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COLUMN: The ill-timed, but not completely unwelcome, January thaw

The problem with the January thaw is that it doesn’t happen in March. Or, given Baker County’s sometimes…

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Other views: Progress on groundwater requires coordination, leadership

Solving a challenge as complex and enduring as nitrate in groundwater requires understanding, agreement and commitment — understanding…

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Capital chatter: Oregon has too many committees and not enough action

After listening to speaker after speaker discuss Oregon’s substance abuse crisis, state Rep. Kevin Mannix had a logical…

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Other views: Don’t blame hatcheries for the declines in wild fish

The article about changing salmon management caught my attention. I grew up on salmon hatcheries in the Columbia…

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COLUMN: Fear doesn’t change airlines’ sterling safety record

When a hole rips open in a jetliner at 16,000 feet, a certain trepidation among the flying public…

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Capital chatter: Governor reflects on a year of progress — and a few misses

A broken aircraft rained on Gov. Tina Kotek’s anniversary celebration.

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Strop: Former president cares only about himself

I’m a 69-year-old retired schoolteacher and an independent voter. I have voted both Republican and Democrat in the…

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Flowers: Not even the death of a mother is off limits in today’s politics

There are two things that should be completely off limits: a person’s children and a person’s grief. You…

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COLUMN: For drivers, dials and knobs should triumph over screens

I had a curious dream recently that must have been inspired, if that’s the proper term for the…

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Other views: Looking back and focusing forward

The turn of the calendar often gives us a chance look back on the year just completed and…

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