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Mountain Medicine: Preparing for influenza season in a time of COVID

As we continue to live with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are moving into our annual season of influenza…

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From the editor’s desk: Beginning a new chapter

Hello, Wallowa County. If I learned anything when I wrapped up my last job and I wrote my…

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Main Street: Elections take on different look through the years

The first election I remember is Eisenhower in 1952. I was 10, and because my parents were Republicans…

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Other views: Farmers benefit from actions taken to slow climate change

Agricultural businesses work in one of the most environmentally exposed industries, and therefore have a lot to gain…

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Other views: Government should be boring

A walk around a lake shouldn’t be filled with discussions of Democratic failures. Yet, during a recent seven-mile…

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Mountain medicine: Penicillin allergy testing at Wallowa Memorial Hospital

Did your parents tell you that you had an allergic reaction to penicillin when you were child? Is…

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Other views: Wildland fuels and destructive wildfire

We are in the heart of wildfire season and daily news reports summarize destructive wildfires throughout the western…

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On Liberty: Representation is a core American value

The American electoral system is unique in that it utilizes a democratic process while simultaneously preventing “mob rule.”…

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Other views: These fires will happen again and again

We should not be surprised that much of the West is on fire. Or that more than 3.1…

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Other views: How national forests suffer from anti-forestry obstruction

Most would agree forest management is essential to reducing heavy fuel loads that contribute to unnaturally severe wildfires.…

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