Next week will mark new era for newspaper
Next week’s edition of The New Era will include some changes. As of Jan. 1, we will begin…
Scene Around Town: Dec. 31, 2025
Christmas Eve carol singalong at American Legion Local residents, top, sing Christmas carols on Christmas Eve at the…
Events: Dec. 31, 2025
America’s anniversary contest for kids The Santiam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution encourages students to…
UPDATED Police Logs: Dec. 31, 2025
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
Circuit Court: Dec. 31, 2025
Information herein is sourced from law enforcement and fire agencies. Details, which may not always be available in…
Death Notices: Dec. 31, 2025
Kenneth Bates, Sr. March 27, 1944 – Dec. 21, 2025 Kenneth Ray Bates, Sr., 81, of Sweet Home,…
Annette Hilburn
Annette Hilburn July 22, 1944 – Dec. 19, 2025 Annette Hilburn, 81, of Sweet Home, passed away Dec.…
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…