Lyle Murray
April 18, 1936 – Jan. 2, 2021 Lyle “Dean” Murray, 84, of Foster, died Jan. 2, 2021 at…
Donna Smoyer
Dec. 18, 1939 – Jan. 4, 2021 Donna R. Smoyer, 81, of Sweet Home died Jan. 4, 2021.…
Diana Jeppsen
June 13, 1952 – Jan. 2, 2021 Diana Martil Jeppsen, 68, of Lebanon, died Jan. 2, 2021. She…
Gary Fessler
Feb. 13, 1946 – Dec. 22, 2020 Gary David Fessler, 74, of Albany, a former Sweet Home resident,…
Nola Greenwood
Jan. 18, 1921 – Jan. 7, 2021 Nola Greenwood, 99, of Sweet Home died Jan. 7, 2021. She…
Around Town Jan. 6, 2020
LBCC offers free business help Linn-Benton Community College’s Small Business Development Center offers a variety of business classes…
COVID restraints population control
Editor: As I re-read the letter by Debbie Woody and Linda Cutright in last week’s The New Era,…
Wanda Mulholland
May 23, 1933 – Dec. 28, 2020 Wanda Alene Mulholland, 87, of Sweet Homewas born in Vandervoort, Ark.,…
Wilbert Johnson
Nov. 7, 1936 – Dec. 29, 2020 Wilbert Carl Johnson, 84, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 29, 2020.…
SHHS gets two grants for work skills education
Sweet Home High School teachers won two microgrants at the end of 2020 to support projects that reduce…
Review of the Year, part 2: Challenges mount as 2020 progresses
This is the second half of our review of last year’s news in Sweet Home. The first half,…
Public Safety Log Jan. 6, 2020
Dec. 27 9:51 a.m. – Caller reported his son was on his property and damaged his fence, 1100…
Weather Service issues flood watch through Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Linn County, including Sweet Home, starting at…
Trump’s COVID leadership faulty
Editor: In the Dec. 30, 2020 edition of The New Era, Ms. Woody and Ms. Cutright express their…
Local COVID management better for all
Gov. Kate Brown’s decision to make the metrics governing whether schools can operate advisory, rather than mandatory, is…
Kenneth Noah
March 23, 1931 – Dec. 17, 2020 Kenneth Leslie Noah, 89, of Sweet Home died Dec. 17, 2020.…
Alice Blanco-Curtis
Dec. 23, 1929 – Jan. 2, 2021 Alice Blanco-Curtis, 91, a former Sweet Home resident, died Jan. 2,…
Remembering Donna Dorsing
July 17, 1944 – Dec. 31, 2020 Donna Dorsing, 76, passed away on Dec. 31, 2020. Donna was…
Wrestling history missing vital piece
Editor: After reading the three pages, on the Husky wrestlers putting Sweet Home on the map, in the…
District mulls options after Gov. Brown changes policy
The New Era Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday, Dec. 23, directed the Oregon Department of Education and the…
Public Safety Dec. 30, 2020
Dec. 21 7:13 a.m. – Caller reported her neighbor drove into a ditch, 2600 block of Harding. Officer…
Sewing shop’s Lerena Ruby closing after 26 years, decade after originally planned
Lerena Ruby stands in her Seamingly Creative sewing goods store at 1245 Main St. as she has for…
We review the events of 2020, part 1: Great start to a challenging year
We’ve said it before, but we’ll repeat for emphasis: What a year. Our annual Review of the Year…
Raquel Dawn Gonzalez Ndzeidze
Oct. 18, 1981 – Dec. 17, 2020 Raquel Dawn Gonzalez Ndzeidze, 39, of Corvallis, passed away Dec. 17,…