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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…
Planners give final OK to new development code
At its Thursday, Aug. 4 meeting at City Hall, the Sweet Home Planning Commission approved an updated Sweet…
Salem man killed in I-5 rollover
A Salem man was killed Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2, in a rollover crash on Interstate 5 north of…
Dinos in the Library
A traveling exhibit called “Oregon’s Dino-Story” is on display through Sept. 3 in the foyer at the Sweet…
Hot times at the Jamboree
Scott Swanson Searing temperatures and humidity aside, this year’s Oregon Jamboree drew huge crowds to hear headliners Miranda…
City manager search down to 2 finalists
Benny Westcott After a series of executive session interviews, the Sweet Home City Council has selected two top…
Council: No to psilocybin businesses
Benny Westcott A City Council majority said “no” last week to psilocybin in Sweet Home, voting Tuesday, July…
Groundbreaking kicks off work on memory facility
Benny Westcott A July 27 groundbreaking ceremony launched the beginning of what will become a 48-bed memory-care facility…
Native American cultural encampment held in Foster
Sarah Brown By Sarah Brown Of The New Era Native American Deitrich Peters’ words reverberated quietly against a…
The New Era named state’s best small weekly
The New Era was honored as the best weekly newspaper in Oregon last week by the Oregon Newspaper…