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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…
New Halsey postmaster answers Santa letters
As the wintry holiday season ushers in another magical moment in the small town of Halsey with colorful…
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…
Singing Christmas Tree
Members of the Children’s Choir, above, sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” during the Friday night performance of the…
Festive trees bring Brownsville together
The city of Brownsville entered the holiday season this weekend with its annual Festival of Trees, a spirited…
Events: Dec. 10, 2025
Saturday Market returns Dec. 20 Third Saturday Markets are returning this year, starting Saturday, Dec. 20, at the…
Police Logs: Dec. 10, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Dec. 10, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…