The New Era

Amber Hummer Rosa is starting with what is almost a clean slate as she takes over as coach…

School District 55 has nearly completed the installation of irrigation on the site of the old tennis courts.…

The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens got a little dotty Sunday afternoon at Weddle Bridge as they hosted…

Sweet Home Police Department is accepting applications for its third Citizen’s Police Academy until Sept. 7. The academy…

We need to thank Oregon Attorney General John Kroger for safeguarding the health and well-being of smokers in…

Pamela Mae Lewis, 62, of Sweet Home died Aug. 13, 2010. She was born Oct. 25, 1947 in…

Ruby Ione Geil, 90, a longtime resident of Sweet Home died Aug. 24, 2010 at a care home…

Robert E. “Bob” Conrad, 83, of Coos Bay died Aug. 26, 2010. He was born Nov. 4, 1926…

Lorie Lynn (Evans) Comstock, 45, of Sweet Home died Aug. 25, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.…

New School District 55 teachers include, in front from left, Linda Guth; Helen Cannon, language arts and social…

Five candidates have filed for four City Council seats in the Nov. 2 election. The terms of Eric…

The Sweet Home City Council decided last week to fully fund the Sweet Home Police Department’s student resource…

The Sweet Home Police Department has returned to the Ford Crown Victoria as its wheels of choice, putting…

Local Rotarian Juan Ulep and an assortment of Rotary Clubs have completed the fund-raising necessary to establish 10…

Jacob Roth, age 91 of Albany, peacefully entered God’s presence August 17, 2010, following a head injury. He…

Marvin M. Winslow, 83, died Aug. 21, 2010 at his home. He was born Aug. 11, 1927 in…

Linn County Sheriff’s detectives pulled 920 mature marijuana plants from property off Brush Creek Road, south of Sweet…

Tim Moore waited 11 years for his chance to hunt a pronghorn antelope. When it came, it was…

As the Sweet Home High School fall season gets under way, the Huskies have a new league, a…

At 90, Susie Gertrude Crowell Daniels thought she was nearing the end of life. She thought so too…

Forestry officials are urging outdoors enthusiasts and local residents to exercise extreme caution with fire as efforts continued…

In recent months local musician Jobe Woosley has morphed from The Two-Man Flannel Band to Root Rhythm as…

Thanks to the Sweet Home Library’s new computer automation system has enabled the staff to extend their hours,…

Doris Mouw, 90, a former Sweet Home resident, who lived in Costa Mesa, Calif., since 2008, died Aug.…

Oliver David Buxton, 83, died of lung cancer Aug. 20, 2010 at his home in Lincoln City. He…