Articles from the January 4, 2023 edition
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Local dogs' lives looking up with new park
Sweet Home's first city dog park is open, at Northside Park. The park, located at 1780 11th Ave., has been in the works for a while, city Community and Economic Development Director Blair Larsen...
Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting in Sweet Home, elsewhere, to discuss plan for Willamette Valley System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold public meetings, including one in Sweet Home, to discuss its draft programmatic environmental impact statement for the Willamette River Basin's 13 dams and... Full story
Oh, what a year that was: 2022 in review
January -- Michelle Duncan was sworn in as Linn County's 41st sheriff to serve out retired Sheriff Jim Yon's final year, making her the first female sheriff in the Linn County Sheriff's Office's...
Leland Lowe
Leland Ray Lowe, 76, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 26, 2022. He was born June 8, 1946, to Ivan and Susie (Walker) Lowe in Sapulpa, Okla. His family moved to Noti when he was 8 years old, and two years... Full story
Deborah Alice Rowley
Deborah Alice Rowley, 69, of Sweet Home, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2022. She was born Dec. 12, 1953, in Lebanon to Sherman Olen and Venita Earl (Honeywell) Stevenson. Debie was a lifelong b... Full story
Jesse James Baugus
Jesse James Baugus, 28, of Lebanon, passed away Dec. 20, 2022. He was born June 22, 1994, in Lebanon to Jonathan Michael and Karen Lynnette (Thompson) Baugus. Jesse grew up in Cascadia and Sweet... Full story
Death Notices (Jan. 4, 2023)
Howard Leslie Lewis, 81, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements. For updated information, visit www.sweethomefuneral.com. Jacqueline Ellen Richards, 72, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 26, 2022. Sweet Home... Full story
Public Safety (Jan. 4, 2023)
Dec. 26 1:29 a.m. - Shaine Alan Tyree, 20, was cited for driving with a suspended license and driving uninsured, north Pleasant Valley Bridge. 6:30 a.m. - Caller reported a break-in and theft of items, Sugar City Brews, 501 Main St. Report taken for...
By Notes from the Newsroom: Changes, we expect, for the better (Jan. 4, 2023)
If you got the feeling, as you opened your newspaper this week, that it is a little smaller than last week, you’re correct. This is the latest chapter in the 90-plus-year history of The New Era, in which a lot of recent adjustments have been...
From Our Files (Jan. 4, 2023)
Jan. 4, 1973 A local business has been using a recycled material for several years and it might already be mailed to your house. Cladwood Co. recycles newspapers by using them in the process of...
Circuit Court (Jan. 4, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee Flanagan, Andrew James Freitag, Aaron Thomas Halvorson, Noe Hernandez-Reyes, Michael Trevor Hilton, Issac Booker Justham, Faron...
Around Town (Jan. 4, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to seniors over 60 at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. The menu on Friday, Jan. 6, is an herbed chicken patty or meatloaf with gravy, garlic...
Wrestling: Larger schools don't faze Huskies at NW Duals
One thing's sure about the Northwest Duals wrestling tournament held Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-29, at the Linn County Expo Center: You're going to get plenty of matches. That's why it's on...
Corvallis man arrested after police pursuit, shooting
A Corvallis man was arrested Monday, Jan. 2, after a gunfire-punctuated, multi-agency police chase that began near Corvallis and ended near the rail station in Albany. According to the Albany Police, Corvallis law enforcement attempted to stop a...
Husky boys' struggles continue at Stayton basketball tourney
Sweet Home boys basketball was unable to get a win at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High School Dec. 28-30. The Huskies lost to Molalla 52-38, North Salem 44-32, and Scappoose 50-30. “This week was tough, as we were missing a few guys and...
Girls hoops: Sweet Home goes 1-2 at Stayton
Sweet Home girls basketball went 1-2 at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High School Dec. 28-30, first losing to Baker 58-23 and Ridgeview 54-29, but rebounding to beat Cottage Grove 45-28. Facing off against No. 3-ranked Baker (7-1), Sweet Home (...
Girls win, boys second in hastily organized home swim meet
How fast can you put a swim meet together? Pretty quickly, it turns out, when you need a meet and the one on your schedule just got canceled. That was why Sweet Home hosted four other teams – Blanch...
Man dies in Hwy. 20 crash near Albany
An unidentified Albany man died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, in a Hwy. 20 crash near Hyak Park, west of Albany. A Benton County Sheriff's Office investigation determined that a Ford Ranger driven by 42-year-old Nicholaus Cotter, of Lebanon, was...
Lebanon crews investigate report of fire
Lebanon Fire District personnel investigated a structure fire reported Friday evening, Jan. 7, in the 1800 block of S. Main St. According to an LFD report, the battalion chief arrived shortly before 10 p.m. but found no signs of a blaze. After...
LFD responds to two fires in a single day; no injuries reported
Lebanon Fire District personnel battled a pair of unrelated noninjury blazes Wednesday, Jan. 4, each separated by roughly 19 hours. Crews responded to the first incident shortly before 4 a.m., arriving at a single-story residence in the 400 block of...
