Events: June 25, 2025
SH Around Town Master Dragon Theatre show at Sankey Sweet Home Library’s Summer Reading Program will host Dragon…
Police Logs: June 25, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: June 25, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Tigers enjoy banner track season with big finish
Sweet Home Junior High fielded one of its largest track teams in years and the Tigers had a…
Crash on Highway 228
Damaged vehicles sit on Highway 228 at the scene of a crash that occurred Wednesday, June 18, between…
Baseball bill crosses home plate in Oregon Legislature
An effort to bring major league professional baseball to Oregon got a rousing response last week from Oregon…
Linn County Fair announces headliners
The Linn County Fair in Albany has announced its 2025 concert lineup, bringing top-tier national talent to the…
Eighth-grader is first in years to complete decathlon
Sweet Home’s Elijah Rodriguez became the first eighth-grader to compete in a decathlon in nearly 20 years at…
Municipal Court: June 18, 2025
All information presented herein is obtained from publicly available Oregon court and law enforcement records. The Oregon Public…
From Our Files: June 25, 2025
June 29, 1950 Police are looking for a marauder who apparently rode out of the woods on…
Eric Jeffrey von Ladau
Eric Jeffrey von Ladau Oct. 18, 1951 – June 2, 2025 Eric Jeffrey von Ladau, 73, of Sweet…
Molly Ruth (Coulter) Mosby
Molly Mosby Jan. 1, 1929 – May 14, 2025 Molly Ruth (Coulter) Mosby of Meridian, Idaho, peacefully passed…
Henrietta Susan “Sue” Malloy
Henrietta Malloy Nov. 5, 1941 – June 4, 2025 Henrietta Susan “Sue” Malloy, 83, of Sweet Home, passed…
Tanis Lynette Cockrell
Tanis Cockrell Oct. 6, 1950 – June 3, 2025 Tanis Lynette Cockrell, 74, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Teen killed in Cascadia
A teenage girl was killed Monday morning, June 16, after falling while hiking, Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan…
Police Logs: June 18, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: June 18, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Events: June 18, 2025
Power play, teen games at library Sweet Home Library will host the Museum of Natural and Cultural History…
Local sixth-graders head for Junior High
Hawthorne and Oak Heights elementary schools both held sixth-grade progression ceremonies on Thursday, June 12, as did Foster.…
Restrictions in effect with beginning of fire season
Fire season on all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry’s South Cascade and Western Lane districts…
Dustin Nichol top write-in candidate for Holley School Board Seat
Final results from the May 20 election have been announced for Sweet Home races. A final total of…
Real Estate Sold: June 18, 2025
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late May…
Oak Heights crowns chess champ
Oak Heights Principal Todd Barrett, above left, tests his skills against the school’s chess champion, sixth-grader Miguel Estrada,…
Husky Golf Award Winners
Winners of the Sweet Home golf program’s team awards included, from left, Henry Gainer, Victoria Victor, Trent Harvey,…