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School play offers something for all ages
By Satina TolmanFor The New Era For nine weeks, the Sweet Home High School auditorium has been alive…
Lessons on salmon ecology at River Bend Park
The skies over River Bend Park gave Holley students a break from recent downpours during the last day…
Samaritan announces town halls to discuss merger
Samaritan Health leaders are inviting the public to learn more at a series of upcoming town halls across…
Charlotte “Charly” Ellen Bashaw
Charlotte Bashaw March 8, 1944 – Oct. 28, 2025 Charlotte “Charly” Ellen Bashaw, 81, of Sweet Home, passed…
Death Notices: Nov. 12, 2025
Ronald Drury March 28, 1961 – Nov. 1, 2025 Ronald Drury, 64, of Lebanon, passed away Nov. 1,…
Pamela Anne Ashland
Pamela Ashland Dec. 14, 1948 – Nov. 2, 2025 Pamela Anne Ashland, 76, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Events: Nov. 12, 2025
Wild and Scenic Film Fest in November Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2025, presented by the Corvallis Environmental…
Police Logs: Nov. 12, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Nov. 12, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Landowner of Year award from hunters
John Bates, left, of the Mid-Willamette Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association presents Milt Moran, president of Cascade…
Real Estate Sold: Nov. 12, 2025
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during late October…
From Our Files: Nov. 12, 2025
Nov. 16, 1950 Wayne Roberts, who is spearheading a drive to pave 7th Avenue from K Street…
Woman dies in Oct. 30 crash on Hwy. 20
A Mill City woman was killed Thursday, Oct. 30, in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20, southeast of…
Legion needs some help from community to get new post up and running
Kat Cox stands with other officers of Sweet Home’s American Legion Post 133 in the spacious basement of…
Death Notices: Nov. 5, 2025
Pamela Ashland Dec. 14, 1948 – Nov. 2, 2025 Pamela Anne Ashland, 76, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Darlene Joyce Wilson
Darlene Wilson Feb. 5, 1935 – Oct. 24, 2025 Darlene Joyce Wilson, 90, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Edith J. Thompson
Edith Thompson Feb. 8, 1930 – Oct. 23, 2025 Edith J. Thompson, age 95, of Sweet Home passed…
Monte Kim Allen
Monte Allen Sept. 17, 1954 – Oct. 28, 2025 Monte Kim Allen, 71, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Municipal Court: Oct. 22, 2025
Oct. 22, 2025 Warrants – Leah Alicata, Susan Ausbun-Miller, Nathaniel Agee, Steven Ballweber, Tiffany Bates, Katherine Berghoffer,…
UPDATED Police Logs: Nov. 5, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Nov. 5, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Teaching just tip of iceberg for parade grand marshal Dr. Derrick Sorweide
If there’s such a thing as a typical, ordinary medical school professor, Dr. Derrick Sorweide is probably not…
SHPD announces Christmas outreach details
Families interested in participating in the 2025 Teen Sharing Tree program this Christmas may now apply for their…
Missing teen located in North Santiam River after 3-week search
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reported last week that a teenager who disappeared in the North Santiam River…