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SH School Board finalizes bond election results
Sweet Home School Board members, in a special meeting Monday, June 22, declared the results of the May…
From boardroom to podium: Pickles and Weber leave legacy at Lebanon High School
When Addy Pickles and Cade Weber crossed the stage as members of Lebanon High School’s (LHS) Class of…
SH School Board finalizes bond election results
Sweet Home School Board members, in a special meeting Monday, June 22, declared the results of the May…
SH Junior High Field Day
Sweet Home Junior High ended its school year June 11 with its annual Tiger Olympics, which was, well,…
SH School Board approves principal’s resignation
The resignation of Oak Heights Elementary Principal Todd Barrett and questions surrounding the district’s personnel investigation process drew…
Lebanon School Board reviews district’s plan to comply with new law
Oregon’s new education accountability law, Senate Bill 141, took center stage during the Lebanon Community School District Board…
High-Q honoree Pascalar developed agricultural roots in SH
By Satina Tolman For The New Era Although she no longer lives in Sweet Home, Cara Pascalar’s roots…
SHHS graduation highlights graduates, alumni achievements
By Satina Tolman For The New Era One hundred eighty-four graduating seniors filed onto Husky Field beneath a…
LHS grads value character, staying true to self
Lebanon High School graduated 272 students during the Class of 2026 commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, June 2. The…
East Linn Christian graduates 23
East Linn Christian Academy graduated 23 students during its commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 6. Above, members from…
Sweet Home FFA presents annual awards
Sweet Home High School FFA members hold awards they received at the FFA Banquet held May 20. Senior…
LBCC announces 2026 graduating class
Linn-Benton Community College will hold its 57th commencement ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, on the Albany…
New club gives SHJH students chance to create art, relationships
Tiffany Jacobs says she’s always enjoyed art, and she decided to provide students at Sweet Home Junior High…
Lebanon High announces awards, scholarship winners
LHS Awards & Scholarships Lebanon High School was the location for the annual awards banquet on Monday, May…
After athletics maneuvering, Lebanon schools budget proposal approved
Lebanon Community School District Budget Committee members on Thursday, May 21, approved a $99.4 million budget for 2026-27…
Sweet Home schools committee approves proposed 2026-27 budget
Fresh off the news of the passage of the Sweet Home School District’s $40 million School Bond, district…
Lebanon schools Budget Committee struggles with proposed athletics cuts
Members of the Lebanon Community School District Budget Committee are wrestling with how to keep sports – particularly…
Fire alarm replacements top of priority list for Lebanon schools
During its meeting on May 14 following a discussion based on concerns about future budgetary cuts, the Lebanon…
SH School Board members discuss transparency in meeting minutes
Comments made by former school administrator Luke Augsburger at the Sweet Home School Board meeting on Monday, May…
WesternU in Lebanon graduates 134 doctors, therapists
The now-familiar annual site of an oversized tent canopy took shape in the parking lot of the Boulder…
May Week Celebration at SHHS
May Week Court members Skyler Wiley and Trinity Victor, above, make their entrance at an assembly during the…
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…
SH School Board gives semi-final approval to drug policy
Sweet Home School Board members approved the second reading of changes to the district’s drug testing policy that…
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…
‘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…