SH cheer squad ends string of runner-up finishes with title
Sweet Home’s competition cheer squad won the OSAA 4A state championship Saturday, Feb. 14, in decisive fashion, finishing…
Scene Around Town: Feb. 18, 2026
Fish Art Installation on Main Street Above, Brian Womack of the Sweet Home Public Works Department digs a…
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…
Warrior relays, Orianna Buczko, qualify for state
Lebanon’s swimmers qualified three relays and Orianna Buczko made state in two individual events as the Warriors competed…
St. Helen priest followed winding path to Sweet Home
The Rev. Scott Baier didn’t intend to become a priest, though he grew up in a Catholic family.…
Upward Bound program giving SHHS students leg up
Jayla Moore and Michelle Slayton knew they were not in Sweet Home any more when, in the middle…
Hoodoo owner recounts ups and downs of journey
Like most of the enterprises Chuck Shepard has thrown himself into, the ins and outs of owning a…
Lebanon volunteer fair draws ‘overwhelming’ response
Organizers of the Connect for Lebanon volunteer recruitment event, held Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Boulder Falls Event…
SHFAD board approves health screening contract
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board members on Wednesday, Jan. 21, approved a contract that will provide…
Further work on 2nd Street to cause delays
Beginning Thursday, Jan. 15, the City of Lebanon will continue the repair and upgrading the storm system on…
Manna Meals program goes into hibernation
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries announced last week that its Manna Meals program has been discontinued for the foreseeable…
Local boy and his dog finish high in national AKC competition
Caden Foley is really into dogs, particularly Brittany spaniels. Now a junior at Sweet Home High School, he’s…
Editorial: Off and running in new year
Welcome to the first edition of the expansion of The New Era to include coverage of the entire…
Construction under way for new county mental health crisis center
Linn County has begun construction of a new mental health crisis center in Albany that will provide temporary…
Samaritan CEO highlights merger pluses in Lebanon town hall
Samaritan Health CEO Marty Cahill kicked off a series of town halls, focusing on Samaritan’s planned merger with…
Outgoing LFD Chief Rodondi leaving ‘organization that stands apart’
Joseph Rodondi had served for some 35 years at every rank in the fire service when he retired…
Crowfoot Road closure to extend into December
Citing “unforeseen utility conflicts,” Lebanon’s Engineering Department announced today that Crowfoot Road between View Lane and Cascade Drive…
Teaching just tip of iceberg for parade grand marshal Dr. Derrick Sorweide
By Scott Swanson Lebanon Local If there’s such a thing as a typical, ordinary medical school professor, Dr.…
Lebanon man, 25, arrested on sex charges involving teen
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for alleged sexual crimes involving a 13-year-old girl, Lebanon police reported today.…
Samaritan warns of high blood pressure medicine recall
Samaritan pharmacies want the community to be aware of a recent recall of a drug that is primarily…
Two arrested in Oct. 4 shooting death of Albany man
Linn County Sheriff’s detectives arrested two people in connection to the homicide of Christopher Smith, 30, of Albany,…
Samaritan Health to join Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System
Samaritan Health Services has just announced that it will join forces with Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System. In an…
Voters asked to approve Sheriff’s levy for next four years
As ballots arrive for the Nov. 4 Special Election, Linn County Voters are being asked to approve a…
School Board hears final report on district’s facility issues, weigh options
A majority of Lebanon School Board members on Sept. 18 said they favor a comprehensive response to the…
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…