Wilton Ivie
Jan. 28, 1943 – Oct. 11, 2021 Wilton Lee Ivie, 78, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 11, 2021.…
Death Notices (Oct. 23)
Lola Louise Isaac, 78, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 11, 2021. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Duane Ray
Duane Ray, 68, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 15, 2021. He was born July 24, 1953 in Lebanon,…
Around Town (Oct. 13, 2021)
Blood drive held Oct. 13 at SHHS A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 9 a.m.…
James Brady, Sr.
March 22, 1942 – Sept. 18, 2021 James Reginald Brady, Sr., 79, a former Cascadia resident, died Sept.…
Parade of pumpkins
A Mountain View Road household is celebrating the fall season with this vivid display of pumpkin varieties, located…
New composite drawing released in connection with Gordon Road remains case
Linn County Sheriff’s detectives have learned new information regarding the unidentified human remains recovered in April of 2020,…
Gunshots strike Casa De Reyes building, apartments, early Tuesday
Sweet Home police are investigating gunshots that were fired in the 2400 block of Main Street early Tuesday…
Homecoming court 2021
Sweet Home High School Homecoming Court members are, from left, Isabel Sayer, Kaden Zajic, Chloe Tyler, Tucker Weld,…
New Era claims multiple awards in ONPA contest
The New Era won five first-place awards in this year’s Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest, four…
Public Safety (Oct. 13, 2021)
October 4 12:07 a.m. – Deputy warned illegal campers in the 44000 block of North River Drive. 12:26…
Cider time
In the first photo, Sarah Teuscher, right, and her dad, Joe Brocard Jr. crush apples into cider at…
Open Medicare enrollment begins Oct. 15
Open enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans begins Friday, Oct. 15. The Senior Health…
Crash at City Hall
Police Chief Jeff Lynn (pictured) looks over the scene after he spotted this motor vehicle crash in the…
Hearing held on county-line property
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker will decide whether property on the Linn and…
Hillsboro man rescued Saturday at Wolf Rock
Four responding agencies rescued a Hillsboro man at Wolf Rock in the Cascade mountain range on Saturday, Oct.…
Challenging house fire destroys house near Lebanon
A reported kitchen fire eventually consumed a home in the 37000 block of Rock Hill Drive south of…
Volleyball: Husky spikers, back at full strength, down Sisters, Philomath
Coming off a loss to Cascade, Sweet Home’s volleyball players got busy last week in matchups with Philomath…
Soccer: SH girls slow Woodburn down, but can’t stop No. 5 Bulldogs
Although Sweet Home girls soccer lost 4-1 to Woodburn on Thursday, Oct. 7, the team fared much better…
Patsy Davenport
Oct. 30, 1938 – Aug. 14, 2021 Patsy Joe Davenport, 82, a former Sweet Home resident, died August…
Geraldine Mosher
June 30, 1928 – Sept. 28, 2021 Geraldine L. Mosher, 93, of Sweet Home, died Sept. 28, 2021,…
Faye Lite
Jan. 1, 1962 – Sept. 23, 2021 Faye Lite, 59, of Sweet Home, died suddenly on Sept. 23,…
Death Notices (Oct. 13, 2021)
Doris Lee Ashe, 93, of Lebanon, died Oct. 6, 2021. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
From Our Files (Oct. 13, 2021)
Oct. 14, 1971 Lester Shingle Co. began installation of its new chipper and chip storage bin, which will…
Cross country: No personal bests, but ‘strong’ races from Husky runners
Sweet Home broke in a new runner Saturday at the Springfield Invite, held at Kiwanis Park below Skinner…