The New Era
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Woman gets 13 months, fine for burning child
Krystal Humphries, 24, was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 13 months in prison on five charges connected with…
November 9, 2009
SHPD gets new logo, thanks to local artists
The Sweet Home Police Department has selected one of six designs by local resident Abe Burns as its…
November 9, 2009
Obituary: Betty Potter
Betty Lee Gamble Potter, 84, died at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2009 at home. She was born…
November 9, 2009
Obituary: Donald Keef
Donald Dee Keef, 68, of Sweet Home died Oct. 31, 2009 at his home. He was born in…
November 9, 2009
Obituary: Edith Crockett
Edith Jewel Crockett, 87, of La Pine, died away early on the morning of Oct. 27, 2009 at…
November 9, 2009
Flu bug showing up in Sweet Home
The H1N1 influenza virus, informally called the swine flu, is making the rounds in Sweet Home, and attendance…
November 9, 2009
Bad first half kills boys soccer team
Central defeated the Huskies 11-3 in boys soccer Monday evening. The score in the first half was 8-0.…
November 1, 2009
Girls down Blanchet, then go flat at Philomath
The Huskies earned a big win in girls soccer over Blanchet Catholic School 4-2 at home on Saturday…
November 1, 2009
Mat Club wrestling sign-ups Nov. 2-3
Sign-ups for the Sweet Home Mat Club will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday,…
November 1, 2009
DEQ opts for warning letter in funeral home demolition
Last week, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a warning letter to Mac and Liz Olsen, owners…
November 1, 2009
State warns against Census scam
Attorney General John Kroger is warning Oregonians about con-artists, posing as U.S. Census workers. Con artists posing as…
November 1, 2009
School custodian arrested for sex crime
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office arrested a custodian who works at Foster Elementary School on a charge of…
November 1, 2009
Fumes blamed for fire
Fire destroyed a singlewide manufactured home in Cascadia on Oct. 19. Resident Erika Morgan arrived home with her…
November 1, 2009
President Obama deserves the Nobel Prize
President Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s an indictment, not a compliment. Rather than living up…
November 1, 2009
Health care advocates playing with our kids money
Washington isn’t in the business of common-sense health care reform. It’s in the shell game business, and business…
November 1, 2009
President calls it right on hoops ‘issue’
President Obama answered criticisms last week about his basketball game perfectly when confronted during an NBC interview about…
November 1, 2009
Obituary: Della Stallings
Della Lenora Stallings, 90, of Sweet Home died on the night of Oct. 21, 2009 at Samaritan Lebanon…
November 1, 2009
Obituary: Richard Whitmore
Richard Wilbur Whitmore, 70, of Sweet Home, died Oct. 23, 2009 at his home, surrounded by his loving…
November 1, 2009
Water polo teams head for playoffs
Sweet Home ended its regular water polo season Monday at South Albany in what Coach Craig Martin described…
November 1, 2009
Husky harriers turn in fast times on Elmira course
Speed was the name of the game Wednesday, Oct. 21, as Sweet Home’s cross-country teams finally got onto…
November 1, 2009
Huskies roll over Taft, set up grid showdown with Central
As expected, Sweet Home imposed its will on an outmanned Taft squad 55-20 Friday night, setting up this…
November 1, 2009
Huskies down Central in volleyball
Everything came together at once, solid hitting, serving and passing, to allow the Huskies to get the best…
November 1, 2009
B&G Club holding winter sports sign-ups; deadline is Nov. 5 for guaranteed spots
The deadline for fifth- and sixth-grade basketball registration at the Sweet Home Boys and Girls Club is Nov.…
November 1, 2009
Suspension, private land don’t deter poaching suspects
A lifetime hunting suspension didn’t deter a Brownsville-area man who was sentenced last week to 10 months in…
November 1, 2009
Harper’s home: Disabled man moves into new home, built by helping hands
Dirrell Harper said it was a dream come true after he entered his new house to find three…
November 1, 2009