Timothy Schatz
Timothy Miles Schatz, 30, of Sweet Home, passed away Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. He was born Sept. 7,…
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…
Guest commentary: Oregon’s electric vehicle goals falling short of reality (Oct. 20, 2021)
By Rachel Dawson Oregon elected officials and appointed staff love to claim they base their decisions on the…
From Our Files (Oct. 20, 2021)
Oct. 21, 1971 A group that started in 1968 as the Golden Gleaners Club with a handful of…
Volleyball: Huskies down Stayton; host No. 2 Cascade Thursday
Sweet Home’s volleyball team maintained its second-place tie with Sisters in the Oregon West Conference standings going into…
Sweet Home girls fall to No. 1 Philomath, Sisters in soccer
Sweet Home’s girls soccer players were unable to find the back of the net last week, losing at…
Around Town (Oct. 13, 2021)
Blood drive held Oct. 13 at SHHS A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 9 a.m.…
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…
Death Notices (Oct. 13, 2021)
Doris Lee Ashe, 93, of Lebanon, died Oct. 6, 2021. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
James Brady, Sr.
March 22, 1942 – Sept. 18, 2021 James Reginald Brady, Sr., 79, a former Cascadia resident, died Sept.…
Patsy Davenport
Oct. 30, 1938 – Aug. 14, 2021 Patsy Joe Davenport, 82, a former Sweet Home resident, died August…
From Our Files (Oct. 13, 2021)
Oct. 14, 1971 Lester Shingle Co. began installation of its new chipper and chip storage bin, which will…
Geraldine Mosher
June 30, 1928 – Sept. 28, 2021 Geraldine L. Mosher, 93, of Sweet Home, died Sept. 28, 2021,…