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Writer’s Notebook: Does Portland love itself?

I have a box of index cards for a book that I never wrote. The working title was…

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Guest Column: Legislature considers unexpected revenue

The Oregon Senate began passing legislation last week. But it’s not yet time for Oregonians to worry. Or…

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Behind the News: ‘Homelessness has many different faces’

Clatsop Community Action has an outsized role in the social services safety net on the North Coast. The…

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Guest Column: We need better recreational management

Already robust levels of hiking, camping, boating and every other kind of outdoor recreation in our region has…

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Guest Column: Gun measure raises thorny issues

If this were a normal year, Room 50 in the basement of the Oregon Capitol would have been…

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Writer’s Notebook: Charting the grid’s future

When Gretchen Bakke was growing up, Bumble Bee Seafoods’ cannery was closing, the spotted owl was delivering a…

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Guest Column: An unprecedented opportunity

Clatsop County’s elected leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to model responsibility and civic sacrifice with the vaccine rollout.…

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Writer’s Notebook: The preciousness of the ordinary

Like a gale that rips off the roofs in a small town, the lingering trauma of Jan. 6…

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Guest Column: State misses point on foster care decline

Since the start of the pandemic, official reports to child protection agencies have declined across the United States…

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Guest Column: Can the Legislature police itself?

During several evenings of testimony and discussion last week, a bipartisan committee voted that state Rep. Diego Hernandez,…

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