected local officials were sworn in Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, during a ceremony held in the Linn…
Nyquist continuing as chair of commissioners
Roger Nyquist will chair the Linn County Board of Commissioners for his 21st year, after being elected Tuesday…
Pacific Power rate increases announced
The Oregon Public Utility Commission recently finalized rate increases for Pacific Power customers, which became effective Jan. 1.…
Public Safety (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 2 12:38 p.m. – Caller reported a vandalized car, 900 block of Long St. Report taken for…
Crashes in Sweet Home
A motor-vehicle crash was reported at 3:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at the intersection of 18th Ave. and…
Lebanon crews tackle two same-day fires
Lebanon Fire District personnel battled a pair of unrelated noninjury blazes Wednesday, Jan. 4, each separated by roughly…
Corvallis man arrested after chase, gunfire
A Corvallis man was arrested Monday, Jan. 2, after a gunfire-punctuated, multi-agency police chase that began near Corvallis…
Man gets 25 years for fatal 2022 Salem homeless camp crash
A man was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Marion County Circuit Court to 25 years in prison for…
Boys basketball: Huskies take 3A team Pleasant Hill to wire before falling in overtime
On Friday, Sweet Home boys basketball lost a close overtime game to Pleasant Hill, a team ranked no.…
Girls basketball: Shooting woes hinder Sweet Home against Billies
Sweet Home girls basketball lost a home game on Friday to a Pleasant Hill team ranked No. 8…
Boys win county wrestling title; girls second – by a point
Sweet Home’s boys won their eighth straight Linn County Wrestling Championship title Friday, Jan. 6, at Lebanon, while…
Boys outnumbered at Lebanon, but girls win swim meet
Sweet Home’s swimmers got a little bit of a unique experience Friday, in a head-to-head dual with a…
Howard Lewis
Howard Leslie Lewis, 81, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022. He was born Jan. 29, 1941, in…
Death Notices (Jan. 11, 2023)
Cathy Annett Beemer, 69, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 3, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…