The New Era

The Sweet Home City Council appointed six new members to the Youth Advisory Council, leaving two positions out…

Lance Cpl. Ian Search, a member of the Linn-Benton Young Marines, is attempting to get as many people…

Jean (Chris) Sherman, 75, of Sweet Home died Oct. 12, 2009. She was born Jan. 14, 1944 in…

Robert Earl “Bob” Gruwell, 80, of Sweet Home died early ont he morning of Oct. 16, 2009 at…

Helen Louise Blankenship, 82, of Sweet Home died at Twin Oaks Rehabilitation Oct. 15, 2009. She was born…

Earl Jones, 85, of Sweet Home died at home on the morning of Oct. 15, 2009. He was…

John Horn, 89, of Sweet Home died peacefully, surrounded by his family at home, on Oct. 13, 2009.…

Terrie Miller isn’t much for attention, but she got some Monday night from a grateful school district after…

The District 55 School Board adopted a new policy and approved a new administrative rule for student cell…

Austin Jackson and Sam Woosley attach new trucks to Woosley’s new board, which he won in a drawing…

Football, Eighth Grade Oct. 5 Philomath 51, Sweet Home 14 Football, Seventh Grade Oct. 5 Sweet Home 24,…

Amanda Basham of Sweet Home, running for Pacific University, set a new season best at 6,000 meters at…

North Eugene’s pool proved to be too much for Sweet Home boys water polo squad Friday as the…

Jeremy Ray Jeppsen and Tonya Lea Richardson of Sweet Home have announced their engagement to be married. Jeppsen…

Because the current recession has forced the Legislature to make deep cuts in agency budgets, most state offices…

Ovella Fay Lamb, 95, of Lebanon died on the afternoon of Oct. 5, 2009 at Bridgecreek Memory Care…

Customers converge on Joe Brocard’s Antique Apple Orchard Saturday for the farm’s annual Cider Day.

A committee of high school officials, teachers and students have developed new procedures for misuse of cell phones…

Two Sweet Home fighters won their fights and another lost Saturday night at Capital City Cage Fights in…

The high school boys varsity soccer team lost 4-1 at Central, ranked second in the state, on Thursday.…

A single goal added a second loss to the Huskies’ record in girls soccer Monday afternoon at Linn-Benton…

After several weeks of hilly courses, the Sweet Home cross-country team finally got a chance to run a…

A stellar defense and big offensive plays guided Sweet Home past Philomath, 35-7, in their opening league game.…

Two Sweet Home-area waterfront streambed restoration projects were on display Thursday, Oct. 8, for some 60 participants in…