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Municipal Court: Oct. 1, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Oct. 1, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Milt Moran named to Lebanon High School Hall of Fame
Milton Moran Jr., president of Cascade Timber Consulting in Sweet Home, is one of four Lebanon High School…
Local retired teachers find new way to get involved in sport, kids
When Billy and Barb Snow retired from their teaching jobs, they really didn’t expect to spend their retirement…
Send in the Cavalry: The Oregon Volunteer Cavalry – 1861-1864
By Roberta McKern For The New Era The Oregon Volunteer Cavalry played a significant role in maintaining order…
Two dead in head-on collision
Two area men were killed in a head-on collision that occurred earlier this month outside of Albany. LCSO,…
From Our Files: Oct. 1, 2025
Oct. 5, 1950 Paul Bailey, student manager for the Sweet Home football team, was treated for electric…
Death Notices: Sept. 24, 2025
Anne Mehn Dec. 17, 1934 – Sept. 18, 2025 Anne Virginia Mehn, 90, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Ronald Louis Schrick
Ronald Schrick Dec. 9, 1950 – Sept. 6, 2025 Ronald Louis Schrick, 74, passed away Sept. 6, 2025.…
Doyle Wayne Offutt
Doyle Offutt Nov. 12, 1944 – Sept. 6, 2025 Doyle Wayne Offutt, 80, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Michael W. Northern
Michael Northern April 7, 2005 – Sept. 6, 2025 Michael W. Northern, 20, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Clara Kathleen Lowe
Clara Lowe Nov. 1, 1948 – Sept. 15, 2025 Clara Kathleen Lowe, 76, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Jerry Don Hay
Jerry Hay April 8, 1955 – Sept. 5, 2025 Jerry Don Hay, 70, of Sweet Home, passed away…
Donald Blankenship
Donald Blankenship June 11, 1952 – Sept. 13, 2025 Donald Blankenship, 73, of Sweet Home, passed away Sept.…
Frank Brown
Frank Brown Feb. 24, 1961 – Aug. 27, 2025 Frank Brown, 64, of Lebanon, recently of Sweet Home,…
Police Logs: Sept. 24, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Circuit Court: Sept. 24, 2025
Information for the Public Safety report and Courts in The New Era is sourced from local law enforcement…
Municipal Court: Sept. 24, 2025
All information presented herein is obtained from publicly available Oregon court and law enforcement records. The Oregon Public…
Habitat for Humanity ushers 31st family into new home
It took three long years, but the wait is finally paying off for the McMahon family as they…
Scene Around Town: Sept. 24, 2025
Burning to Learn at Old Mill Property Oregon Department of Forestry firefighters, above, burn tall grass on the…
New arcade in Lebanon aims to rekindle ‘kinesthetic’ fun
They had thought about the idea before, but when faced with the annual challenge of how to celebrate…
Alta Katherine Cochell
March 3, 1942 – Sept. 12, 2025 Alta Katherine Cochell passed away on Sept. 12, 2025, in Cottage…
From Our Files: Sept. 24, 2025
Sept. 28, 1950 As many as 16 arrests were made this week on a variety of charges.…
Samaritan grant info meeting Sept. 23
Samaritan Health Services is accepting applications for Social Accountability grant funding to local nonprofits. A total of up…
Local woman named TOPS weight loser of year
The day Peggy Blair found out that she was Oregon’s TOPS Queen brought mixed emotions. Blair, a longtime…