The New Era won four awards at the Pacific Northwest News Publishing Contest, held during the Oregon Newspaper Publishers convention on July 18 at Boulder Falls Inn in Lebanon.
This year’s contest, for the first time, included Washington and Idaho newspapers. It was judged by members of the Virginia News Press Association.
Now-Editor Scott Swanson’s editorial, “Local Newspaper Facing Dire Situation,” informing the community about the financial straits The New Era was in last December,…