Election 2022: State House District 11 Candidates
Jami Cate, 35, Republican Residence/Family: Lifelong resident of Lebanon. Parents Jim and Ginger Cate; Siblings Jered and Chelsea…
Election 2022: Measures
Sweet Home-area voters will be asked to make choices on four statewide measures and one local initiative in…
Letter: Tucker deserves to be re-elected (Oct. 19, 2022)
Editor: We’d like to give a shout out for the re-election of Will Tucker. Over the many years…
Letter: Brother: Lowman ‘will work very hard’ (Oct. 19, 2022)
Editor: David Lowman tirelessly volunteers in the city he loves, and lives in and also works in the…
From Our Files (Oct. 19, 2022)
Oct. 19, 1972 A memorial fund has been established to erect a memorial fleur-de-lis fountain in honor of…
Playoffs on horizon as Huskies enter final week of league volleyball
Sweet Home held its destiny in its own hands entering this week as the Oregon West Conference volleyball…
Girls notch soccer win against Stayton, fall to Cascade
Sweet Home girls soccer got its first league win last week, beating Stayton 2-0 at home on Oct.…
Dora Allen
Dora Della Allen, 85, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 8. 2022. She was born Dec. 15, 1936, in…
David King
David Edward King, 69, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 8, 2022, after a fall. He was born Sept.…
Rose Eva Brett
Rose Eva DeShazer Brett was born on Jan. 10, 1982, in Reedsport. She was the youngest child and…
Max Coffield Thompson
Max Coffield Thompson, 92, of Lebanon passed away Oct. 8, 2022. He was born May 13, 1930, in…
Around Town (Oct. 12, 2022)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Georgeanne Denver
Georgeanne Denver, 93, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. She was born May 25, 1929,…
Huskies use some big plays to down Ashland in Homecoming football
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era Sweet Home celebrated its homecoming week with a 28-19 win over…
Tough week for girls on soccer pitch as they fall to Philomath, N. Marion
Sweet Home girls soccer experienced two tough losses last week as they continue to search for their first…
The virtues of virtual fencing
By Sean Nealon Oregon State University Writer The use of virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing on sagebrush…
Crash detours traffic on Long
Firefighters and police respond to the scene of a crash in the 2300 block of Long Street, near…
Albany man arrested in stabbing near Sweet Home
An unidentified Arizona man was both struck by a vehicle and stabbed Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, near milepost…
More arrests made in Oct. 11 incident near Sweet Home
Three Albany men have been arrested following an Oct. 11 incident in which an unidentified Arizona man was…
Boys soccer: Huskies fall to Philomath, North Marion
The Sweet Home boys soccer team fell Tuesday, Oct. 4, to top-ranked Philomath, 8-0, then lost 6-0 on…
Volleyball: Spikers stay at second in OWC after tough win at Stayton
Going into this week, Sweet Home’s volleyball team was solidly in second place in the Oregon West Conference,…
Cross country: Developing runners leave coach ‘pleased’ after warm day in Philomath
It wasn’t a record-shattering day for everybody, but some of Sweet Home’s young cross-country runners came away with…
Letter: Didn’t vote? Then don’t complain (Oct. 12, 2022)
Editor: All voters need to actually vote (emphasis) in the upcoming election. According to the Secretary of State…
Death Notices (Oct. 12, 2022)
Dora Della Allen, 85, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 8, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Bonnie Morehead
Bonnie Jean Morehead, 78, of Sweet Home, died Sept. 26, 2022. She was born March 9, 1944, in…