Columnists
Writers on the Range: Creative builders get rural housing done
Here’s a statistic to be unhappy about: Colorado and Utah host the fifth and sixth most expensive housing ...
Columnists
From the regional editor: Reporting teams will tackle tough topics
Not too long ago, when Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City announced that it planned to close its birth ...
Letters to Editor
Letter: Vote to reelect Judge Williams
I was an elected circuit court judge in Umatilla and Morrow counties for 18 years. I was also ...
Letters to Editor
Letter: Something’s fishy at Oregon DOT
2023 is the first year the Idaho Department of Transportation has approved a budget over $1 billion, promising ...
Editorials
Voice of the Chieftain: ODOT cutbacks endanger winter drivers
It takes guts to get through a Wallowa County winter. This winter, though, it may take more than ...
Columnists
Other Views: State-based health insurance exchange would protect access to coverage
Gov. Tina Kotek recently signed Senate Bill 972, which will enable Oregon to transition from the federal health ...
Editorials
Voice of the Chieftain: County energy plan has real promise
Last week was a particularly newsy time in Wallowa County. So you can be forgiven for skimming over ...
Columnists
Randy Stapilus: Lawmakers lay groundwork for future sessions
Oregon legislators have been burrowing into newsy topics like housing, road tolling, crime, Measure 110 and the Pac-12 ...
Columnists
Ann Bloom: The case against banning books
Last week was “Banned Books Week,” a week not to celebrate banning books, but a week to recognize ...
Columnists
Writers on the Range: Are beavers always the answer? It depends
Beavers, through their assiduous dam building, can recharge groundwater and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. In the ...