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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.…
Events: June 25, 2025
SH Around Town Master Dragon Theatre show at Sankey Sweet Home Library’s Summer Reading Program will host Dragon…
Police Logs: June 25, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Meet Freshmen of the Year: Grace Gardner and Kyler Bondesen
Kyler Bondesen and Grace Gardner have been selected as this year’s Freshmen of the Year. Grace, 15, is…
Tigers enjoy banner track season with big finish
Sweet Home Junior High fielded one of its largest track teams in years and the Tigers had a…
Tuesday Night Delights
Members of the Sportsman’s Holiday Court, above, enter the Tune It Up Tuesdays celebration on June 17, one…
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…
Eighth-grader is first in years to complete decathlon
Sweet Home’s Elijah Rodriguez became the first eighth-grader to compete in a decathlon in nearly 20 years at…
From Our Files: June 25, 2025
June 29, 1950 Police are looking for a marauder who apparently rode out of the woods on…
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…
Teen killed in Cascadia
A teenage girl was killed Monday morning, June 16, after falling while hiking, Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan…
Police Logs: June 18, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: June 18, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
School Board chair says good-bye, district budget approved
The Sweet Home School Board officially approved the district’s roughly $68.8 million budget for 2025-26 at its monthly…
Events: June 18, 2025
Power play, teen games at library Sweet Home Library will host the Museum of Natural and Cultural History…
Local sixth-graders head for Junior High
Hawthorne and Oak Heights elementary schools both held sixth-grade progression ceremonies on Thursday, June 12, as did Foster.…
Zajic named baseball MVP for second straight year
By Keeghan Gittins For The New Era Kyle Zajic was named Sweet Home baseball’s Most Valuable Player for…
Gallery exhibit features local nature photographer’s work
By Satina Tolman For The New Era With a keen eye for hidden beauty and a heart drawn…
Retired forester working to improve trees in parks
Lena Tucker surveys trees planted on the grassy lawn of Sankey Park. They’re young trees, eight, 10 feet…
Tigers finish school year with some fun
Jeffrey Gardner, above, waves his team’s flag during Sweet Home Junior High’s annual Tiger Olympics held on Husky…
Promotion ceremony sends Tigers on their way
Departees from Sweet Home Junior High awaited their moment in the sun during the Eighth Grade Promotion Ceremony…
Dustin Nichol top write-in candidate for Holley School Board Seat
Final results from the May 20 election have been announced for Sweet Home races. A final total of…
Oak Heights crowns chess champ
Oak Heights Principal Todd Barrett, above left, tests his skills against the school’s chess champion, sixth-grader Miguel Estrada,…