Banjo band plays the classics in Sweet Home
Banjo players, who spent last week camped out at Dick Martin’s home off North River Drive, entertain at…
Public Safety July 8th-June 26
July 8 2:27 a.m. – Bradley Marion Pugh, 29, arrested for first-degree criminal trespass and cited for possession…
Meet the 2013 Sportsman’s Holiday Court: Briana Warth
Princess Briana Warth, 17, is the daughter of Stephanie Warth and Fred Warth. She will be a senior…
County Fair to open July 18
Kansas, Collective Soul and Steve Holy will be the evening headliners at this year’s Linn County Fair, which…
Margaret White
July 12, 1931 – July 5, 2013 Allie Margaret White, 81, died July 5, 2013. She was born…
Billie Weber
Aug. 10, 1929 – July 6, 2013 Billie Virginia Weber, 83, died Saturday, July 6, 2013. She was…
Evelyn Milburn
Feb. 11, 1910 – July 7, 2013 Evelyn M. Milburn, 103, of Sweet Home, died July 7, 2013.…
Death: E. Keith Keesecker
July 27, 1925 – July 6, 2013 Edward “Keith” Keesecker passed away peacefully on July 6, 2013 in…
Wanda Aerni
May 6, 1938 – July 6, 2013 Wanda Mae Aerni, 75, of Sweet Home, died July 6, 2013.…
Death: James ‘Jim’ Bertram Walker
July 24, 1937 – July 2, 2013 James “Jim” Bertram Walker passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013,peacefully with…
Budget deal gone bad holds a few positives
The New Era The highly partisan world of Oregon politics makes it hard to get things such as…
Sweet Home wrestling camp ends with international flair
Among the 130-some wrestlers who showed up for the 13th annual Santiam Wrestling Camp last week at Sweet…
Open water polo tournament starts Monday at Foster
Two dozen teams from around the West will converge on Sweet Home for the three-day Nike Open Water…
Meet the 2013 Sportsman’s Holiday Court: Brittany Poteet
Princess Brittany Poteet, 16, is the daughter of Joseph and Christina Poteet of Sweet Home. She joined the…
Sportsman’s Holiday prep heating up
It’s time to get ready for the annual Sportsman’s Holiday Parade, which starts at 11 a.m. on July…
Public Safety: June 19-July 1
July 1 9:35 a.m. – Caller reported the theft of an RV battery, 1100 block of 24th. Report…
Georgia Elizabeth Walls
Nov. 9, 1921 – June 26, 2013 Georgia Elizabeth Walls, 91, of Albany, passed away Wednesday, June 26,…
Violet Grissom
June 27, 1920 – June 24, 2013 Violet Marie Grissom, 92, of Sweet Home died June 24, 2013.…
Helen Grant
Dec. 5, 1920 – June 22, 2013 Helen Dorene Grant, 92, of Forest Grove, formerly of Sweet Home,…
Robbin Lee Fickett-Strubhar
Aug. 22, 1944 – June 22, 2013 Robbin Lee Fickett-Strubhar died June 22, 2013. She was born Aug.…
It’s the Fourth of July, time to take stock of where we are
The New Era In recent months and weeks we’ve been bombarded with news reports which demonstrate pretty clearly…
Olympian: Perseverence key to sucess
Mike Hessell was just a ski bum when he discovered the luge. Hessell, now 70 and a Corvallis…
Sweet Home youth wrestlers earn All-American status
The Sweet Home Mat Club had three youth wrestlers earn All-American status last week at the ASICS Kids…
Foster swim
The New Era Bob Bruce, above left, of the Central Oregon Masters Aquatics Club of Bend, gives instructions…
Fir Lawn auction
Pastor Joe Medley, left, serving as auctioneer, acknowledges a bid from Alice Grovom during Fir Lawn Lutheran Church’s…