Wildland fire school helps firefighters ready for real thing
By Scott Swanson Of The New Era After weathering a 12-hour deluge that left more than 2 inches…
Carport fire at Foster Apartments
Firefighters responded at 4:19 p.m. Friday, June 28, to a fire that burned a carport and maintenance room…
Public Safety – July 3, 2019
July 1 3:23 a.m. – Jeffrey Michael Clark, 49, arrested by Oregon State Police on Sweet Home warrant…
2019 Chips ‘n’ Splinters Mystery Performers Clues
Below are clues, provided by event organizers, to the identity of two Mystery Performers, who will appear at…
2019 Sportsman’s Holiday Court Princess Brook Womack
Sportsman’s Holiday Court Princess Brook Womack’s goal as a court member is to serve as an ambassador for…
Nicholas James DeMarsh
Nicholas James DeMarsh, 31, passed away on June 20, 2019 at his home in Dallas. Nick was born…
Robert Lee Ikola
Robert Lee Ikola, 67, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born July 2, 1951 in Cottage…
Edward Belveal
Edward Palmer Belveal, 93, of Sweet Home, Oregon died June 20, 2019 at the Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House…
Michael Burghart
Michael Burghart, 78, a longtime Sweet Home resident, died June 25, 2019 in Salem after a short illness.…
Death Notices – July 3, 2019
Henry Ithamer Stagg, 79, of Sweet Home died June 25, 2019. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Around Town – June 26, 2019
Breakfast at Elks Sunday morning The Elkettes of Sweet Home serve breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. every…
Sweet Home Junior High Spring Honor Roll
Eighth Grade 4.00 – Taryn Abbott, Brookelynn Burke, Leilanie Chao, Zoey Erevia, Alexis Franklin, Kylie Hayes, Rylie Hooley,…
East Linn Christian Academy Second Semester Honor Roll
High School 4.00 – Aden Aerni, Gavin Baker, Emma Bowler, Madeline Bowler, Susannah Cray, Shayla Hatfield, Benjamin Johnson,…
2019 Sportsman’s Holiday Court Princess Collette Valentine
Sportsman’s Holiday Princess Collette Valentine says she wouldn’t have passed up the opportunity to be part of the…
New economic development director brings education, small-town experience to SH
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Sweet Home’s new community and economic development director says he…
Pedestrian struck on Cedar Street
Bystanders, bottom, shade the victim of a low-impact vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash on Cedar Street as medics, above, load her…
South wins All-Star baseball series
Colton Smith, left, and Nate Virtue hold plaques commemorating their team’s victory in the annual All-Star Baseball series…
Doug Peargin named swimming Coach of the Year – for 7th time
Sweet Home Coach Doug Peargin was named this year’s Coach of the Year for 4A-3A-2A-1A girls swimming at…
All-League Huskies
These athletes are among those who earned All-League or All-State – or equivalent – honors for spring sports.…
Proposed tower unnecessarily tall
Editor: I want to thank the city, its workers, and all the volunteers that put in the time…
Issues in Salem bigger than just laws
It’s been a wild end of the week in Salem. Of course, from the perspective of much of…
Michael Epperson
Michael Jay Epperson, 60, of Sweet Home, died June 22, 2019. He was born March 5, 1959 in…