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Courts (Aug. 24, 2022)
Stephen Jay Fletcher, 46, was charged Aug. 12 with reckless driving, fourth-degree assault and failure to perform the…
Linn County and Lebanon police logs, July 19-Aug. 9, 2022
Aug. 9 2:13 a.m. – Kurtis Riley McClurg, 33, was cited for a Lebanon Municipal Court warrant for…
Kelcey Young named new Sweet Home city manager
Benny Westcott By Benny Westcott Kelcey Young will be Sweet Home’s next city manager, Mayor Greg Mahler announced…
Broken water main forces closure of Pleasant Valley Bridge
Sweet Home Public Works crews are working on a broken water main under the Pleasant Valley Bridge, which…
City issues drinking Boil Water Notice following water main break
Sweet Home residents living on the west side of the city, from 10th Avenue to the Strawberry Heights…
Boil water order lifted for west end city residents
A city advisory for Sweet Home water customers on the west side of the city to boil their…
City manager hopefuls make public debut
Benny Westcott About two dozen people attended a Wednesday, Aug. 10, meet-and-greet with the two Sweet Home city…
Bid solicitations approved for Phase 1 of treatment plant
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously Aug. 9 to allow staff to solicit bids for…
Health fair returns Aug. 20 after two-year COVID-19 hiatus
Scott Swanson After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, Sweet Home’s Health Fair will return Saturday, Aug. 20. The event…
Changes come to Sweet Home Chamber
By Benny Westcott Of The New Era The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center’s website and…
County Planning Dept. busy with permits, post-fire rebuilding
Linn County’s Planning & Building Department issued 209 total building permits in July, Director Steve Wills told the…
Summer Rainbow in Sweet Home
Following a sudden thunderstorm that dumped about half an inch of rain in town, this rainbow materialized in…
Sweet Home High School grads land nearly $1.76M in scholarships
Following are scholarships awarded to Sweet Home High School graduating seniors from the Class of 2022. This list…
Fire damages 6th Ave. home
A house sustained smoke damage from a fire beneath it Tuesday, Aug. 9, in the 900 block of…
Gates man sentenced in child exploitation case
A Gates man was sentenced to 1,027 months in prison Monday, Aug. 8, in connection with an online…
Forest thinning project approved for Quartzville-Middle Santiam
The U.S. Forest Service has announced that it will move forward with the proposed 89,000-acre Quartzville-Middle Santiam Project…
Producing with produce in the summertime
Cathryn Arndt Summer is a unique time, when we have different encounters with the foods of the season.…
Logging for fish
Benny Westcott Many river goers see fallen trees as a nuisance. But for juvenile winter steelhead, toppled timber…
Judge: Lower Green Peter to help fish
Scott Swanson Green Peter Reservoir will be lowered to historic levels this fall and early winter, during which…
Training pays off for local young people in July 29 water rescue
Benny Westcott A broken-down boat on Foster Lake may have recently gotten in the way of recreation for…
SHUHS Class of 1960 members celebrate (belatedly) 60 years at Waterloo
Members of the Sweet Home Union High School Class of 1960 gathered July 23 at Waterloo Park to…
Superintendent outlines approach, plans for school board members
Benny Westcott At the Sweet Home School District’s Monday, Aug. 8 meeting at the District Office, Interim Supt.…
Meridian Heights Loop closing to traffic Aug. 13
Meridian Heights Loop will be closed to traffic Saturday, Aug. 13, for road resurfacing, the Linn County Road…
Need work? County Parks Dept. still needs help
Business has been booming this summer at Linn County Parks, director Brian Carroll told the Board of Commissioners…
South Cascade District fire danger now ‘high’
Fire danger level has increased to “high” (yellow) on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry South…