Columnists

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…

Columnists

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…

Columnists

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…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Send a message with Greater Idaho

Wallowa County will soon vote on the Greater Idaho movement. I would say go for it. Guns play…

Editorials

Voice of the Chieftain: To all candidates, a word of thanks

No one could have blamed you last Sunday if you decided to just bask in the sunshine instead…

Columnists

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…

Letters to Editor

Editor’s note: Got an election letter? Write us soon

Got an election letter? Write soon After today, we have just one more print edition of the Chieftain…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Here’s what happens with a move to Idaho

Should you stay or should you go? Referendum Petition 32-007, which appears on the May 16 special election…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Consider health care with Idaho measure

One thing was apparent at the candidate/ballot measure sponsored by the Wallowa County Chamber and Rotary Club of…

Letters to Editor

Letter: Gun-owner concerns shape vote on Idaho

I owned my first rifle at age 10; added a scope at age 11. It was a bolt…

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