The New Era named state's best small weekly
August 3, 2022

Holding awards won by The New Era are, from left, Sarah Brown, Benny Westcott, Miriam Swanson and Scott Swanson.
The New Era was honored as the best weekly newspaper in Oregon last week by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, receiving first place in General Excellence for weeklies of 2,000 circulation or less.
The awards were presented at the organization's convention, held July 28-29 in Welches, which included a debate featuring the three candidates for Oregon's Governor's Office (see page 1).
The New Era also won the Sweepstakes Award, given to the weekly newspaper that wins the most awards in the competition. Sweet Home's newspaper finished with 22 awards – six first-places, 10 seconds...
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