Letters to Editor

Letter: Here’s a solution to urban control

Many of us agree there is a major urban-rural divide in Oregon (and many other states)! The fact…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Don’t jump gun on road closures

The Whitman Ranger District is getting closer to making a decision on the Sheep Creek Vegetation Management project.…

Columnists

Capital Chatter: Salem payroll tax could mean exodus of commuters

Salem could be on the verge of becoming the state capital in name only. The city’s new tax…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Republican Party doing harm to U.S.

After watching multiple roundtable discussions between Democrats and Republicans and talking to friends and relatives who continue to…

Columnists

Capital Chatter: Sen. Boquist’s ‘unsavory’ comments deemed protected speech

“I understand the threats from members of the majority that you want to arrest me, you want to…

Editorials

Voice of the Chieftain: An investment in saving rural lives

Gov. Tina Kotek took advantage of a trip last week to Prairie City to fulfill a promise she…

Editorials

Voice of the Chieftain: District takes step forward on housing

As we have noted in other editorials, the shortage of affordable workforce housing in Wallowa County is not…

Columnists

Writers on the Range: Too many tourists follow a leader

A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona. She was poised on…

Columnists

Roger Hockett: In search of a simpler, slower life

As a young boy riding old Diamond near Downey Lake on The Divide, I would sometimes daydream about…

Columnists

Capital Chatter: Self-service gasoline may — or may not — be on its way to Oregon

This spring, my wife and I ably filled our car’s gas tank at service stations around the West:…

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