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Pam Marsh and Dick Anderson: Governor’s goal requires workforce housing
In Tillamook County, the lack of workforce housing is a major stressor for Heather Zwald Taksdal. As a ...
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John Hillock: Here’s why I wrote House Bill 3317
I’m responsible for the creation of House Bill 3317, not the other Wallowa County commissioners. I take all ...
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Writers on the Range: Guns have changed everything, especially childhood
I learned to shoot on the family ranch, as ranch kids are wont to do. My gun education ...
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Tim Nesbitt: Fagan fails the ‘any damn fool’ test
There’s something called the “any damn fool” rule in politics. It’s an unwritten rule because, well, any damn ...
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Roger Hockett: It’s time to confront our wasteful ways
My mother on Prairie Creek never wasted anything, except lawnmowers; they ended up in the old bunkhouse when ...
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Nils Christoffersen: Rural challenges require new thinking
The Greater Idaho Movement stirs mixed reactions in me. Its implausibility, and my appreciation for Oregon, leaves me ...
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Writers on the Range: Killing fish to save frogs
Shortly after World War II, California fish managers had a brainstorm: They loaded juvenile trout into airplanes and ...
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Other Views: Should we worry about Oregon’s population decline?
State economists sounded the alarm recently about a slight but sudden decline in Oregon’s population, warning of a ...
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Other Views: Second Amendment doesn’t preclude reasonable restrictions
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t read about another tragic shooting. Often the perpetrators target family, ...
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Other Views: Greater Idaho pitch doesn’t add up
I have lived in Wallowa County for around 10 years now and lately, I have been bombarded with ...