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Repairs for aging schools pose big challenge for Lebanon district
Lebanon Community School District officials are weighing their options as they face problems caused by years of, as…
April 21, 2026
Local teachers seeks win for science, school funds
Brooklyn McElroy, a science teacher at Lebanon High School, Amber Arceo-Bigoni, an agriculture teacher at Sweet Home High…
April 14, 2026
‘Walk the Halls’ to help highlight Lebanon school facility needs
Despite a less than favorable polling response to a potential $169 million bond measure, the school board will…
April 14, 2026
SH School Board hears travel costs explanation, OKs land purchase
Sweet Home School Board members worked their way through an ambitious agenda Monday, March 9, including an on-and-off…
March 17, 2026
Lebanon School District to cut $2 million from budget
Lebanon Community School District announced it is working on reducing next year’s budget, which would likely involve a…
March 17, 2026
Scene at Sweet Home schools
Sweet Home Junior High Leadership at Capitol Above, eighth-grade Leadership Class students from Sweet Home Junior High visited…
March 17, 2026
Warriors secure top honors
Lebanon High School JROTC cadets won the LTC Gary G. Banks Memorial Trophy for the second year in…
March 17, 2026
Hamilton encourages kids to ‘Read Mo’ Books’
A flurry of excitement permeated Hamilton Creek Elementary as the regular cycle of a school day was replaced…
March 10, 2026
Students glimpse manufacturing programs and job opportunities
Sweet Home and Lebanon high school students took a break from the normal hum-drum of school routine to…
March 3, 2026
WesternUOregon announces new master’s program in nursing
Western University of Health Sciences has announced it is introducing a Master of Science in Nursing-Entry (MSN-E) program…
March 3, 2026
SH School Board OK’s bond measure for May 19 election
Sweet Home School Board members on Monday, Feb. 9, approved language for a bond measure for the May…
February 17, 2026
Heath Stadium demolition kicks off
By Jennifer Moody For Lebanon Local Lebanon High School’s track and turf field will be closed for the…
February 10, 2026
New mascot fruitful addition to school spirit
After planting the seed year after year, the Lebanon High School student body is now seeing the fruit…
January 20, 2026
SH School Board approves network upgrades for district
Sweet Home School Board members took a step Monday, Jan. 12, to modernize the district’s IT network capabilities…
January 20, 2026
Catalytic converters stolen off six Lebanon school buses
Six school buses were damaged last weekend as someone broke into the Lebanon Community School District transportation yard…
January 6, 2026
Letters to Santa 2025
Editor’s note: Following are the annual wish lists produced by local second-graders in Sweet Home schools Sweet Home…
December 23, 2025
State OK’s $12.2 million schools grant – if voters match up
If Sweet Home voters agree to continue the current bond levy they pay, Sweet Home School District will…
December 23, 2025
Huskies await final decision on potential move to 3A competition
When the Oregon School Activities Association Classification and Redistricting Committee holds what likely will be its final meeting…
November 25, 2025
School play offers something for all ages
By Satina TolmanFor The New Era For nine weeks, the Sweet Home High School auditorium has been alive…
November 11, 2025
Lessons on salmon ecology at River Bend Park
The skies over River Bend Park gave Holley students a break from recent downpours during the last day…
November 11, 2025
New board member sworn in; board OKs cellphone policy with revisions
Sweet Home School Board members at their Oct. 13 monthly meeting, unanimously approved the first reading of a…
October 21, 2025
Holley Elementary’s Garden Club cultivates more than vegetables
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For more than a decade, Holley Elementary School’s garden has been…
October 14, 2025
Sweet Home FFA members place in soils competition
Sweet Home finished with individual and team placewinners in the annual Upper Willamette District FFA Soils Judging…
October 14, 2025
Senior Class hands off at Husky Field
Above, charter school kindergartner Abby Rowley, left is excited during the Your First My Last celebration at Husky…
October 14, 2025
School bands on rise in numbers, public awareness
Lori Tuter stands on a podium and taps her music stand in a packed classroom of some 40…
October 7, 2025