Three-alarm apartment fire kills one person
A three-alarm apartment fire killed one person early Sunday morning. Emergency responders located 70-year-old Ramona Sue Schrock deceased…
Top swimmers are Davis, Yon, Hager, Vasfaret
Lucie Davis and Lauren Yon were named the top girls swimmers and Nathan Hager and Brandon Vasfaret earned…
Let women make own decisions
Editor: “Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. “It…
Douglas fir proposal lacking roots in true science, community connections
Thirty-some years ago, a local businessman dropped by The New Era to chat with the publisher. The vistor…
Justin Tow, Daniel Virtue named boys basketball MVPs
Senior Justin Tow and junior Daniel Virtue were named most valuable players during the Sweet Home High school…
Shea Point debris ‘ugly reminder’
Editor: To all the hikers, birdwatchers, animal lovers, bicyclists and general everyday passersby. I have been passing through…
Citizen’s Academy offers look behind the bullet-proof glass
Staff If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the bullet-proof glass and security doors of your local…
Following fire, Sweet Home RV on the road to recovery
Staff After part of its facility was destroyed by a fire last summer, Sweet Home RV Center has…
Editorial: Healthy discussion may lead to good decision on water
The City Council is talking about water and sewer rates again, and it’s not going to be pleasant.…
Iris Hemphill
March 25, 1930 – Feb. 27, 2016 Iris Mae Hemphill, 85, of Sweet Home died Feb. 27, 2016.…
Around Town March 2, 2016
Church seminar on estate planning Sweet Home Evangelical Church will host a Decision Tree of Aging seminar at…
SH teen arrested on rape charge
Sweet Home police took a 17-year-old Sweet Home boy into custody for first-degree rape last week. Police arrested…
SH man arrested after alleged home invasion
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man who allegedly invaded a home in the Mountain Shadows manufactured…
Public Safety Log February 24, 2016
Feb. 22 12:11 a.m. – Caller reported a male entering her home and taking a phone, 300 West…
Teens add energy to museum plans for 40-year celebration
Rhiannon Stiles clearly appreciated the stone she held Thursday evening as she showed a visitor a display of…
Role in OSU’s ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ brings back past for SH alum
When Kimber Parker got involved with the “Kiss Me, Kate” production at Oregon State University, she ran into…
SH woman killed in Lebanon wreck
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a single-vehicle, fatal motor vehicle crash reported Sunday, Feb. 21, at 4:29…
Public Safety Log March 2, 2016
Feb. 29 12:49 a.m. – Caller reported a vehicle sitting near mailboxes with hazard lights on for three…
Attorneys working on deal in SH firearms possession case
Attorneys for Allen Maurice Diggs and the county agreed Thursday, Feb. 25, to a settlement conference in the…
Police arrest local man after 18-mile chase through area
Sweet Home police arrested a 32-year-old Sweet Home man following an 18-mile pursuit early Sunday morning on multiple…
Wrestlers win district title and qualify 16 for state
Sweet Home’s wrestling Coach Steve Thorpe has said all year that this year’s team has chemistry and leadership.…
Why do people try to leave socialism?
Editor: Obama’s “hope and change” were socialist policies – and those policies failed and have weakened our nation…
Gretchen Schaleger
June 20, 1936 – Feb. 20, 2016 Gretchen Schaleger, 79, of Sweet Home died Feb. 20, 2016. She…
Girls finish basketball season with losses to Elmira, Cottage Grove
The Huskies lost their final game of the season 60-46 at home in girls basketball on Friday. Led…
Cowger, Schilling place in college regionals
Two Sweet Home alumni finished have finished in the medals in college wrestling conference action. Tyler Cowger, a…