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Samaritan Limits Visitations to Reduce Virus Spread
To protect patients and reduce the spread of respiratory viruses circulating in the community, Samaritan Health Services has…
NW Forest meetings set to discuss Forest Plan
The U.S. Forest Service will host a series of public meetings across northern California, Oregon and Washington to…
Sweet Home alum donates to help wrestlers
Seven Sweet Home alumni who are wrestling in college got a shock over Christmas break. It was a…
Cate bill seeks to ban Pacificorp rate hike
Local Rep. Jami Cate and two other state representatives, all of whom represent communities severely impacted by wildfires,…
Saving animals is an act of Faith
“It started off with a duck that I had brought into school. It wasn’t the first time I…
Veterans chief tells commissioners department traffic is up
By Alex Paul Linn County Communications Officer A July move by Linn County Veterans Services into a building…
Sweet Home firefighters among strike teams sent to SoCal
Sweet Home personnel are among Oregon firefighters sent to Southern California to assist in battling the seven separate…
Sweet Home man arrested after allegedly ramming police unit
A Sweet Home man who was being sought after allegedly fleeing from police a week earlier was arrested…
Thermal poaching suspects arrested
The Oregon State Police has concluded a months-long investigation into poaching involving thermal devices, the department announced Dec.…
Train derails after collapse of trestle in Corvallis
A train derailed after a trestle collapsed in Corvallis Saturday, Jan. 4, leaving one train car in the…
Nyquist re-elected chair as commissioners kick off 2025
In their final meeting of 2024, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker made quick…
County swearing-in ceremony includes new, veteran faces
Newly elected Linn County Assessor and Tax Collector Matt Pitcher and Treasurer Michelle Hawkins, who has served more…
Long Street wreck followed by warrants arrest
Law enforcement officials and medics work at the scene of a collision in which a Dodge SUV driven…
Trailer burns in Foster Lake RV park
Firefighters work to put out a fire that burned a recreational vehicle early on the morning of Dec.…
DMV warning about scam using fake VINs
Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles Services is warning Oregonians about a new scam using fake Manufacturer Certificates of…
New year brings laws aiming to boost health, safety, more
Oregon is kicking off 2025 with new laws to stop drug use on public transportation, reduce the cost…
Year in review: We look back on significant events of 2024
December Readers and community members responded with vigor to an editorial published in The New Era, detailing the…
Quartzville Road closed for second time in two weeks
Quartzville Road has not had a good holiday season. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, a rockslide came down…
SHHS, SHJH choirs, bands perform winter concerts
Sweet Home’s school bands and choirs performed their winter concerts earlier this month, the choirs on Dec. 12…
Samaritan CEO Doug Boysen announces plans to step down
Samaritan Health Services President and CEO Doug Boysen has announced he is planning to step down from the…
ODFW offering public opportunity to weigh in on species preservation, other topics
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host the first of a series of community engagement sessions…
Springfield man sentenced for illegally manufacturing firearms
A Springfield man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday, Dec. 10, for illegally possessing and manufacturing over 100…
Community response provides real hope for The New Era’s future
Having lived in Sweet Home for 20 years and having published your newspaper for 18 of those, I…
Christmas Programs
Here are galleries of the Christmas programs put on by Sweet Home’s elementary schools: Foster, Hawthorne, Holley, Oak…
Update: Quartzville Road re-opened after truck rollover cleanup
The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday, Dec. 23, that it was re-opening Quartzville Road following the cleanup and…