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Guest Column: 2025 is off to a chatty start

To whet your political appetite for 2025, here is a spicy goulash of quotations, anecdotes and other recent…

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Editorial: Carter’s embargo was one of many causes of farm crisis

Jimmy Carter was the last working farmer to have been elected president. His administration’s agricultural legacy was formed…

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Guest Column: Transit for veterans must be prioritized

At Pacific Transit, we are still fighting to keep the Veterans Connect program alive, which helps veterans get…

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Writer’s Notebook: Finding grace at the turn of winter’s tide

Instead of marking the first dire embrace of winter, solstice really is when things begin their first baby…

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Guest Column: A journalism inspiration and Myrtle’s memorial

In a small but very personal way, Elmer C. Fricke changed the course of Oregon journalism. This is…

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Behind the News: ‘We heard that we need to do better’

Clatsop Community College has released the framework for a new, five-year strategic plan. The priorities are to improve…

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Guest Column: Plan to incarcerate the homeless is not the Oregon Way

The coming year heralds many changes in homeless services across America. Donald Trump returns to office again as…

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Guest Column: In Oregon Senate, new faces from different places

Eastern and central Oregon are losing much of their influence in the state Senate. Among the senators exiting…

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Guest Column: State has more money, and more challenges, than ever before

Once every decade or so, state government gets a big gift from Oregon taxpayers — a surge of…

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Writer’s Notebook: Christmas gifts that last aren’t found in a catalog

There were two holy books in our family home at Christmastime: their titles were Sears Roebuck and Montgomery…

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