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Drifting Makes a turn in Sweet Home
Drifters slide their tricked-out vehicles around corners, above, on opening day at The Mill Drift Track Saturday, May…
Wildfire Safety Open House provides tips for fire season
By Satina Tolman For The New Era A free Wildfire Safety Open House, hosted April 30 by Pacific…
Wildfire grant coordinator announces free homeowner course
Following the hiring of a grant coordinator, Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District announced its kick-off event from…
Free wildlife forage seed giveaway May 9
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Hunters Association will give away free wildlife forage seed…
Gala concert evokes memories of legends
By Satina Tolman For The New Era SHOCASE brought back its annual gala Saturday, April 11, at the…
SH Marchers, speakers, highlight problem of child abuse
Sweet Home residents gathered Saturday, April 11, for the community’s annual March Against Child Abuse, hosted by the…
Montgomery Gentry to perform as Fair’s Friday headliner
Southern rock artist Montgomery Gentry, featuring Eddie Montgomery, will round out the 2026 Linn County Fair main stage…
Scene Around Town: April 15, 2026
Seasons of Life Lebanon Community Chorus presented “The Rhythms of Life,” directed by Tami McWayne and accompanied by…
Strawberry Festival Junior Court introduced in tiara ceremony
The Strawberry Festival Junior Strawberry Princess Court was introduced during a special tiara-crowning ceremony on Tuesday, March 31,…
Egg-Static in East Linn
Children of all ages enjoyed some spectacular weather Saturday, April 4, at egg hunts around East Linn County.…
SHOCASE Gala concert this Saturday at SHHS
SHOCASE will host its sixth annual Gala performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Sweet Home…
Scene Around Town: April 8, 2026
Awareness in Blue Volunteers joined the Sweet Home Police Department, placing blue pinwheels and signs along the median…
Displays ‘wow’ at Rock and Mineral Show
Growing up in Sweet Home, Alisha Basham’s grandmother used to take her to the Sweet Home Rock &…
‘No Kings’ protest draws hundreds
East Linn Indivisible participated in the third “No Kings” rally, a coordinated nationwide event held this year on…
Local candidates forums planned this month
Two local organizations have announced that they will hold forums to allow the public to hear from candidates…
OSU Extension reopens Rural Living Day workshops
On a warm, sunny day during Oregon’s mid-winter season, people from throughout the Willamette Valley spent their Saturday…
Volunteers brave weather to plant trees at Marks Slough
It was pouring rain, but nobody seemed to mind – except a photographer who was trying to keep…
Lebanon competition draws top fiddlers from throughout NW
It was a foot-stompin’, tune-swappin’ day Saturday, March 14, as top musicians from around the Northwest gathered to…
Ex-foster child credits CASA volunteer at luncheon
Amira Therese had already been in dozens of different placements as a foster child when she found herself,…
Fiddlers returning to Lebanon for 60th annual state contest
The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers’ Association will present the 60th annual Oregon State Open Fiddle Contest on Saturday, March…
Rice, others honored by chamber
Cindy Rice and Michael Hall, both longtime leaders in a wide variety of local public service activities, were…
Third chapter in author fair reveals some new authors
Friends of the Lebanon Public Library held its third annual author fair, featuring 44 authors from Lebanon and…
Band Perry set to headline Saturday County Fair lineup
Grammy and ACM Award-winning country music duo The Band Perry will headline the Linn County Fair’s Saturday night…
Scene Around Town: Feb. 25, 2026
Rollover crash east of SH Sweet Home Police Sgt. Geoff Hamlin and Sweet Home Fire Lt. Josh Bondesen…
Volunteers turn out for wetland restoration project
In the east shoulder of Sankey Park, a place where few tread and invasive plants thrive, a number…