Albany win puts Husky harriers on ‘competitive’ radar
Sweet Home’s boys had a big day at the Harrier Classic cross-country meet Saturday, Oct. 3, at Albany’s…
SH fire officials get ‘unique’ chance to share wildfire strategy
Two Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District staffers participated in late September in a national program designed as…
First Oregon governor’s debate gets feisty
Gov. Tina Kotek and state Sen. Christine Drazan trade barbs and call each other disingenuous. By Penny…
Fire in Sweet Home
Sweet Home firefighters, along with other agencies, are battling a fire in the area of 18th Avenue and…
After 50 years, logger Richard Malusky still loves woods
In 1975, Richard Malusky wanted a job in the woods, and when he got it, he never left.…
LPD officers describe operations, successes, needs at Forum Lunch
Lebanon Police lieutenants Taylor Jackson and Ryan Padua found themselves in front of the crowd Friday, Sept. 25,…
Local teams do well at ELCA home XC meet at Cheadle
Sweet Home and East Linn both had good days Friday, Sept. 25, at the Champs Invite, hosted by…
Audit: Oregon Department of Education has failed to oversee $338 million program for boosting high school graduation rates
Measure 98 diverted funding to more rigorous instruction, but state officials aren’t tracking results. By James Neff…
Bat found in Albany tests postive for rabies
A bat found in the Albany area last Tusday, Sept. 22, has tested positive for rabies. Linn County…
Lebanon reports scammers impersonating city
The City of Lebanon reported Tuesday, Sept. 22, that it has been made aware of scam emails being…
SH Fire Board approves ambulance rate increases
Ambulance rates in Sweet Home will rise after Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District board members approved increases…
Update: Street closures this week in Lebanon
Grant Street between Main and Park streets in downtown Lebanon will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4…
New poll shows Drazan with slight lead in governor’s race
The result is in line with an earlier poll, but the Republican’s two-point lead is less than the…
Sweet Home remembers 9/11 with American Legion ceremony
Sept. 11, 2001 began “as just an ordinary Tuesday morning” 25 years ago, in the words of Sweet…
Rest in peace, Joan – and please ignore that typo
My introduction to Joan Scofield came in 2006, when she marched into The New Era newspaper office and…
Grant Street in Lebanon to be closed starting Monday
The second phase of the Grant and Sherman Street Reconstruction Project in the city of Lebanon is planned…
ELCA cross-country looks strong on girls side
New Head Coach Meggan Modderman comes into East Linn’s cross-country program with a team of veteran girls and…
Eagles, in reconfigured league, aiming for soccer playoffs
Chris Fenerty took the helm of the East Linn boys soccer team last year, leading them to an…
Growing cross-country program making strides
Lebanon’s cross-country team is starting young this year – with one senior on the boys side and one…
Warriors looking to climb ranks in MWC volleyball
Grace Tuli, Lebanon’s head volleyball coach, knows her players. Her senior leaders were freshmen when Tuli took over…
Retiring gallery curator displays one last exhibit – hers
Lee Roscoe-Bragg has been part of the east Linn County art scene since she arrived from northern California.…
Opinion: Lessons from 9/11 were often too temporary
My memories of 9/11 are getting a bit hazy, perhaps because I’m not really a morning person and…
Veteran Eagle spikers aiming for deeper dive at state
East Linn Christian’s volleyball team enters this season with some top-down changes – literally – to its lineup,…
Young, but veteran Huskies looking for big year in cross-country
Five years ago, Dave Martin took over a Sweet Home cross-country program that had been decimated by COVID…
Huskies building skills as they enter new division in boys soccer
Sweet Home’s boys soccer team is entering a new season that could be very different than what the…