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Donna Alice Shortreed
Donna Shortreed March 8, 1926 – Oct. 22, 2025 Donna Alice Shortreed, 99, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Chris James Romeo
Chris Romeo Aug. 3, 1952 – Oct. 24, 2025 Chris James Romeo, 73, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Gordon Eugene Olson
Gordon Olson Nov. 22, 1937 – Sept. 7, 2025 Gordon Eugene Olson, 87, formerly of Sweet Home, died…
Donald Eugene Getz
Donald Getz May 18, 1959 – Oct. 17, 2025 Donald Eugene Getz, 66, of Sweet Home, passed away…
UPDATED Police Logs: Oct. 29, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Oct. 29, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Events: Oct. 29, 2025
Livestock Association Fall Meeting Nov. 4 The Linn County Livestock Association will hold its fall meeting at 6…
Ken and Kathi Collins: A Life in Harmony
By Satina Tolman For The New Era For Ken and Kathi Collins, music has always been more than…
City Hall Gallery exhibitor blends realism, impressionism, fashion
By Satina Tolman For The New Era When Sweet Home artist Carolyn Owen creates, time seems to disappear.…
Wily politics, wild cattle and … wolves? played into Oregon’s birth
By Roberta McKern For The New Era In association with the East Linn Museum, we have been looking…
Community Harvest
CONNECT Linn County (CLC) held an expanded version of its annual Trunk or Treat Harvest Festival at Pioneer…
From Our File: Oct. 29, 2025
Nov. 2, 1950 Bud Hall, high school junior, received two stitches for a cut on his neck…
Two arrested in Oct. 4 shooting death of Albany man
Linn County Sheriff’s detectives arrested two people in connection to the homicide of Christopher Smith, 30, of Albany,…
Winners have big night at talent show
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed, and the seventh annual SHOCASE…
Rock of ages: Distinctive museum celebrates 40 years
Despite its unique appearance, Living Rock Studios sits unassumingly like a time capsule near the outskirts of Brownsville.…
County offering Drug Take Back Day options Saturday
The Linn County Alcohol & Drug Program encourages residents to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day…
Death Notices: Oct. 22, 2025
Danny Foote Danny Foote, 84, of Sweet Home, passed away Sept. 13, 2025. Donald Getz May 18, 1959…
Leona Marie Hopper
Leona Hopper Aug. 18, 1944 – Oct. 4, 2025 Leona Marie Hopper, 81, of Lebanon, formerly of Sweet…
Dwayne Earl Hodson
Dwayne Hodson May 31, 1965 – Oct. 14, 2025 Dwayne Earl Hodson, 60, of Sweet Home, passed…
James Thomas Prater-Adee, Jr.
James Prater-Adee, Jr. Sept. 11, 1973 – Oct. 10, 2025 James Thomas Prater-Adee, Jr. (Jimbo), age 52 of…
Events: Oct. 22, 2025
SH Around Town Master Sharing Tree forms available Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District is now accepting…
UPDATED Police Logs: Oct. 22, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Oct. 22, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Halsey library seeks recipes to share
The Halsey Parks & Library Committee decided it would be a good idea to create a community cookbook…
One dead, two injured in highway collision
A local man was killed and his wife is in serious condition after a car collided into their…