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Editor’s Notebook: Ancient worlds surround us
Like the flickering special effects in the 1960 movie version of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” past ages ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Talk to the animals; they sometimes answer
A man who walks with the animals, talks with the animals, grunts and squeaks and squawks with the ...
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Ty Williams: Wildfire poses the biggest threat to old-growth forests
Noah Greenwald’s Jan. 11 opinion piece demanding the governor set aside 9,500 acres of Oregon’s older forests in ...
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Guest Column: Mass firings cut the muscle, not the fat
The stories are heartbreaking. U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal workers — some of them ...
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Mike Francis: Nonprofits drive Astoria building boom
It takes nothing more than a drive from the roundabout to Pier 39 to see that Astoria is ...
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Dick Hughes: Readers respond to call for civility
You can be a powerful, tenacious advocate for a political cause without acting like a jerk. That was ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Trailers remain an important housing option
I became a fan of trailer houses by accident, partly thanks to a CIA officer. Moving from Gig ...
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Dick Hughes: Oregon is 166 years old, and we’re still figuring out our way
Despite the cold outside, action inside the Oregon Capital was warming up. Almost four weeks into the 2025 ...
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Sarah Pope and Christine Vernier: Reading mastery equals student success
Each student who graduates represents both a personal achievement and also a step toward a stronger Oregon. These ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Our old enemy flu comes to stay
“I ache everywhere. It hurts to cough. I feel awful.” — Spoken by an obviously suffering young woman ...