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Storms impacts area with multiple closures, minor flooding
Last week’s storms left downed trees and some power outages, but otherwise, Sweet Home largely escaped the flooding…
AMVETS dinner fundraiser aims to support Vets Club
When members of Sons of AMVETS heard their local VFW Post #3437 might be at risk of shutting…
Students create fish art project for Main Street median
In the metals shop on a recent morning at Sweet Home High School, Bode Nichols and Cohen Gutierrez…
Heavy rain results in sewage flowing into river
Heavy rainfall, combined with saturated ground conditions, resulted in the City of Sweet Home overflowing diluted raw sewage…
Council member expresses concerns about proposed absence restriction
Prior to its regular meeting on Dec. 9, the City Council held a work session to review proposed…
Fire chief: Government shutdown caused some ‘full-on panic’
The 43-day government shutdown created some anxious moments for the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District, Fire Chief…
Crash at Main and 1st Ave. results in two arrests
Two Sweet Home men were arrested Thursday, Nov. 13, after a pursuit that ended in a crash at…
City leaders talk issues on hunger in Sweet Home
Sweet Home’s relief organizations are struggling, but the biggest needs aren’t food resources or money. It’s volunteers. That’s…
Samaritan announces town halls to discuss merger
Samaritan Health leaders are inviting the public to learn more at a series of upcoming town halls across…
Landowner of Year award from hunters
John Bates, left, of the Mid-Willamette Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association presents Milt Moran, president of Cascade…
Council places lien on Kalmia property for abatement
The City Council approved a motion allowing the city to place a code compliance abatement lien on property…
Legion needs some help from community to get new post up and running
Kat Cox stands with other officers of Sweet Home’s American Legion Post 133 in the spacious basement of…
Ken and Kathi Collins: A Life in Harmony
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For Ken and Kathi Collins, music has always been more than…
One dead, two injured in highway collision
A local man was killed and his wife is in serious condition after a car collided into their…
Driver crashes car into house, cited for DUII
First responders blocked off a portion of Alder Street after a car collided into a house at about…
Modified drawdown to be held later, city declares emergency
As the end of the year approaches, the City of Sweet Home once again faces the annual deep…
SH Fire gets $8.7 million grant for wildfire defense
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District and other firefighting agencies got some really good news last week: $8,711,040…
Milt Moran named to Lebanon High School Hall of Fame
Milton Moran Jr., president of Cascade Timber Consulting in Sweet Home, is one of four Lebanon High School…
Local retired teachers find new way to get involved in sport, kids
When Billy and Barb Snow retired from their teaching jobs, they really didn’t expect to spend their retirement…
Vandalism closes Weddle Bridge
The City of Sweet Home announced on Monday, Sept. 15, that Weddle Bridge is now closed to public…
Local woman named TOPS weight loser of year
The day Peggy Blair found out that she was Oregon’s TOPS Queen brought mixed emotions. Blair, a longtime…
School Board member added, another resigns
Sweet Home School Board members chose a new board member Monday night, Sept. 8, then watched another of…
New memorial honors “Renaissance man” Dr. Alan Blake
Dr. Alan Blake was one of Dr. Gary Goby’s customers – at Goby’s lumberyard, Goby’s Walnut Products, located…
Sweet Home ODOT facility faces closure, regardless of outcome in Salem
By Satina Tolman For The New Era Sweet Home’s Oregon Department of Transportation facility, along with others around…
Hill family infuses Sankey Park with funds in memory of CTC employee
The City of Sweet Home received a financial boost from the Hill family for Phase III at Sankey…