The New Era
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From Our Files (June 7, 2023)
June 7, 1973 The Sweet Home High-Q team took the state champion title after defeating Beaverton High School…
June 7, 2023
Death Notices (May 31, 2023)
Beverly Alice Addington, 87, of Lebanon, died May 22, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.…
May 31, 2023
James Rice
James Roger Rice, 94, of Sweet Home, died May 19, 2023. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in…
May 31, 2023
Gregory Lynn Hall
Gregory Lynn Hall, 67, of Sweet Home died on May 22, 2023. Greg passed away after spending the…
May 31, 2023
Cristyn L. Kostol Marble
Cris was born in Baker, Oregon, in the same hospital where her father, a small-town doctor, tended to…
May 31, 2023
Timothy Shipp
Timothy Charles Shipp, 69, of Sweet Home, died May 25, 2023, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in…
May 31, 2023
Sweet Home FFA enjoys spring bounty
By Annabelle Morris Sweet Home FFA Member The Sweet Home chapter of Future Farmers of America has accomplished…
May 31, 2023
Circuit Court (May 31, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Calvin Alvin Ames, Samuel Frank Ayers, Curtis Ray Daniel, Shenese Danielle…
May 31, 2023
Logger injured in incident near Cascadia
A logger injured in an area southeast of Cascadia was airlifted to the hospital Tuesday morning, May 23,…
May 31, 2023
Linn County Juvenile Dept. reports results of school closures
Linn County Juvenile Director Torri Lynn told the board of commissioners Tuesday morning, April 23, that the two-year…
May 31, 2023
Tune it Up Tuesdays event kicks off June 6
The Oregon Jamboree kicks off its Tune It Up Tuesdays starting June 6 in the parking lot behind…
May 31, 2023
Sweet Home’s Hefty leaving legacy at Linn County Parks
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Officer When John Hefty reports to work each morning at the Linn…
May 31, 2023
From Trash to Treasure to Simple Seasons
Larry and Nancy Patton announced May 24 that they are selling their Trash to Treasure store at 4432…
May 31, 2023
Calapooia River victim identified
The man who was found dead after falling into the upper Calapooia River while walking his dogs on…
May 31, 2023
Fire burns quarter-acre in Lebanon
A vegetation fire burned approximately three-quarters of an acre in the 4000 block of Upper Berlin Drive Friday…
May 31, 2023
Public Safety (May 31, 2023)
May 22 2:51 a.m. – Peter Robert Piazza, 39, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant…
May 31, 2023
Story Time with Officer Potter
Officer Sean Potter showed up Thursday, May 26, to lead Story Time for youngsters at the Sweet Home…
May 31, 2023
Man rescued Saturday on South Santiam River near Waterloo
A man floating the South Santiam River on a tube was rescued Saturday evening, May 27, by Albany…
May 31, 2023
Real Estate (May 31, 2023)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during April/May 2023.…
May 31, 2023
Further update: Crash knocks out electricity in central Sweet Home
A car that collided with a power pole along Highway 20 early Thursday, June 1, led to a…
May 31, 2023
Firefighers douse brush fire in Holley
Sweet Home firefighters responded late Thursday morning, June 1, to a brush fire near Holley School, Sweet Home…
May 31, 2023
Outdoors: Snapping turtle captured in Harrisburg
Wildlife officials captured a 25-pound snapping turtle found wandering through a Harrisburg pasture on Apr. 28. The invasive…
May 31, 2023
Prep track: Lopez, 4×100 relay team place at state for Huskies
It wasn’t a record-setting meet for the Sweet Home boys, but the 4A State Championships certainly weren’t an…
May 31, 2023
Lewis Conn named baseball team’s Most Valuable Player
At Sweet Home baseball’s end of season awards banquet at Husky Field on May 24, senior catcher Lewis…
May 31, 2023
No. 1 Henley ends Sweet Home’s softball season
Sweet Home softball’s season ended on Tuesday, May 23, as the Huskies fell to top seeded Henley 12-1…
May 31, 2023