Huskies score overtime win over Elmira
Sweet Home’s Brandon Keenon scored on a five-yard run in overtime to lift the Huskies to a 13-7…
Public Safety Log October 8, 2014
Oct. 4 2:53 a.m. – Officer located a bicycle at Third and Ironwood. Property seized and placed in…
Girls play well, but youth shows in pair of soccer losses
Junction City 3, Sweet Home 1 The Huskies played well Thursday in girls soccer, but their inexperience and…
Sunshine spaghetti feed
Sunshine Industries held their annual spaghetti feed Friay October 3 at their new facility at 1333 Clark Mill…
Highway 228 crash sends two to hospital
MEDICS and firefighters tend to Tami Linn Dugan, 57, at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Highway…
SH’s Hiett wins Philomath XC meet
Jakob Hiett planned to spend this past summer racking up the mileage in anticipation of a run for…
League leaders Sisters, Sutherlin sweep SH netters
It was a tough week for the Sweet Home volleyball team last week as the Huskies lost to…
Good News Club prompts memories
Editor: I was thrilled to read in The New Era (Sept. 24) that Yvonne Goode was starting a…
Restoring local deer, elk populations might start right at home
My desk faces Main Street and, thanks to a couple of well-placed windows, I have a pretty good…
Homeless solutions available elsewhere
Editor: Congratulations on your 85th year of publishing The New Era. Having a hometown newspaper has kept our…
Joe Geil
Feb. 1, 1941 – Oct. 5, 2014 Joe Floyd Geil, 73, of Sweet Home died peacefully Oct. 5,…
Francesco Morreale
Oct. 30, 1928 – Oct. 5, 2014 Francesco “Frank” Morreale, 85, of Sweet Home died Oct. 5, 2014.…
Boys soccer team loses to Junction City, Elmira
Junction City 6, Sweet Home 1 Things were going all right for the Huskies early on against Junction…
Around Town for October 1, 2014
Bible club offered Tuesday afternoons A weekly after-school Good News Club is being held Tuesdays, from 2:50 to…
Four arrested after cops discover two fugitives at Brush Creek home
A Sweet Home man who fled the Linn County Courthouse after a trial in September was arrested Tuesday,…
General Election 2014: City Council candidates state positions on key issues
Editor’s note: Seven candidates for four open Sweet Home City Council seats makes the Nov. 4 election one…
New Samaritan records system allows patients increased access
Following years of preparation and work by care providers, clinic and hospital staff and behind-the-scenes technical experts, all…
Thoughts on real warming cause
Editor: Recent news articles citing warm ocean winds, not man’s activities, as the main cause of global warming…
Huskies net wins over Cottage Grove, Elmira
Things turned around last week for the Sweet Home volleyball team as the Huskies evened their league record…
Support bill to assist caregivers
Editor: A new bill is heading through Congress that would provide Social Security earnings credit to long-term caregivers.…
Kenneth Lefler
Nov. 5, 1944 – Sept. 25, 2014 Kenneth “Dale” Lefler, 69, of Sweet Home died Sept. 25, 2014.…
Public Safety Log October 1, 2014
Sept. 28 12:11 a.m. – Evan Tyler Bear, 25, cited for driving uninsured, Main and Ninth. 5:31 a.m.…
XC boys beat three league rivals at Cottage Grove
Sweet Home’s boys cross-country team made a statement Thursday, Sept. 25, finishing ahead of three other Sky-Em schools…
Before you vote, know your candidates
Election season is upon us and this Nov. 4 Sweet Home voters will have a rare opportunity –…