The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

As is often the nature of this business of community journalism, there’s both good news and bad in this week’s issue of The New Era.

Let’s start with some good: The news that Wiley Creek is being sold to a Salem-based firm that specializes in senior living and healthcare is good news for Sweet Home, not because Samaritan Health Services is getting out of that business, but because of what comes with this deal.

For years, local emergency responders have complained about the lack of emergency care health facilities in Sweet Home. When air ambulances are not involved, it can literally...