Opinion

Editor: I am writing in support of the Meals on Wheels pet food program. I am sure there…

Editor: I had the experience of being one of the review committee members of the “Absolutely True Diary…

Editor: The recent storm of complaints involving the book “ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”…

The question of what to do with Sweet Home’s Oregon Electric Railroad depot is one that warrants serious…

The issue of what to do about “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” lives on, as…

Scottie Stockman The ocean of sweat I’ve given for the sport of wrestling has led me to where…

Editor: The county wants to spend another million bucks for a resort on Foster Lake. First, it’s another…

Editor: Regarding “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian:” Even though I haven’t read this particular book…

Scott Swanson A couple of years ago I was in the audience in the Sweet Home High School…

Editor: With all the talk that seems to be going on around in this community about the book…

Editor: I am grateful that we, as a community, are discussing the appropriateness of “The Absolutely True Diary…

Editor: Concerning the “Book Brouhaha” last week: Other people have complained on moral grounds, views which are valid;…

Editor: As grandparents of a Junior High eighth-grader and many more up-and-coming grandchildren, we are appalled that “The…

The outcry over local junior high students reading the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”…

Editor: Good man, Royce Cantrell (Jan. 8)! Your concerns are noteworthy. What the circumstances are, is not them…

It’s always interesting to look at the yearly review of the news we publish each New Year. There…

Editor: I recommend that the County Commissioners seriously look outside the current Sheriff’s Department for a successor for…

Editor: After over 29 years serving with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, I have decided to hang up…

Sean C. Morgan, Staff Writer Oregon Democrats in our legislature last Monday were looking for a tax increase…

Editor: How come having a photo ID card won’t stop you from getting a driver’s license, setting up…

Editor: Once again I am concerned with what is going on in my grandson’s elementary school. His Monday…

Wednesday of this week is our Patriot Day, instituted to remember those who were killed in the terrorist…

There are two sides to the Rio Theater dilemma, which we report on page 1 in today’s newspaper.…

Scott Swanson It’s been a busy summer for us here at The New Era and apparently it’s not…

Gov. John Kitzhaber’s veto last week of state Rep. Sherrie Sprenger’s bill that would have reversed part of…