Events: April 23, 2025
Car wash fundraiser planned for injured motorcyclist A car wash is planned Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m.…
Police Logs: April 23, 2025
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Circuit Court: April 23, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Sweet Home track posts deluge of PRs at North Marion
Sweet Home’s track and field team is improving by leaps and bounds – literally, but the question now…
County budget hearings begin Monday, run through week
Linn County will hold its 2025-26 Budget Hearings on Monday, April 28; Wednesday, April 30; Thursday, May 1…
From Our Files: April 23, 2025
April 27, 1950 The town celebrated the dedication of the high school’s new auditorium, the completion of…
Ocean salmon season recommendations finalized
The Pacific Fisheries Management Council has finalized the 2025 ocean salmon seasons, including ocean waters off Oregon. Recommended…
Death Notices: April 16, 2025
Concepcion Hillis Aug. 3, 1942 – March 31, 2025 Concepcion “Connie” Pablo Hillis, 82, of Lebanon, passed away…
Linda Kirk
July 6, 1950 – April 4, 2025 Linda Marie Kirk, 74, of Sweet Home, passed away April 4,…
Loris Whitton
April 18, 1955 – March 31, 2025 Loris David Whitton, 69, of Sweet Home passed away March 31,…
Events: April 16, 2025
Lebanon Biz Expo April 17 River Center Lebanon’s Biz Expo will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30…
Fire damages home north of Brownsville
Fire damaged a house in the 33000 block of Sunset View Dr., five miles north of Brownsville, on…
Reader offers her own historical recipe
Editor: I really enjoy Roberta McKern’s monthly museum stories. Her latest ended with “poor man’s pudding,” which did…
Police Logs: April 16, 2025
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Lebanon’s healing gardens offer world-class horticulture
Local residents who have not had a chance to visit the healing gardens in Lebanon are missing out…
Real Estate Sold: April 15, 2025
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late February…
LBCC Honor Roll
The following students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for 12…
From Our Files: April 16, 2025
April 20, 1950 Henry Clay Tollett, 55, one of two holdup men who in 1947 robbed the…
William Hockett
William Hockett Sept. 5, 1936 – March 27, 2025 William Clark Hockett, 88, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Rayden Johnson
Rayden Johnson May 23, 1945 – April 4, 2025 Rayden Kaye “RJ” Johnson, 79, of Sweet Home, died…
Death Notices: April 9, 2025
Brenda Bradford July 21, 1961 – March 28, 2025 Brenda Fay Bradford, 63, of Sweet Home passed away…
Events: April 9, 2025
March Against Child Abuse Saturday Sweet Home will hold a March Against Child Abuse Saturday, April 12, at…
Updated – Police Logs: April 9, 2025
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