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Guest Column: Lessons from the May election

Tina Kotek, Betsy Johnson and Christine Drazan will have one thing in common as they approach the gubernatorial…

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Guest Column: Volcanic disaster sparked effective bipartisan efforts

I’ve always called out anyone who says they will “celebrate” the great eruption of Mount St. Helens, which…

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Behind the News: ‘It’s really important to have a watchdog group’

Behind the familiar red T-shirts and the protest signs of local activists, Columbia Riverkeeper provided important organizational, policy…

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Guest Column: Let’s fix the habitat conservation plan

The Oregon Department of Forestry is preparing to change how the Clatsop State Forest is managed. For those…

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Guest Column: Reinstate federal recognition of Chinook Indian Nation

The Pacific Northwest is shaped by the culture and history of Indigenous peoples who have called this region…

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Guest Column: Primary races for Congress get interesting

You can run for Congress without living in the Oregon district you want to represent. You can run…

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Writer’s Notebook: Astoria festival will feel weight of war in Ukraine

War in Ukraine has forced a new generation of Russian artists into the toughest choice of all. Do…

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Guest Column: Let’s give fish a better future

I grew up fishing in Oregon. Too young to fish in the ocean, I was mesmerized by the…

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Guest Column: Republican governor nominee will be chosen by small pool of voters

Roughly 4% of Oregon’s voters will choose the state’s Republican candidate for governor. That estimate comes from pollster…

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Guest Column: An Astoria endometriosis story

As a nurse wheeled my gurney through a busy hospital hallway, my eyes opened. It took a second…

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