From Our Files (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 18, 1973 City Manager Michael Gleason said an increase in vandalism is costing the city thousands of…
Basketball: Girls struggle against Madras, Crook County
Sweet Home girls basketball was unable to find the win column last week, falling to Madras 54-40 and…
Death Notices (Jan. 18, 2023)
George Delwyn Cooper, 84, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
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…
Oscar Hiaasen
Oscar Grant Hiaasen, 90, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 30, 2022, at Evergreen Hospice in Albany. He was…
John Emma
John Emma, 83, of Sweet Home, died Nov. 28, 2022, at his home. Mr. Emma was the previous…
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 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…
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…
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…
From Our Files (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 11, 1973 Shawn Patrick Lindley was the first baby born of the Sweet Home district this year,…
Elizabeth (Liz) VanLeeuwen
Elizabeth (Liz) VanLeeuwen, 97, passed away at home on her farm Nov. 27, 2022. Liz, the granddaughter of…
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…