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COLUMN: Hearing stories of optimism and hope in Baker City’s Oxford Houses

Addiction is a scary word. When I read it I think of many things, all of them terrible. ...

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COLUMN: Bad mufflers and lost summer sleep

Among the great mysteries is why drivers of vehicles that have the most decrepit mufflers feel compelled to ...

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COLUMN: Snake pits and other sidetrips on a tour of Montana

I entered the Snake Pit and it was all my son Max’s fault. There were, fortunately, no serpents ...

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COLUMN: Searing July another challenge for Baker County ranchers

Temperatures that require three digits to express. Wildfire acreages that take up six. I’ve never experienced a July ...

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COLUMN: An impromptu offer to buy my house

Somebody wants to buy my house, and I didn’t even have to put up a sign or call ...

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COLUMN: To fans and foes alike, farewell

I debated whether to write this column at all. After all, I don’t have a personal connection to ...

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COLUMN: Remembering the craftsmen who constructed the Central Building

The Central Building, for many years an occasional destination, has become for me something more akin to a ...

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COLUMN: Celebrating small towns, and America’s birthday, in Haines

I got stuck in a traffic jam in Haines, which seems to me no small feat in a ...

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COLUMN: Contemplate the full range of climate change effects

Climate change is bad. But is it all bad? Inevitably, unequivocally, irredeemably bad, with no possibility of any ...

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COLUMN: A sad milestone, but the Herald’s legacy lives on

The Baker City Herald has a rich history, but sadly, we have made the decision to suspend print ...

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