Reptile Man Visits
Richard Ritchey, the Reptile Man, paid a visit to Oak Heights third-graders, as seen in the first photo,…
Circuit Court (Jan. 18, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Boys and girls wrestlers both finish third at Oregon Classic
Sweet Home’s boys and girls both placed third in the Oregon Classic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, in…
Prep swimming: Huskies get test run in district pool
Sweet Home’s young swimmers got a taste of what the district meet will look like Saturday, Jan. 14,…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…
Boys end non-league basketball season with pair of losses
Sweet Home boys basketball lost to Madras 55-36 at home last week and to Crook County 64-32 on…
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…
Terrence Shea
Terrence “Terry” Kevin Shea, 65, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022, from fungal meningitis, a rare complication…
Sue Tenbusch
Sue Ann Tenbusch, 72, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. She was born July 13, 1950, in…
Death Notices (Jan. 18, 2023)
George Delwyn Cooper, 84, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Around Town (Jan. 11, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Howard Lewis
Howard Leslie Lewis, 81, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022. He was born Jan. 29, 1941, in…
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 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…
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…
Death Notices (Jan. 11, 2023)
Cathy Annett Beemer, 69, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 3, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
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…