The New Era won 16 awards, including eight first places, in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest, which covered newspaper content published in 2013.
The newspaper also won seven advertising awards.
This year’s contest was judged by newspaper staffs in Indiana.
“We’re pretty happy to be recognized by our peers for doing quality work,” said Publisher Scott Swanson. “In the day-to-day grind of putting out newspapers, it’s easy to lose focus and contests…