Editorials

What next after the standoff?

It’s over. Finally, it’s over. After 41 days that alternated between hand-wringing and heart-wrenching, the occupation of the…

Editorials

Gun control movement aiming for slavery

Regarding the amount of bills that are being produced from the anti-gun activities at the Oregon Legislature, it…

Editorials

Managing hatcheries by lawsuit

The federal hatcheries, along with others operated by the states, are mainly responsible for maintaining salmon runs now…

Editorials

Big issues in short session

Oregon’s third short session kicked off Monday, and it will be an important one for the state. It…

Editorials

Minimum wage to the max

Oregon will soon have a higher minimum wage, but it’s unclear if Gov. Kate Brown’s compromise plan will…

Editorials

40 years of no growth should alarm

Residents of Harney County have been described as the hostages of the armed protesters who took over the…

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Occupation hurts cause of rural America

The armed militia groups who failed to provoke a shooting war with federal agents during a standoff at…

Editorials

63-mile trail in need of one bold step

For several years now the people of Wallowa and Union counties have been hearing of a plan to…

Editorials

Supreme Court must give landowners right to challenge Corps

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take a case that will determine whether landowners can challenge in…

Editorials

A wage plan for rural Oregon

Oregon’s poorly conceived minimum wage law — like so many Oregon laws the product of a half-baked ballot…

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