Letters to Editor

Letter: People are watching Greater Idaho effort

We won! Twelve counties now have voted to engage in dialog to move the border. For the first…

Letters to Editor

Letter: County election was ‘shocking’

When conservatives lose an election, they cry foul, the election was stolen, and then spend time and effort…

Editorials

Voice of the Chieftain: Greater Idaho isn’t really about Idaho

Well, after a pair of nail-biting elections in Wallowa County regarding the Greater Idaho movement, this much is…

Columnists

Shannon Wheeler: Addressing a 100-year injustice at Wallowa Lake

The Nez Perce Tribe noted the article on U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s tour of the proposed reconstruction of…

Columnists

Capital Chatter: Four questions about the walkout

Is Oregon’s 2023 legislative session toast? The answers I hear from political insiders range from “yes” to “not…

Columnists

‘Rick Gray Jr.: Portland’s dominance harms the state

The slender majority in Wallowa County’s recent Greater Idaho referendum makes the county the 12th in Eastern Oregon…

Columnists

Capital Chatter: Why are Oregonians so cheap?

Cheryl Myers didn’t have to take a pay cut last month when she became Oregon’s acting secretary of…

Editorials

Voice of the Chieftain: Ranked choice voting requires more resources

The Oregon House of Representatives has approved a measure, House Bill 2004, which would pave the way for…

Columnists

Writers on the Range: A boondoggle on the Colorado

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached…

Columnists

Other views: Excursion train deserves dedicated management structure

Recent articles in the Chieftain and the La Grande Observer with regard to the current status of the…

Marketplace