Sweet Home News

Bill Tilson, center, gives his wife Blanche a hug during her 76th birthday party at Twin Oaks Rehab and Specialty Care center.

Sweet Home Police Sgt. Jason Van Eck helps get water hoses laid out to fight a fire that destroyed this home on Rowell Hill early Wednesday morning, June 24.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Lebanon and Sweet Home are making progress toward their impending unification, club officials say.

School District 55 received unofficial confirmation that it has received a $38,200 grant from the U.S. Tennis Association two weeks ago and is expecting official notification soon.

Summer firefighter Craig Wilson, right, confers with Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District paramedic Zach Lincoln, who was serving as a medic during Fridaya s drill.

Honoring the American Man award winners are, in front, from left: Larry Frederick, Bruce Procknow, Herb Gustafson, Duane Davis, Al Bashaw, Alex Clark.

Check out The New Era's photo galleries! We have photos from spring sports, performances, and other school activities, along with community events such as the recent fishing derbies, Memorial Day observances, and much more.

A group of friends are trying to help a Sweet Home woman as she battles leukemia.

Sweet Home Community Development Director Carol Lewis has started writing revisions to the citya s sign ordinance based on what she has heard during two Planning Commission meetings on the subject.

Sweet Home Public Works begins striping parking spaces on Main Street from 10th Avenue to 18th Avenue today.

The District 55 School Board adopted a budget for next school year, but more budget cuts could be in store for the 2010-11 fiscal year if state revenue forecasts are off or tax proposals fail.

Car aficianados check out a 1947 Plymouth owned by Bob and Judi Green of Sweet Home.

REACH Air Medical Services Paramedic Jeff Turner talks with Hailey Mitten, 7, left, and Jillian Lynn, 6, who are seated inside the REACH helicopter on display at the annual Safety Fair, held at Sweet Home Police Department Saturday morning.

Firefighers put water on a fire burning in apartment one at 1250 Nandina St. See next week's The New Era for more details on this story, including more photos of what happened Tuesday morning on Nandina Street.

Angela Paul and Matthew Spratt have announced their engagement to marry on July 18, 2009.

A 200-pound statue of a dragon stolen from atop the steep-pitched roof of Monroe High School and later recovered from a Eugene man's basement will return to its perch at the end of the month.

Slides have closed several backwoods roads on the Sweet Home Ranger Disrict on the Willamette National Forest.

May 12: Redick Grant Lair, born to Jessamyn and Patrick Lair of Sweet Home at 9:35 p.m. He weighed 9 pounds 14.8 ounces and was 22 inches long with dark red hair and blue eyes.

Butch Harris of Siemens Water Technology tests filtration equipment. The filters are visible behind and below him.

Howard Drago stands beneath the photo of him when he served as Exalted Ruler of the Sweet Home Elks Lodge in 1984-85. Photo by Scott Swanson Howard Drago hasn't let age slow him much in his efforts to make sure things get done.