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March ESPY winners
Sweet Home School District’s March ESPY Award winners include, from left, Shylo Gustine, Sweet Home Junior High; Molly…
New members Diane Gerson, Jared Cornell elected to SHEDG board of directors
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group elected two new members to its board during its…
Fire damages former T&M Pizza building
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District personnel responded early Monday morning to a structure fire in the former…
ODOT: Studs need to come off by March 31
March 31 is the deadline for Oregonians to remove studded tires, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced this…
Sweet Home man dies in Highway 20 crash
A Sweet Home man was killed Wednesday afternoon, March 23, in a collision with a chip truck on…
Teen rescued from mud at Foster Lake
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District personnel rescued a 13-year-old boy who was stuck waist-deep in mud at…
Warrants issued by local court on the rise – at higher rate than other towns
Sean C. Morgan The number of warrants issued by Sweet Home Municipal Court has rapidly increased over the…
Child abuse to get close look in Linn County
Sean C. Morgan Child Abuse Awareness Month will kick off April 1 with a Child Abuse Prevention Summit…
County commissioners file $1.4 billion suit against state
Linn County Commissioners filed a $1.4 billion class action lawsuit against the State of Oregon and the State…
Killer of Christine Smith sentenced to life in prison
Linn County Circuit Court Judge DeAnn Novotny found Devin P. Hansen of Albany guilty of murdering his 29-year-old…
Lin Gagner named Distinguished Citizen at chamber awards banquet
Scott Swanson Lin Gagner was named Sweet Home’s Distinguished Citizen for 2015 and Kristen Adams was named First…
SH councilman Goodwin files to run for state Legislature
Staff Sweet Home City Councilman Jeff Goodwin has filed to run for the state House of Representatives in…
Councilor Marybeth Angulo resigns abruptly, citing others’ behavior
Staff Citing the behavior of some other councilors toward her, Marybeth Angulo resigned from the Sweet Home City…
Few races impacting Sweet Home-area voters to be actual contests in May 17 election
County commissioner elections will be uncontested this year, while legislative offices in the Sweet Home area will have…
SHJH students get taste of literary competition in Battle of the Books
Nazia Swartz For The New Era Four Sweet Home Junior High students competed Saturday, March 12, in the…
Questions surround victim of fatal apartment fire in Sweet Home
Sean C. Morgan An elderly woman, who may have been suffering from mental illness, died early Sunday morning,…
City Council approves expanded inter-library loan participation
Sean C. Morgan Patrons of Sweet Home Public Library are now able to borrow books from other Linn…
Municipal Court Judgments
Feb. 4 n Margaret Ackley, charge dismissed, truancy attendance violation. n Jeffrey Eugene Birdsell, no contest, driving while…
Montana man chosen schools superintendent
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board hired a Montana educator, Tom Yahraes, as its new superintendent…
School Board OKs calendar for 2016-17, heating upgrades
The School Board approved a calendar for the 2016-17 school year Monday during its regular meeting. Schools will…
Three-alarm apartment fire kills one person
A three-alarm apartment fire killed one person early Sunday morning. Emergency responders located 70-year-old Ramona Sue Schrock deceased…
Forestry Club wins its own competition
The Sweet Home Forestry Club was the winner at its own competition Saturday, March 5, finishing ahead of…
National monument proposal summary focuses on ‘natural treasures’
The 24-page proposal for the Douglas Fir National Monument describes a plan to establish a process of returning…
Rotarians take lead on trails at Hobart Park
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Trails Committee will host a trail walk at 10 a.m. this Saturday, March 12,…
County health physician’s assistant aims to ‘make a difference’ in SH
Staff Chris Rodriguez has spent his adult life working in healthcare, and now the 41-year-old Corvallis man is…