Second fatal crash in three days on Brush Creek Road leaves two dead
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a double-fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday evening, July 23, near…
Diane Gaye Yunker Green
Diane Gaye Yunker Green passed away on June 29, 2019 after a two-year battle with cancer. She had…
Stormy Barge
Stormy Lee Barge, 24, of Sweet Home died July 23, 2019. She was born April 25, 1995 in…
Death Notices – July 31, 2019
Shirley Ann Atkison, 80, of Sweet Home, died July 27, 2019. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
David Blair
David Elroy Blair, 58, of Sweet Home died July 27, 2019. He was born Oct. 31, 1960 in…
Johnie Fagan
Johnie Russ Fagan, 96, of Sweet Home died July 20, 2019. He was born Nov. 17, 1922 in…
James Roy Seiber
James Roy Seiber, 80, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, July 25. 2019. He was born Feb. 18,…
Around Town – July 24, 2019
Free movie at Lebanon mill Scroggins Mill in Lebanon presents Movies at the Mill, a series of classic…
Public Safety Log – July 24, 2019
July 21 12:20 a.m. – Caller reported a female pointed a gun at him before leaving the location…
This year’s Sweet Home Sweet Ride show draws 202 entrants – and a lot more
The Sweet Ride Charity Car Show for Kids had 202 vehicles registered in the show, with many more…
County Fair rocks
Dakota Melkvik and Jada Autrey, of Sweet Home, above, ride The Orbiter on the midway at Linn County…
Circuit Court: Pleas in drug, menacing cases result in jail time
Logan Kenneth White Logan Kenneth White, 27, was sentenced June 28 in three cases before Linn County Circuit…
Guitars Under the Stars to be one of popular band’s last stands
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era The fourth annual Guitars Under the Stars music festival, scheduled…
TNE staff wins multiple awards in state competition
The New Era received multiple awards, including place-winners in two very competitive categories, in the 2019 Better Newspaper…
SHHS Class of 2019 graduates’ scholarships total nearly $2.2 million
This year’s Sweet Home High School graduates received a total of $2,172,378 in scholarship money, according to the…
Sweet Home Senior National baseball team places fifth at state
Wyatt Calkins slides into second base against Beaverton during the JBO Senior National (grades 7-8) state tournament. Sweet…
Sweet Home Sr. American JBO finishes third at state
Sweet Home finished third in the state Senior American (grades 7-8) tournament held Friday through Sunday in Oregon…
Olympic Trials Qualifier
Lucie Davis of Sweet Home, right, now swimming for Boise State and the Bronco Swim Club, qualified for…
Rodney Erickson
Rodney Steven Erickson, 48, of Sweet Home, died July 16, 2019 in Philomath. He was born Nov. 8,…
Gladys M. Postell
Gladys M. Postell, 96, a longtime Sweet Home resident, passed away June 21, 2019 in Brush Prairie, Wash.…
David McGirl
David Joseph McGirl, 43, of Sweet Home, died July 19, 2019. He was born Oct. 8, 1975 in…
Nate Virtue to play in All-Star football classic
Sweet Home High School graduate Nate Virtue will play in the annual East West All-Star Football Game Aug.…
