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2 arrested after, police say, medical marijuana claim goes up in smoke
Sweet Home police arrested two persons after serving a search warrant at 38770 Mountain Home Drive on Jan.…
Chamber banquet at Community Center
The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet has been moved to the Jim Riggs Community Center…
For local couple, retirement means active life
Scott Swanson Retirement, for Gus and Diane Gerson, has simply been a new chapter in what already was…
Fire destroys Sweet Home Lanes bowling alley
Sean C. Morgan A fire destroyed Sweet Home Lanes and the apartment occupied by the owners early Friday…
PLC provide teachers with meeting of the minds
Sean C. Morgan There’ll be no more excuses. “You graduate as a teacher, and you get a bachelor…
City, cops opting for mediation
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home and the police employees union will enter mediation on Feb.…
City experiences rise in cop calls over past year
Sean C. Morgan The number of calls for police service in Sweet Home increased by nearly 800 in…
City finds leaving bridge unlocked reduces problems
The city of Sweet Home has started leaving Weddle Bridge unlocked and open to reduce vandalism on the…
Rainy weekend causes mudslides, high water
Sean C. Morgan An extraordinarily large rainstorm caused a series of landslides along Highway 20 east of Cascadia…
Cell phone fund-raiser brings money, curiosity
After-School Program students pawed through a pile of used cell phones last week in the Foster School cafeteria,…
Local author finishes new chapter of ‘Good Old Days’
Megan Sanderson For The New Era Sweet Home historian Mona Waibel has created the next chapter in her…
Chamber looks to fill vacancies, plan year
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce is seeking new board members while preparing its 2011…
Business owner says she’s feeling fallout after alleged attack
Sean C. Morgan Cindy Blondin was the victim of what law enforcement officials say was an attempted murder…
Mayor: City has some fixes to go, but in good shape
Sean C. Morgan The city is in good shape, by and large, and its sewer system, along with…
Fentiman re-elected to mayor’s seat after vote splits council
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council re-elected Craig Fentiman to serve as mayor after a brief…
Horton: Close Crawfordsville
Sean C. Morgan School District 55 Supt. Larry Horton Monday evening recommended that the School Board close Crawfordsville…
SH man finishes Air Force basic training program
Air Force Airman Holden S. Greene graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio,…
Beautification honorees
A number of winners of the 2010 Quality Development Awards received plaques from the Sweet Home Planning Commission…
Planning Commission tells owner to remove carport
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Planning Commission on Jan. 3 denied a Long Street couple’s request for a…
Sweet Home’s first baby of 2011 is a bouncer
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s first baby of the new year made a big entrance into the world –…
Natty at the Rio
Hunter Jutte, center, erupts after an Oregon tackle for loss during the first quarter of the Natty (BCS…
Former SH resident among injured in Arizona rampage
Scott Swanson A former Sweet Home resident and her husband were among the victims of a shooting rampage…
SH man shoots himself taking gun out of pickup truck
A Sweet Home area man shot and injured himself Sunday afternoon in an apparent accident. Sweet Home paramedics…
Former headliner Messina, four others sign on for 2011 Jamboree
Scott Swanson The Oregon Jamboree has signed five more artists for its 2011 festival, three of whom are…
County forecloses on WSLRT properties
Sean C. Morgan Linn County Assessor Mark Noakes deeded 20 properties owned by Western States Land Reliance Trust…