SHHS Forestry Club finishes second at state
After winning it all a year ago, Sweet Home High School’s Forestry Club, pictured, took home second-place honors…
Alumni sought for High Q Award
Sweet Home Alumni Foundation has assumed the coordination of the prestigious Sweet Home High School High Q Award…
Scholarship offers free LBCC tuition to locals
Applications for the annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College Sweet Home…
SHHS students celebrate May Week with traditional fun and games
Sweet Home High School students celebrated their annual spring May Week last week with competitions ranging from the…
Volunteer coach arrested on suspicion of online corruption involving student
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home High School volunteer wrestling coach Wednesday afternoon, May 11, on charges…
Baseball: SH comes up short against Cottage Grove, splits with Sutherlin
A tough week for Huskies baseball, Sweet Home lost a game at home against Sutherlin 5-0 on May…
Sweet Home rolls over Sutherlin, Cottage Grove in softball
The Huskies continued rolling over their opponents last week, extending their win streak to seven games in varsity…
Death Notices May 11, 2016
Death Notices Robert Daryl Cate Jr., 44, of Sweet Home, died May 5, 2016. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel…
Huskies head for district track after warm-up against top teams
Coming off another “Track Meet,” the May Week inter-class competition the day before that left Sweet Home’s runners…
Thanks to health professionals
Editor: Each May, hospitals across the nation celebrate the collective efforts of nurses and other health care professionals…
Midway through district golf on Monday night, Haley May stands third; boys have tough day
Sweet Home’s girls finished the first day of the district tournament at Santiam Country Club in Stayton Monday…
Editorial: Smart budgeting key in public safety planning
Once again, it’s budget time. That’s why The New Era, particularly this week’s edition, has been heavy on…
Citizens deserve better performance
Editor: Based on the recent events concerning City Manager Craig Martin, and the council’s less-than-transparent activities regarding his…
Who’s really out of touch today?
Editor: Liberalism at its finest: It’s OK to stomp on an American flag but it’s not OK to…
SH water, sewer rates excessive
Editor: Regarding water and sewer rates (April 20), as someone on a fixed income of only $700 a…
Alice Palmer
Sept. 15, 1925 – April 14, 2016 Alice Allene Palmer, 90, a longtime Sweet Home resident, died April…
Samaritan purchasing Lebanon Teen Challenge building for substance abuse treatment center
Samaritan Health announced Thursday, April 28, that it has purchased Teen Challenge’s substance abuse treatment facility in Lebanon…
District Attorney: Deputies justified in shooting suspect
Staff Two Linn County Sheriff’s deputies were justified in using deadly force in a March 25 incident, District…
National monument proponent likens Douglas fir forests to redwoods
Staff Stephen Sharnoff made a pitch last week to a Salem audience to gain more support for the…
SH man gets nine months after felon-in-possession guilty plea in firearms case
Allen Maurice Diggs, 74, of Sweet Home was sentenced Friday to nine months in prison after pleading no…
Cost to move Municipal Court estimated at about $45,000
Staff The Sweet Home City Council voted 6-0 to begin collecting construction bids to move Sweet Home Municipal…
Organizer seeks help in bringing back Chips ’n’ Splinters show
Staff In an effort to bring back the past, Shirley Austin is calling on Sweet Home businesses, organizations…
Super sloshy at S.A.F.E. Super Hero Run
Camren Reed, clad in a Batman outfit, stops to lighten his load Saturday morning, April 30, during the…
Golfers tune up for districts with best round of season
After what Coach Pat Davis described as their worst round of the season, Sweet Home’s boys bounced back…
Alcohol criticism not very biblical
Editor: In response to Victoria Peargin’s letter, “Alcohol shame to Christian witness” (April 20), I write this as…