Editorials
Voice of the Chieftain: Fixing Measure 110, adding housing should be priorities for lawmakers
There are plenty of positive elements to a $500 million housing bill promoted by Gov. Tina Kotek, but ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: It’s too early for library’s Plan B
Plans for a new space for the Joseph City Library have been cooking now for about a decade: ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Focus is key during the short legislative session
This is the time of the year when we like to recall the words of Gideon John Tucker, ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Count helps take stock of homeless
Throughout Eastern Oregon — in fact, throughout all of the United States — community agencies and volunteers are ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: “Can We Talk?” Sure. But can we listen?
Dozens of Wallowa County residents braved wind-chill temperatures this past weekend to ask themselves the question posed by ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Lessons in how to listen
As you might recall, last week’s “Voice of the Chieftain” editorial was on the importance of communities learning ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Let’s focus on community, not division
At their last meeting of the year, the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners approved a plan that could ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Pamphlet conversation was civil, respectful
Not every meeting of the Enterprise City Council plays to a standing-room-only crowd. Similarly, not every meeting of ...
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Voice of the holiday: A question about Santa is answered
Today’s edition of the Chieftain includes letters from Wallowa County children to Santa Claus. In 1897, though, it ...
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Voice of the Chieftain: Fish served Wallowa County well
The sheriff in a rural county is always on the clock: At the grocery store, attending a high ...