Preview of New Clinic
Members of the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation Board of Directors took a tour Thursday, Feb. 6, of…
Sweet Home Community Foundation announces grant applications
The Sweet Home Community Foundation will begin accepting grant applications for its 2023 cycle beginning Feb. 15. The…
OLCC submits pot supply-and-demand report
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission on Feb. 1 submitted to the Oregon Legislature the 2023 Marijuana Supply…
Legislature mulls changes to fire risk map
The Oregon Legislature will be considering a number of recommendations for changes related to the statewide wildfire risk…
Forestry group names new board members
The Linn County Small Woodlands Association selected new officers and board members during its Saturday, Jan. 21, meeting…
State releases 2023 salmonid habitat map
The State of Oregon on Feb. 1 released the 2023 essential salmonid habitat map, which shows streams where…
Healthy You: Heart-healthy foods to add to your diet
A healthy diet can help people lower their risk for various conditions, including heart disease. That’s a significant…
Foster man killed in Highway 228 crash
A Foster man was killed just before daylight Wednesday morning, Feb. 8, in a single-vehicle crash on Highway…
Albany officers on leave after fatal shooting
Two Albany Police Department personnel were placed on critical incident leave after a fatal Wednesday, Feb. 8, incident…
Letter: Language can be tangled puzzle (Feb. 8, 2023)
Editor: Thanks to Roberta McKern for her always-interesting stories from our museum. I had wondered for decades why…
Letter: Reader happy to have local news (Feb. 8, 2023)
Editor: We are indeed fortunate to have our New Era and Lebanon Local reporting our news. Thank you…
From Our Files (Feb. 8, 2023)
Feb. 8, 1973 Robert Harrison Myers was arrested after Daryle Jimerson requested that police look for his stepdaughter,…
Girls basketball: Sweet Home falls after good start against North Marion
Sweet Home girls basketball lost two games to conference opponents last week, losing at North Marion 54-38 and…
Girls wrestling: Sweet Home finishes as first 4A/3A/2A/1A regional champions
Sweet Home won the inaugural OSAA Girls 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2 wrestling championship Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11,…
Natalia Seth
Natalia Ivanovna Seth, 72, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 1, 2023. She was born Oct. 15, 1950, in…
Jessie Tenbusch
Jessie Bell Tenbusch, 88, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 3, 2023. She was born March 25, 1934, in…
Helen Jonas
Helen Kay Jonas, 92, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 2, 2023. She was born Feb. 3, 1930, in…
Melvin Eugene Claborn Sr.
Melvin Eugene Claborn Sr., 82, of Sweet Home, passed away Jan. 30, 2023. He was born Nov. 27,…
Death Notices (Feb. 8, 2023)
James Sherrell Black, 96, of Sweet Home, died Feb. 5, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Around Town (Feb. 1, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Melinda Ice-Bush
Melinda Lynn Ice-Bush, 51, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 24, 2023. She was born June 12, 1971, in…
‘Urgent need’ for officials, especially on diamonds
The Oregon Athletic Officials Association and the Oregon School Activities Association are recruiting officials for the high school…
Husky wrestlers sweep Newport, JC
For Sweet Home’s wrestlers, last week was a down week as the Huskies wrestled two duals, which was…
Four, including Lebanon teens, killed in Hwy. 226 crash
Four people, including two Lebanon teens, died Monday evening, Jan. 30, in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 226…
Girls basketball: Huskies play ‘great game’ in close loss to Newport, fall to No. 5 Philomath
The Sweet Home girls basketball team was unable to find the win column in its first full week…