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Plagued by illness, the Huskies lost a pair of games in girls soccer last week. Sweet Home lost…

Sweet Home’s volleyball team ran its league record to 3-1 and 7-2 overall with league wins over Cottage…

Olivia Johnson set a course record Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Harrier’s Challenge at Schwartz Park in Cottage…

Jackson Baer For The New Era Sweet Home started league play Friday with a frustrating loss to new…

Sweet Home High School alternative education students last week got a chance to help Oregon Department of Fish…

The Linn County Fire Defense Board ended the county-wide burning ban on Friday, Oct. 1, but due to…

Election Day is Nov. 2, just under a month away. This is shaping up to be an atypical…

A human skull, identified as Native American, has been returned to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde after…

Myrtle Gates, who taught choral music at SHHS from 1951 to 1976, celebrated her centennial birthday Sept. 15…

Leola Dora Zimmer, 98, died Sept. 28, 2010. She was born April 7, 1912 in Cotesfield, Neb., one…

Sweet Home High School students enjoyed themselves this week during Homecoming.

Vivian Ethel Birdsall Yotty, 87, died Sept. 9, 2010 at Tacoma General Hospital with her family at her…

Joel (Joe) W. Putney, 68, of Springfield died Sept. 22, 2010. He resided in Springfield with his wife…

Lola Esther (Wycoff) Nicholson-Grill, 91, died on Sept. 29, 2010 in Sweet Home. She was born on April…

Leona Irene Achilles, 91, of Sweet Home died Oct. 2, 2010. She was born Aug. 14, 1919 in…

Seniors Kyle Hummer and Carissa Swanson were named Sweet Home High School’s Junior First Citizens last week. The…

The Sweet Home City Council continued a public hearing on the city’s sign ordinances and asked Community Development…

The boys soccer team continued its early-season struggles last week, with losses in three games, including two to…

The Sweet Home volleyball squad met some of the best teams in the state last week and it…

Sweet Home’s water polo team picked up its first victory of the season Thursday, Sept. 23, with a…

Olivia Johnson won the Sweet Home Invitational cross-country meet Sept. 21 at Camp Tadmor, leading the Sweet Home…

After three losses to tough teams, Sweet Home got its cleats into the turf Friday and used explosive…

Clara Kitchens has styled and cut hair for 50 years. In Clara’s Hair Care, a little shop she…

The girls’ high school soccer team dominated the field overall and defeated Elmira 1-0 on Thursday on the…

As it has done with previous inflow and infiltration reduction projects, the city of Sweet Home is requesting…