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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…

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Guest column: Working forests provide habitat for wildlife

Oregon is well-known for its forests — they’re one of the primary reasons people visit, live and work…

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Dick Hughes: How to engage the Legislature — and how the Legislature should engage itself

Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, outraged Republicans last year by publicly stating the obvious after Democrats won supermajorities in…

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Editor’s Notebook: Give me a home where buffalo still roam

We children used to warble, “Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam | Where the deer…

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David Russo: Health care for patients, not investors

The struggle for control over our health care system has reached a critical turning point in Oregon, with…

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Randy Stapilus: It may be time to take a new look at electricity demand

The Northwest Power Planning Council was formed in 1981 in response to concerns in the area about the…

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Capital Chatter: Oregon celebrates the legacy of Peter Courtney

Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building,…

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Craig Hoppes: Astoria schools thrive, despite challenges

Astoria School District students are halfway through the 2024-2025 school year. Students continue to come to school eager…

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Editor’s Notebook: Help decipher the American Revolution

To engage citizen volunteers and make the American story more accessible, the National Archives is enlisting everyone it…

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Guest column: LA’s devastating wildfires must spark change

The hurricane-force winds like those that fueled fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in Western states for…

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