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SHEDG announces this year will be final Oregon Jamboree
The Sweet Home Economic Development Group announced last week that 2025 will be the final year for its…
Natalie Conn named 2025 Sportsman’s Holiday Queen
By Cindi HamarFor The New Era Natalie Conn was crowned the 2025 Sportsman’s Holiday Queen on a perfect…
Decision to end fluoride draws flak
One city councilor and a handful of residents expressed dismay over a seemingly hasty decision to overturn an…
New CEO Cahill explains ‘significant challenge’ facing Samaritan Health
Seventeen years into his career as an administrator with Samaritan Health, Marty Cahill has gotten to know the…
Logger Olympics, Parade and Cut the Gut
The 2025 Sportsman’s Holiday, “Gateway to the Santiam Playground” Photos by Miriam Swanson and Carissa Larson
Chips ‘n’ Splinters strikes chords with local audience members
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The annual Chips ‘n’ Splinters variety show lit up the Sweet…
Halsey seeks funding for well project
Halsey City Administrator Briana Parra provided an update on Phase 2 of the well project during the City…
Residents wait to see if speed humps will work
After decades of trying to decrease traffic on one small stretch of road, residents on 1st Avenue are…
SHEDG announces final Jamboree
The Sweet Home Economic Development Group announced Tuesday, July 8, that 2025 will be the final year for…
Charter changes to be presented for public input this month
After four meetings to review the city’s charter, the Charter Review Committee is ready to present its recommendations…
Brownsville City Council addresses solar project concerns
By Chelly Bouferrache For The New Era The Brownsville City Council meeting held June 30 tackled a…
Is the city’s electric vehicle charging station getting any use?
One year ago, the City of Sweet Home installed an electric vehicle charging station – something that may…
Retiring teacher Davis ‘never could see myself doing anything else’
By Satina Tolman For The New Era After 26 years of shaping young minds at Oak Heights Elementary,…
Sweet Home cleaner, leaner
Sweet Home residents rid themselves of more than 360 cubic yards of garbage last month during a citywide…
Fighting fire: Local agencies work together in ‘proactive’ fire defense
An effort to open roads and create firebreaks to enable quicker access to and control of wildfires in…
Firefighters, governor converge on Green Peter for annual drill
Smoke lofting into the air northeast of Sweet Home Friday morning, June 27, indicated a fire, but it…
Fire season this year already ‘catastrophic’
Fire Chief Nick Tyler told the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board of Directors during its June…
Oak Heights’ Gaskey stepping down after 34 years with special needs kids
By Satina Tolman For The New Era After more than three decades of gentle guidance, tireless patience and…
Fluoridated water on its way out in Sweet Home?
During its June 24 meeting, the City Council moved to repeal a 1964 ordinance that provides fluoridation in…
Structural fires dominate Saturday’s calls
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance responded to multiple calls for two back-to-back structure fires starting at around 5…
Samaritan, Santiam Hospital cease affiliation pursuit
After a year of due diligence and operational exploration, Samaritan Health Services and Santiam Hospital and Clinics announced…
Fireworks show to return to SH – on Fourth of July
A summer fireworks show will return to Sweet Home this year, but it won’t be during Sportsman’s Holiday.…
Learning to love hoops
Sweet Home girls basketball Coach Erika Evans talks to campers at the Girls Basketball Camp held last week,…
Crash on Highway 228
Damaged vehicles sit on Highway 228 at the scene of a crash that occurred Wednesday, June 18, between…
Oak Heights student wins statewide poetry contest – and cash prize
When Oak Heights teacher Melissa Kruzel delivered an assignment to write a poem to her sixth-graders, she got…