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Sweet Home senior takes top honor in state business competition
Megan Sanderson For The New Era Sweet Home High School senior Keegan Legg was the winner of the…
Symphonic Choir heads to state after festival win
Sweet Home High School’s Symphonic Choir will perform Friday, May 6, at the OSAA 4A state competition this…
SHHS drop-out rate decreases 3 percent, according to state report
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School single-year and four-year dropout rates decreased last school year, according to…
Three arrested in Cascadia drug bust
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three people after Sunday after executing a narcotics and stolen property search warrant…
City Budget Committee opts for charity
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home Budget Committee increased proposed expenditures for next year by $33,000…
Councilors take gander
Sean C. Morgan The City Council is considering whether chickens should be given more room to legally dwell…
Final frame
A shovel operated by Terry Watkins, knocks down the last wall, marking the end Saturday for the Sweet…
Reception bids adieu to library director, staffer
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Library Director Leona McCann and Librarian Velma Cook said goodbye to the library…
John Fassler, Mike Adams square off for school board
Editor’s note: Four seats are open on the District 55 School Board. The Foster position, held by incumbent…
2011 Sportsman’s Holiday Court named
Sean C. Morgan The Chamber of Commerce announced the members of its 2011 Sportsman’s Holiday Court last week.…
High school switching to seven-period day
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will switch to a seven-period day next school year in response…
Family blames Sam Huxford’s death on results of trauma from the battlefield
Sean C. Morgan Not all of those who die in a war die on the battlefield. Sometimes, they…
Body recovered in Green Peter
The body of a missing Albany man was found in Green Peter Reservoir on April 20. Rick Hale,…
SHHS play focuses on how small failures lead to big problem
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will present its annual play, “The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners”…
New supervising ranger a real people person
Sean C. Morgan U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Cindy Glick is in Sweet Home and “lovin’ it.” She…
Free watershed workshops offer help with weeds, pastures, mud and more
The South Santiam Watershed Council is partnering with experts from Oregon State Extension Service and Oregon Department of…
SH’s Bubak named Nurse of the Year
Sean C. Morgan District 55 School Nurse Jane Bubak has been named Oregon School Nurse of the Year…
Sheriff’s Office to collect unwanted prescription drugs
Linn County Sheriff’s Office is offering Prescription Drug Drop-Off sites in rural communities in Linn County Saturday, April…
Adventist church plans weekend of service to community
The Sweet Home Seventh-Day Adventist Church will spend the weekend of April 29-May 1 in a variety of…
Local students on OSU Dean’s List
3.5 or Better: Amanda N. Basham, senior, exercise and sport science; Ole D. Bond, senior, mechanical engineering; Lauren…
Junior high releases winter honor roll names
Seventh Grade, 4.0 Kara Anne Almy, Makenna Nerese Ashton, Kara Lynn Baker, Courtney Dawn Cross, Maria J.D. Daniels,…
Sweet Home High School announces winter honor roll
Students on honor roll are required to have at least four letter graded classes. Students who receive a…
Haiti opens up whole new world for SH native
Scott Swanson Rosemary Whitmore, a lifelong Holley resident, had really never been outside of the United States –…
City budget tightening
Sean C. Morgan The recession is being felt more acutely by the city of Sweet Home as it…
LBCC Winter Dean’s List
The following Sweet Home-area students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher…