The New Era
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Singers for Seniors
Boys & Girls Club members meet Santa and Mrs. Claus (George and Suzanne Dominy) after performing Wednesday, Dec.…
December 28, 2022
Jamboree adds artists to lineup
The Oregon Jamboree is starting to fill in the blanks in its 2023 festival schedule with the announcement…
December 28, 2022
Sweet Home Junior High Students of the Month
Sweet Home Junior High honored these students as Students of the Month. This month’s awards honored kindness and…
December 28, 2022
Public Safety (Dec. 28, 2022)
Dec. 19 10:04 a.m. – Caller reported someone possibly inside her house, 900 block of 6th Ave. According…
December 28, 2022
Housing for the Homeless
A Sweet Home Public Works employee moves a Quonset hut, built by Sweet Home High School students, to…
December 28, 2022
Intermodal center opens
A Dec. 15 ribbon-cutting event, seen in the first photo, celebrated the completion of the $35.5 million, 64-acre…
December 28, 2022
Commissioners get flu season update
Nearly three years of isolation and people wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic likely suppressed the severity…
December 28, 2022
Real Estate (Dec. 28, 2022)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during November/ December…
December 28, 2022
Huskies struggle with focus in loss to Sisters
Sweet Home boys basketball fell to 1-6 on the season Tuesday, Dec. 20, with a 50-35 home loss…
December 28, 2022
Girls fall to Sisters in basketball
Sweet Home’s girls basketball team fell to 3-4 on the season Tuesday, Dec. 20 , with a 41-28…
December 28, 2022
Commentary: A Perfect Storm (Dec. 28, 2022)
Editor’s note: As letter writers (and those who read the guidelines in the gray box below) are well…
December 28, 2022
From Our Files (Dec. 28, 2022)
Dec. 28, 1972 Wally Mathers bought the Frontier Room and Tourist Cafe from Rose Carter, who owned the…
December 28, 2022
Janice ‘Jan’ Willanna Daniels
Janice “Jan” Willanna Daniels was born Dec. 25, 1940, in Foster, to Bill and Mamie Tabler. Jan died…
December 28, 2022
Colleen Chamberlin
Colleen Bernice Chamberlin, 70, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 20, 2022. She was born Oct. 24, 1952, in…
December 28, 2022
Standoff on 12th Avenue
Police Sgt. Ryan Cummings (visible in the first photo) watches at the top of the hill on 12th…
December 21, 2022
Light Fantastic in Sweet Home
These are just two of the homes festooned with lights and other goodies this year in the Sweet…
December 21, 2022
Free state park hikes offered Jan. 1
Oregonians can start the new year with free guided first-day hikes led by rangers and volunteers in 20…
December 21, 2022
Early morning fire destroys 2nd Avenue home
An early-morning fire destroyed a home at 1170 2nd Ave. Sunday, Dec. 18. Firefighters responded at 3:37 a.m.…
December 21, 2022
Municipal Court (Dec. 21, 2022)
ov. 23, 2022 Anglim, Mollie M – Guilty by default, violation driving while suspended or revoked, fine $2,015,…
December 21, 2022
OLCC issues pot product recall
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) has issued a mandatory recall for several marijuana products due to…
December 21, 2022
Head-On Highway Crash at Dew Road
Rescuers work at the scene of a crash that occurred just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at…
December 21, 2022
Commissioners OK bond to boost internet in rural Lebanon
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker on Tuesday, Dec. 13, approved a tax-exempt bond…
December 21, 2022
Volunteers sought for ODF certified burn manager program
The Oregon Department of Forestry is seeking members for an advisory committee for its new Certified Burn Manager…
December 21, 2022
Ice storm closes Linn County offices
Due to the ice storm, the Linn County Courthouse is closed today. The Courthouse will also be closed…
December 21, 2022
Husky swimmers sweep competition in unusual venue
Some last-minute schedule changes put Sweet Home’s swimmers in Molalla on Friday, Dec. 16, instead of in Lebanon…
December 21, 2022