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The New Era came away with 16 awards from this year’s Better Newspaper Contest conducted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Winners were announced at the ONPA’s annual convention, held Sept. 28-29. The entries this year were judged by members of the Texas Press Association.

Benny Westcott and Sarah Brown each scored first-place recognition in the Best Sports Story category, Brown for a story on local nonagenarian bowlers and Westcott for a story about Brooke Burke breaking multiple school scoring records in a basketball game last year.

First place for Best News Photo we...