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Guest Column: Is the rural-urban divide myth or reality?

For your political reading pleasure, the early edition of the state voters’ pamphlet for the May 17 election…

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Guest Column: Astoria needs affordable housing

Our housing crisis is a perfect storm. The pandemic exacerbated an already growing challenge. Other small cities have…

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Guest Column: A place for us to gather

There has been renewed public focus on the Heritage Square block downtown since the Astoria City Council undertook…

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Writer’s Notebook: Mencken’s brashness is like catnip

Like many young journalists, I went through an H.L. Mencken phase. Known as the “Sage of Baltimore,” Mencken…

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Guest Column: Oregon’s economic crystal ball is coming soon

The Oregon Legislature this year came close to allowing self-serve gasoline. Perhaps it’s also time to repeal the…

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Guest Column: Who will lead Oregon next year?

As the Oregon Legislature takes a collective breather from this year’s up-and-down session, a question hangs over everyone’s…

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Guest Column: Washington state needs inclusive forest policy

Washington’s Board of Natural Resources is considering banning timber harvesting on state lands. That is extremely unwise. Instead,…

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Guest Column: Seeking compromisers who care about ‘The Oregon Way’

‘Compromise, compromise, compromise. Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate.” These are the qualities that Brian Clem seeks in legislative candidates this…

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Behind the News: ‘There’s no cookie-cutter approach to homelessness’

Kenny Hansen has a street-level view of the changes in Astoria over his 33 years as a police…

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Guest Column: The measuring stick of our survival

My mentor Billy Frank Jr. always said salmon are the measuring stick of our survival. He was referring…

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