Arthur, Sautel and Rodriguez named Most Valuable Swimmers
Junior Blake Arthur, sophomore Kirsten Sautel and freshman Breeza Rodriguez were named Most Valuable Swimmers for Sweet Home…
Softball: Sweet Home beats Molalla, falls to Madras in first week of play
Sweet Home’s softball team split a pair of games in its opening week, besting Molalla (0-2) on the…
Track athletes start season with ‘lot of PRs’
Sweet Home started its 2023 track and field season with a low-key intrasquad meet Thursday, March 16. Low-key,…
Baseball: Huskies fall to Molalla in baseball season opener, then to Madras
Sweet Home baseball came out on the losing end of two games to start the season last week.…
From Our Files (March 22, 2023)
March 22, 1973 The Sweet Home Rock and Mineral Society will give away a commemorative keychain to those…
LeRoy Bickford
LeRoy Dean Bickford, 75, of Sweet Home, died March 17, 2023. He was born Nov. 23, 1947, in…
Luke Buehner
Luke Buehner, 39, of Sweet Home, died March 9, 2023. He was born Jan. 5, 1984, in Ventura,…
Mark Wayne Cochran
Mark Wayne Cochran, 61, of Wasilla, Alaska, formerly of Sweet Home, died March 12, 2023, in Alaska. He…
Samuel Slaughter
Samuel Ray Slaughter, 90, of Sweet Home, died March 16, 2023. He was born Oct. 12, 1932, in…
Death Notices (March 22, 2023)
Timothy Eric Clauson, 38, of Sweet Home, died March 15, 2023. A celebration of life is planned for…
Around Town (March 15, 2023)
Lebanon garden classes continue Master gardener Sheryl Casteen’s free basic organic gardening classes continue through April at the…
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…
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,…
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,…
Carol Davenport
Carol Davenport, 86, of Sweet Home, died March 7, 2023. She was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Pacific…
Death Notices (March 15, 2023)
Luke Buehner, 39, of Sweet Home, died March 9, 2023. Services are to be determined. Sweet Home Funeral…
Linda Renoud
Linda Renoud, 72, of Sweet Home, died March 8, 2023, at the Salem Hospital surrounded by her close…