Opinion

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…

I try to avoid writing too much about myself and I don’t write about sports very often in…

The New Era Editor: The 2013 Sweet Home Jamboree was fun and successful, however I have one concern.…

The New Era Residents of Linn County and other Western Oregon communities should be forgiven if they experience…

Editor: I’m pretty sure that the family of thousand of dead Hispanics are thrilled to hear that their…

Last Friday evening, a couple of our staff members were sitting in a local restaurant, chatting with the…

Editor: I hadn’t been to a Sportsman’s Holiday for many years, but this year I was here. I…

Editor: A young man came to my door and said he had come to install a new alarm…

Editor: I attended the Logger’s Olympics for the first time in many years and was impressed with the…

Scott Swanson A lot has changed in the newspaper world, not just in recent years, but in even…

The New Era The highly partisan world of Oregon politics makes it hard to get things such as…

The New Era In recent months and weeks we’ve been bombarded with news reports which demonstrate pretty clearly…

Francis Scott Key As a thankful American, who spent 15 years as a Canadian landed immigrant, and subsequently…