SH resident facing child porn charge
The Linn County District Attorney has filed a charge of attempted use of a child in a display…
12th Avenue bust results in six arrests on variety of drug charges
The Sweet Home Police Department Aug. 14 arrested six persons after serving a narcotics-related search warrant at 1951…
Fire danger back to ‘high’ with looming warm temps
Oregon Department of Forestry increased designated the fire danger level as “high” Monday morning, Aug. 19, increasing from…
Left, right-wingers need a mediator
Editor: I am willing to look the fool in hope that what I say might have some effect…
City needs better communication
Editor: The South Hills Trail is a place in Sweet Home that many people value and enjoy regularly.…
Thanks for church’s local family support
Editor: I would like to say how thankful I am for the support of the families of Sweet…
Donald Lyle Wimer
Dec. 4, 1930 – Aug. 14, 2019 Donald Lyle Wimer passed away on Aug. 14, 2019. He was…
Janice Borden
Sept. 13, 1946 – Aug. 1, 2019 Janice Borden, 72, of Sweet Home died Aug. 1, 2019. She…
Around Town – August 14, 2019
Summer meals for kids till Aug. 23 Sweet Home School District will continue to offer free lunch and…
Well-intentioned though it might be, new paid family leave law is going to cost all of us
Staff Like many pieces of legislation, Oregon’s new paid leave law provides some benefits. But it’s going to…
Temperate temperatures, moisture drop fire danger a notch
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Thanks to low temperatures, relatively high moisture and a shot…
Public Safety Log – August 14, 2019
Aug. 12 5:23 a.m. – Caller reported glass in her back door was broken out, 5600 block of…
Death Notices – August 14, 2019
Former Sweet Home resident Patricia Hoy Hainline, 85, of Hammond, died Aug. 5, 2019 in Seaside. Ocean View…
From Our Files – The New Era 25/50 Years Ago – August 14, 2019
Aug. 14, 1969 A thousand balloons, each with a certificate inside good for free merchandise from area merchants,…
Mega-bicycle race runs cyclists right through Sweet Home
More than 100 cyclists rolled through Sweet Home off and on all day Saturday, Aug. 9, competing in…
Local swimmers compete in regional all-star meet
Sweet Home Swim Club’s Chloe Tyler and RJ Abbott swam on Oregon’s all-star team in the Oregon Swimming…
Shirley Atkison
Shirley Ann Atkison, 80, of Sweet Home, passed away July 27, 2019. She was born Aug. 9, 1938…
Phillip Jackson
Phillip Jackson was born on June 25, 1939 in Wichita Kansas, to parents Willard C. and Mary (nee…
Around Town – August 7, 2019
Thriller ‘Gaslight’ movie at the mill Scroggins Mill in Lebanon presents Movies at the Mill, a series of…
Public Safety – August 7, 2019
Aug. 5 1:02 a.m. – Caller reported that a male subject had come onto the Jamboree grounds twice…
Norman Eiler Kaldahl
Norman Eiler Kaldahl, 85, of Sweet Home, went to meet his Lord and Savior, on July 28, 2019.…
Local swimmers compete in big meets
Sweet Home star swimmer Megan Hager competed over the weekend in U.S. Swimming’s 2019 Futures Championships at Mt.…