Public Safety 7/26/23 Edition
July 17 8:23 a.m. – Deputy spotted gun safe that was cut open and empty in area of…
Around Town 7/19/23 Edition
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Kerry Aubry
Aug. 28, 1959 – July 1, 2023 Kerry Alynn Aubry, 63, of Sweet Home, died July 1, 2023.…
Dennis Walker
Dec. 22, 1959 – July 9, 2023 Dennis Gene Walker, 63, of Sweet Home, died July 9, 2023.…
Delbert Kurtz
Jan. 23, 1952 – July 10, 2023 Delbert M. Kurtz, 71, of Sweet Home, died peacefully July 10,…
Albany man arrested in SH after police pursuit
An Albany man was arrested Saturday evening, July 15, following a police pursuit that ended after his car…
Public Safety 7/19/23 Edition
July 10 9:25 a.m. – Deputy responded to disturbance in 28800 block Weatherly Lane. According to Sheriff’s Office,…
Circuit Court 7/19/23 Edition
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Calvin Alvin Ames, Samuel Frank Ayers, Ashlee Dee Flanagan, Aaron Thomas…
Around Town – July 12th Edition
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Wrestling camp becoming generational affair
As Steve Thorpe watched dozens of wrestlers lope around the Main Gym floor at Sweet Home High School…
Yvonne Pappadis
June 15, 1958 – July 4, 2023 Yvonne Lenore Pappadis, 65, of Sweet Home, died July 4, 2023.…
Death Notices 7/12/23
Kerry Alynn Aubry, 63, of Sweet Home, died July 1, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Public Safety 7/12/23
June 30 10:23 a.m. – Deputy responded to report of injured kittens that appeared to have been thrown…
Sweet Home High School announces Honor Roll
Following are Sweet Home HIgh School students who have been announced by the school as having made the…
Paraglider crashes into Willamette
A Eugene man died Saturday, July 1, after a paraglider on which he was a passenger plunged into…
Death Notices — July 5, 2023
John Franklin Wirth, 62, of Sweet Home, died June 27, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Norma Reeser
Norma Delila Reeser, 103, of Sweet Home, died June 26, 2023. She was born Dec. 4, 1919, a…
Dourthea Mae Oar
Beloved Dourthea Mae Oar, 93, peacefully passed away in her home in Crawfordsville on June 15, 2023. She…
New owner takes helm at The New Era
Staff Report The New Era has a new owner. Scott and Miriam Swanson, co-owners and co-publishers, announced this…
State offers tips on protecting yourself following DMV hack
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles department has confirmed that cybercriminals have copied information on an estimated 3.5…
County approves $229M fiscal year budget
Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved adoption of the 2023-24 fiscal-year budget Thursday…
Motorcycle, car collide on Main Street
Rescue and police personnel work at the scene of a collision between a car and motorcycle Wednesday evening,…
LBCC reduces tuition increase to 5%
The Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education voted Monday, June 26, to reduce the 2023-24 tuition increase from…
Public Safety — July 5, 2023
June 26 12:19 p.m. – Caller reported that she was on BLM gravel road when she lost control…
Beautification group moves under city purview
After some 25 years as an independent, volunteer organization, the Beautification Committee is moving under the city’s oversight…