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COLUMN: Contemplating a community newspaper’s legacy

I vaguely remember the first story bearing my byline in the Baker City Herald. I think Unity was…

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COLUMN: Fire threatens irreplaceable part of Baker City’s history

I’ve walked past the Central Building at least a couple hundred times but I had never smelled it.…

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Other views: Curbing the epidemic of obesity requires bold steps

As our nation grapples with the alarming rise of diabetes and chronic diseases linked to obesity, we find…

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Other views: A crucial crossroads for greater sage grouse and an iconic western landscape

Over two centuries ago, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark provided one of the first written descriptions of…

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COLUMN: A dropped baton can’t erase four Baker runners’ feat

If it was any race other than a relay, Baker’s state championship would have been official. But there…

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Capital chatter: Kotek’s unpopularity is a Brown legacy

Among the baffling aspects of Gov. Tina Kotek’s tenure is that she ranks among the nation’s least-popular governors,…

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COLUMN: Let’s get together to celebrate Baker City’s renaissance

In September of 2022, Gary Ernest Smith walked in the door of Crossroads. He asked us to do…

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COLUMN: Bran has been frosted, and sugar’s triumph is final

Bran flakes have been frosted, an official, factory-applied embellishment, and sugar’s triumph is at last complete. The outcome…

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EDITORIAL: Trio of recent crashes raises troubling issues

Three recent vehicle crashes illustrate the danger that people who drive while impaired can pose to anyone who…

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COLUMN: Lazy slobs foul public forests with their trash

At first I thought the pile of trash was a snowdrift. I wish it had been. From a…

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