Molalla cagers end shot at state for Sweet Home
Molalla 52 Sweet Home 41 Fourth-place Molalla eliminated the third-place Husky boys basketball team from the Capital Conference…
Junior high dancers first in competition
The Sweet Home High School Junior High Dance Team placed first out of 10 teams at a competition…
Property damaged in wind storm may receive tax break
Property owners have the opportunity to prorate their taxes this year based on property damage sustained during the…
1962: Typhoon Frieda Batters Sweet Home area
From the October 18, 1962 The New Era The edge of Typhoon Frieda, which first struck Crescent City,…
District 55 to interview seven for superintendent position
The District 55 School Board will interview seven finalists for superintendent. The candidates include the following in alphabetical…
School District 55 to log, sell timber at junior high
The District 55 School Board agreed at its regular meeting on Feb. 11 to log the trees on…
Couple wed at Evaneglical Church
Carlene R. Hutchins and Sean E. Erickson were married in a double-ring ceremony on Jan. 24, 2002 at…
Council continues hearing on Duck Hollow proposal
The Sweet Home City Council continued a hearing on the proposed Duck Hollow planned unit development (PUD, in…
Salem group opposes top choice for police academy
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) met opposition last week from a group of neighbors…
Jury fails to reach verdict in Robert Peel murder trial
A Linn County jury failed to reach a verdict on whether Robert Peel had killed a man who…
Life getting back to normal as storm cleanup progresses
The hum of chain saws is growing dimmer this week as Sweet Home cuts it way out of…
Battle of the Sexes at SHHS Feb. 25 to March 1
Sweet Home High School will hold its Battle of Sexes Week from Feb. 25 to March 1. The…
Megan Foucht earns DAR award
The Santiam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented its Good Citizen awards on Feb. 11…
New foster grandparent goes to work at Sunnyside
The Foster Grandparent Program is welcoming Martha Rivers to Sunnyside Head Start. The program thanked her last week…
School District to add two early release days next year
A School District 55 committee asked for two additional early release days in the next school year for…
SHPD to wait tables at Red Lobster for Special Olympics
Sweet Home Police Department will participate in the annual Cops and Lobsters fund-raising event for Special Olympics the…
God is Good News series starts Feb. 19
“God is Good News” is the title of an upcoming “Come and See” series in Lebanon. Eight presentations…
Jr. High grappler wins USA NW title
A Sweet Home Tiger wrestler captured the USA Northwest championship in the 98 pound Cadet class recently at…
Boys basketball may end in three-way tie for champion
Sweet Home was briefly number one in the Capital Conference boys basketball league after defeating Stayton 42-38 at…
Husky grapplers throttle league foes for district title
Sweet Home wrestlers throttled their Capital Conference opponents Saturday, easily capturing the district championship at Molalla. Coach Steve…
Birky sets state swim record; Huskies second
Eight Sweet Home Huskies traveled to the state swimming meet at Mt. Hood Community College Friday and Saturday…
Highway 228 family copes with power outage, storm
Dean and Carol Creswell were having dinner at the Skyline when Thursday’s storm hit. A tree blew down…
SH emergency services call volumes high during storm
Sweet Home Police Department called in all of its off-duty officers to help handle emergencies related to Thursday’s…
Commission approves Duck Hollow PUD, subdivision
The Sweet Home Planning Commission recommended approval of a planned unit development (PUD) overlay and approved the concurrent…
Public Works staff has hands full
Plant operators joined city maintenance staff in the streets Thursday and Friday to begin cleaning up after the…