From Our Files: Jan. 7, 2026
Jan. 11, 1951 Seven newly built school bus stop shelters are now in use, and more are…
From Our Files: Dec. 31, 2025
Jan. 4, 1951 Too heavy, too high and too wide, reads the citation at the justice court…
Letters to Santa 2025
Editor’s note: Following are the annual wish lists produced by local second-graders in Sweet Home schools Sweet Home…
Sweet Home now a 3A school in most sports
It’s official: Sweet Home will compete in most of its sports at the 3A level next year and,…
Samaritan announces temporary pause for labor and delivery services in Lebanon
Shortage of regional OB-GYN workforce cited as cause for the closure Samaritan Health Services announced in a…
Swimmers deliver individual, relay wins in home meet
Sweet Home’s girls and boys faced some of the top swimming teams in their divisions in a home…
UPDATED Police Logs: Dec. 23, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Events: Dec. 23, 2025
Saturday Market returns Dec. 20 Third Saturday Markets are returning this year, starting Saturday, Dec. 20, at the…
Robert Dean Sayers
Robert Sayers March 25, 1974 – Dec.15, 2025 Robert Dean Sayers, 51, of Sweet Home passed away Dec.15,…
David Eugene Spicer
David Spicer Dec. 11, 1947 – Dec. 4, 2025 David Eugene Spicer was born on Dec. 11,1947, in…
Dan Howard Nowlin
Dan Nowlin Sept. 9, 1933 – Dec. 14, 2025 Dan Howard Nowlin, 92, of Sweet Home passed away…
Wayne “Joe” Crocker
Wayne Crocker Aug. 22, 1943 – Dec. 13, 2025 “You have suffered for a little while, the God…
Death Notices: Dec. 23, 2025
Lorna Ellefson Sept. 22, 1931- Dec.16, 2025 Lorna Ann Ellefson, 94, of Brownsville, passed away Dec. 16, 2025,…
From Our Files: Dec. 24, 2025
Dec. 28, 1950 Donn Bonham, former editor of The New Era, is now in Korea with the…
Gingerbread Competition Winners
The seventh annual Gingerbread Competition drew 25 entries this year. The contest was organized and hosted by the…
Heavy rain results in sewage flowing into river
Heavy rainfall, combined with saturated ground conditions, resulted in the City of Sweet Home overflowing diluted raw sewage…
Local logging firm named to ODF Merit Award
RDL Northwest, a logging firm headquartered in Lebanon, is one of two companies honored with the Merit Award…
Girls split on court to bring 3-2 record into this week’s hoops
Sweet Home’s girls should be turning some heads by now as they finished their first two weeks of…
Husky boys win two straight heading into ‘tough’ week
Sweet Home’s boys wrestlers finished second out of 38 teams, including some of the best in the Northwest,…
Death Notices: Dec. 17, 2025
Wayne Crocker Aug. 22, 1943 – Dec. 13, 2025 Wayne “Joe” Crocker, 82, of Sweet Home passed away…
Events Around Town: Dec. 17, 2025
School bands concert Thursday Sweet Home’s school bands will perform their winter concert at 6:30 Thursday, Dec. 18,…
Scene Around Town: Dec. 17, 2025
Remembering Jesus’ Birthday The Evangelical Church held a Jesus Birthday Party celebration on Saturday, Dec. 13, where, above,…
Husky boys win two straight heading into ‘tough’ week
Sweet Home’s boys finished their second week of pre-season play Wednesday, Dec. 10, with a 3-2 record after…
Circuit Court: Dec. 17, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…