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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…
AMVETS dinner fundraiser aims to support Vets Club
When members of Sons of AMVETS heard their local VFW Post #3437 might be at risk of shutting…
A Night in the Stable at the Inn
Above, Ember Ogden, right, sings “Born is the Light of the World,” one of the musical numbers during…
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…
Christmas on Parade in Sweet Home
Sweet Home’s lighted Christmas Parade held Saturday, Dec. 13, drew some 50 floats and other entrants, who marched…
Gingerbread Competition Winners
The seventh annual Gingerbread Competition drew 25 entries this year. The contest was organized and hosted by the…
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,…
Circuit Court: Dec. 17, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
UPDATED Police Logs: Dec. 17, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Real Estate Sold: Dec. 17, 2025
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late November …
Municipal Court: Dec. 10, 2025
Dec. 10 A juvenile pleaded no contest to operating a vehicle while using a mobile electronic device…
From Our Files: Dec. 17, 2025
Dec. 21, 1950 Late trains are the principal cause of overdue Christmas mail delivery, but mail carriers…
Kids, cops enjoy some Christmas shopping at BiMart
Wade Savolt and Oregon State Trooper Loren Linhart, discuss Christmas gift options Saturday morning, Dec. 6, during the…
Local holiday fun on the docket this weekend
It’s Christmas time in Sweet Home and things kicked off Saturday, Nov. 29, with the city Tree Lighting…