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Letter to the editor for March 12, 2025
I’ve lived through 22 presidential elections and I have never been as scared as I am now. I ...
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Editorials
EDITORIAL: Property tax appeal settlement a financial boon for Baker County, cities, school districts
You know the thrill when you thrust a hand into a coat pocket, feel an unexpected scrap of ...
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Positive news from Saint Alphonsus Medical Center’s administrator
Baker County Commissioner Michelle Kaseberg said she was stunned when she heard what Tony Swart had just said ...
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Cutting federal spending can’t be done without local consequences
President Donald Trump’s effort, with considerable aid from Elon Musk, to shrink the federal government and its appetite ...
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Trump spending freeze too sudden, too vague
President Donald Trump didn’t need to sow concern about whether federal dollars would continue to flow to communities ...
Editorials
Seeking a solution to dog impoundment problem
Baker City officials, including the city council, have a new challenge. Dr. Matt Kerns, who owns the Animal ...
Columns
COLUMN: Pondering the ubiquitous residential storage shed
I have for the whole of my life almost completely ignored, and without realizing my oversight, the most ...
Columns
COLUMN: Peering into the past of NE Oregon wildlife
I am treated occasionally to a written historical account so vivid in its details that I feel almost ...
Columns
COLUMN: Delving into the details of the 2024 election — and the dispute between Eagle and Pine valleys
Baker County doesn’t have an rural-urban political divide to match the chasm that separates Oregon in many electoral ...
Columns
COLUMN: A benign use of cellphone tracking data
I know that my cellphone leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs but I’ve never thought much about who ...