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Capital Chatter: Journalism makes a big difference

Were it not for newspapers, Oregonians would not know about Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s high-dollar moonlighting for…

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Capital Chatter: Six observations about Gov. Tina Kotek

As the Oregon Legislature was winding down its 2023 session, Gov. Tina Kotek held a press conference at…

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From the editor’s desk: Chieftain nabs six awards in statewide contest

The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association handed out awards last week in its 2023 Better Newspaper Contest, and I’m…

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Roger Hockett: Wallowa County faces an economic threshold

Throughout the Western United States, scenic small towns are being inundated with development and population growth. The average…

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Writers on the Range: Goats can be a forest’s best friend

Goats are particularly good at one thing: Eating. Unlike a horse or cow that leaves noxious weeds behind,…

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From the general manager: We’re working to fix our customer-service issues

Serving our customers and readers well is one of our top priorities and, to be honest, over the…

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Capital Chatter: For Kotek, big challenges, personal changes

Tina Kotek describes herself as a hands-on governor. That’s an understatement. “I came at political life as a…

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Writers on the Range: Blow the whistle to protect our lands

Dozens of TVs, refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and abandoned cars have either been gunshot, torched or both. This…

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Capital Chatter: Life (and more construction) returns to the Capitol

Lawmakers and lobbyists — and perhaps a few members of the public who have nothing else to do…

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Main Street: Of east and west, rural and urban

The Greater Idaho movement is getting more press than it could have hoped for — and maybe more…

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