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EDITORIAL: Embracing a bright outlook

Two years ago, COVID-19 had yet to arrive, officially, in Baker County. But its effects certainly had. The…

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EDITORIAL: Windfall for the fairgrounds

The peeling green paint and protruding nails on the perimeter fence at the Baker County Fairgrounds rodeo grounds…

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EDITORIAL: Judge right to block real estate ‘love letter’ law

So-called real estate “love letters” aren’t exactly a major free speech issue. But it’s not surprising that Oregon’s…

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EDITORIAL: Baker City should remain home for 1A hoops

The excitement level in the Baker High School gym on Wednesday night, March 2, wasn’t as easy to…

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EDITORIAL: Ensuring public meetings are public

Oregon’s Public Meetings Law, which has been in place since 1973, is pretty straightforward as laws go. And…

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EDITORIAL: Stepping back from the brink

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is troubling, to be sure. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s unwarranted, brutal aggression destabilizes not…

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EDITORIAL: Don’t punish schools that end masking

The decision by Oregon state health and education officials to end the statewide mask mandate for schools on…

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EDITORIAL: Let voters decide on governor’s authority

Rep. Mark Owens, the Crane Republican whose district includes Baker County, thinks state law has given Gov. Kate…

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EDITORIAL: Oregon should move ahead with curbing collisions between cars, wildlife

Most people who have spent much time driving Oregon’s highways have felt that twinge of fear when they…

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EDITORIAL: Exposing secrecy

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is casting a welcome, and bright, light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s methods…

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