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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…
From Our Files: Nov. 5, 2025
Nov. 9, 1950 Four of the city’s six emergency vehicles are now radio equipped. Latest addition to the…
Scene Around Town: Oct. 29, 2025
Crash Course for SHFAD Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District staff and volunteers held a full-scale, hands-on extrication…
Death Notices: Oct. 29, 2025
Leslie Hunter Feb. 27, 1955 – Sept. 29, 2025 Leslie “Les” Hunter, 70, of Sweet Home, passed away…
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…