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EDITORIAL: Cannon called attention to city’s fiscal woes, but also contributed to them

Jonathan Cannon’s two-and-a-half-year tenure as Baker City manager will end without resolution to the challenges that marked the…

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COLUMN: ‘The mountains are calling and I must go’

The first time I remember seeing the popular John Muir quote, “The mountains are calling and I must…

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COLUMN: AM radio’s demise latest example of auto interior insanity

Car designers and engineers have much to answer for, but their latest deviance might be the most egregious…

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COLUMN: Phone call resumes a longtime friendship

My home phone blared its distinctive, atonal warbling, and when I saw the name on the caller ID…

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COLUMN: Maps don’t depict how much Baker County sprawls

Baker County is a big place, especially when you’re looking up at it. Maps are useful for navigation…

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COLUMN: Murky writing in Salem not limited to bill summaries

Most Republicans in the Oregon Senate abandoned the Capitol earlier this month because, they said, the summaries of…

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COLUMN: Frozen cats and the curious attraction of ‘Hoarders’

There are no dead cats in my freezer. At least there weren’t any the last time I reached…

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COLUMN: No volumes damaged in this book battle

“Battle of the Books” events do not involve competitors ducking to avoid fast-moving hardcover volumes. At least I…

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COLUMN: The online explosion of inane information

The internet has done for the spread of inane information what splitting the atom did for bombs. In…

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COLUMN: Getting (an aching) back to work in the yard

I couldn’t recall how many months had elapsed since I last had dirt from my property packed under…

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