Death Notices: Aug. 27, 2025
Nellie Hanft Jan. 4, 1948 – Aug. 24, 2025 Nellie June Hanft, 77, of Brownsville, passed away Aug.…
UPDATED Police Logs: Aug. 27, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Sweet National Night Out
National Night Out this year was the first event to be held on 13th Avenue between Long and…
Fire damages three South Fork trailers
A firefighter and police officer Sean Potter douse flames in a burning motor home at South Fork mobile…
From Our Files: Aug. 27, 2025
Aug. 31, 1950 Police are looking for a capricious clock snatcher who took two electric clocks from the…
Scene Around Town: Aug. 20, 2025
Learning about Health Sweet Home held its eighth annual Health Fair Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Activities Gym…
Wolthuis daughters to perform in church’s anniversary
Fifty years ago, the newly completed meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1155…
Five fires connected to target shooting in state forest
Quick actions by Oregon Department of Forestry crews and rural fire departments have put out five fires just…
PIT Count shows slight increase in area homeless numbers
Data from this year’s Point in Time (PIT) Count revealed 1,502 individuals are experiencing homelessness across the tri-county…
Kathleen Franks
Kathleen Franks Feb. 10, 1933 – Aug. 4, 2025 Kathleen Franks, 92, died Aug. 4, 2025, following a…
Death Notices: Aug. 20, 2025
Larry Hoffman Sr. Feb. 8, 1941- Aug. 16, 2025 Larry Neal Hoffman Sr., 84, of Sweet Home, passed…
Sandra Kay Smith
Sandra Smith Sept. 30, 1960 – Aug. 14, 2025 Sandra Kay Smith, 64, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Connie Rae Rye
Connie Rye March 9, 1954 – June 23, 2025 Connie Rae Rye, 71, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Police Logs: Aug. 20, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Aug. 20, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
SHEDG auctioning off Jamboree items
The Sweet Home Economic Development Group launched two live online auctions packed with items from the Oregon Jamboree…
Real Estate Sold: Aug. 20, 2025
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late July…
Honor Roll
Editor’s Note: OK, we know we’re super late with this. We had a bunch of problems getting it…
Hands on History this Saturday
Hands on History returns to Brownsville Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Library Park,…
Soccer camp at Husky Field
Soccer kids of all ages converged on Husky Field last week for the Sweet Home High School Girls…
National Night Out Tonight on 13th Avenue
Setup is in progress for Sweet Home’s National Night Out tonight, Aug. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m.…
From Our Files: Aug. 20, 1950
Aug. 24, 1950 A modern, new lookout, which will be manned for the first time next year, was…
‘Plein Air’ Artist Event
Interested in discovering your inner artist? If so, opportunity awaits at the inaugural “Plein Air” Artist Event, a…