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Circuit Court: Sept. 10, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Gallery quiltmaker’s reward is ‘beautiful product’
By Satina Tolman For The New Era When Carol Kilfoil talks about quilting, her eyes brighten and her…
From Our Files: Sept. 10, 2025
Sept. 14, 1950 After an eight-week strike, employees of Willamette National Lumber Company in Foster went back to…
Death Notices: Sept. 3, 2025
Barbara Dietrich Oct. 31, 1941 – Aug. 25, 2025 Barbara Nell Dietrich, 83, of Lebanon, passed away Aug.…
Patricia “Patsy” Nadine Collins
Patricia Collins April 17, 2014 – Aug. 30, 2025 Patricia “Patsy” Nadine Collins, 11, of Sweet Home, passed…
Cory Allen Taylor
Cory Taylor May 24, 1969 – Aug. 24, 2025 Cory Allen Taylor, 56, passed away peacefully on Aug.…
Events: Sept. 3, 2025
Bingo fundraiser for Kids Christmas Store A Bingo fundraiser for the 11th Annual Sweet Home Kids Free Christmas…
UPDATED Police Logs: Sept. 3, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Sept. 3, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Jamboree lifers sad to see festival go; it left memories
Larry Johnson was athletic director at Sweet Home High School in 1992 when he got invited to a…
Holley Church volunteers hold work day
By Cindi Hamar For The New Era Holley Church members on Sunday, Aug. 24, chose to volunteer in…
From Our Files: Sept. 3, 2025
Sept. 7, 1950 Jackie and Ed Bishop, Sweet Home brothers wanted in this area by federal, state and…
Pens, Pencils and Paint, en Plein Air
Artists took their passion to the lake when the location became the city’s first “en plein air” art…
Musical reunion marks both Wolthuis family, chapel milestone
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The notes of Widor, Brahms, Bédard, Bach and more danced through…
Events: Aug. 27, 2025
Tomato Day at Lebanon market The Lebanon Downtown Farmers’ Market and the Santiam Food Alliance will hold Tomato…
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…
Greener grass a big driver in settlement of Sweet Home
By Roberta McKern For The New Era Mankind – pardon, “humankind” – has ever been inclined to go…
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…
Firefighters respond to large vegetation fire off Rice Road
Firefighters from multiple local agencies are working to battle a large vegetation fire located between Rice Road and…
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…
Kathleen Franks
Kathleen Franks Feb. 10, 1933 – Aug. 4, 2025 Kathleen Franks, 92, died Aug. 4, 2025, following a…