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Other Views: Biden, Social Security, my retirement and the wealthy

It’s February. It’s cold. To fend off the winter blahs, I dream of one day retiring to a…

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Other views: Understanding our changing climate — The Blue Mountains are important to us

These lands where we live help define us as individuals and communities. With warming temperatures there are changes…

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: What happens when items make it into a landfill?

Exciting news: The recycling center will now be able to accept rigid plastic six-pack holders in a special…

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Other Views: Constitutional debates only make the process better

One of the best parts of law school is reading opinions, dissents and concurrences penned by the Supreme…

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Other Views: Learning to write isn’t easy

Writing is a lifelong skill. Children are able to start developing skills used in writing as early as…

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Other views: National forests, BLM lands should be off limits to logging

The Biden administration supports protecting 30% of U.S. lands by 2030, or what is termed the “30-by-30 proposal.”…

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It’s about health and wellness: February is National Heart Health Month

The human heart is an amazing part of our body. It beats without us having to think about…

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Main Street: COVID-19 hits the county

The first eight or 10 days in February saw 27 new cases of the coronavirus and our fourth…

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Mountain Medicine: A tale with two friends, one of whom has COVID

“I now understand why so many people die of this infection. I feel like I’ve lost several days…

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Other views: Reducing emissions isn’t enough

Oregonians living through the September 2020 fires know the threat global warming poses; we are on the front…

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