Husky cheerleaders begin competitive season Saturday
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Cheer leading at Sweet Home High School is more than just pepping…
Crawfordsville postmaster retires
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Now that 2005 is over, Crawfordsville Postmaster Laura Novak is done too.…
Family loses home in Christmas tree fire
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Michael and Julie Bly took their children Christmas shopping after he got…
District nurse works to help pregnant girls stay in school
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Teen pregnancy doesn’t stop at the school door — and that’s where…
20 years of helping mothers
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Mel and Peggy Wagoner got interested in the issue of unwed mothers…
Teen pregnancy rates not falling in east county, observers say
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Teenage pregnancy rates may be declining in the United States and in…
Sweet Home woman wins Corvette
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Linda Garcia was in a meeting with a client at her All…
Notes From The Newsroom: It’s more than Santa
Scott Swanson Of The New Era This week I?ve typed dozens of letters to Santa. Lest you get…
Crawfordsville church to host New Orleans family
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Albertina “Tina” Batiste,was sitting in an Atlanta hotel before Thanksgiving with no…
Remembering Pearl Harbor — Dec. 7, 1941: Local man survived attack on Navy ship
Scott Swanson Of The New Era For George Swindle, the Navy was a way out of the Great…
Wrestlers want to leave mark in Capital Conference
Scott Swanson Of The New Era In their last year as Capital Conference members, the Sweet Home wrestlers…
No rebuild needed; Swimmers to make splash again at districts
Scott Swanson Of The New Era It looks to be a bit of a rebuilding year for the…
Judges hold court at SHHS
Scott Swanson Of The New Era The case was troubling. Michael Steven Hamilton was smoking marijuana and playing…
F Troop returns from Iraq
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Oregon National Guard Sgt. Tom Reasons was feeling thankful Sunday, Nov. 13,…
School board weighs SHEDG offer to move tennis courts
Scott Swanson Of The New Era District 55 School Board members weren?t quite ready Monday night, Nov. 14,…
Local man arrested for theft in mining, lumber operation
Scott Swanson and Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Law enforcement officials are investigating a Sweet Home…
Husky Stadium getting new, cost-saving, lights
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Husky Stadium will be getting new lights soon. Four poles to hold…
Honoring our World War II Veterans: Tom Hufford
Scott Swanson Of The New Era It was 1942 in Sweet Home and Tom Hufford and seven of…
New athletics alignment doesn’t work out well for Sweet Home
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Sweet Home High School will play in a new league beginning next…
Honoring our World War II Veterans: Mary DeLong
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Mary DeLong almost missed World War II. A registered nurse, she was…
Mountain View Realtors merges with Heritage Northwest
Scott Swanson Of The New Era If you’re house hunting around Sweet Home, you may have noticed an…
Huskies sending Schumacher sisters to state cross-country meet
Scott Swanson Of The New Era The girls cross-country team came closer than expected to earning a trip…
Lewis family marks 60th year of serving Sweet Home through auto parts store
Scott Swanson Of The New Era In 1944 Orville and Mary Lewis arrived in Sweet Home, ready to…
History column can make for interesting reading
Scott Swanson Sometimes, when you’re plugging away, it’s easy to lose perspective. It happens in journalism, just as…
Twilight on the trail
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Their names line the wall of the dim tack room: Bob, Rosie,…