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EDITORIAL: Rethinking fentanyl punishment

We can feel relieved that the car Darren Glenn Yeater was driving when he was arrested in Baker…

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EDITORIAL: City slouches toward a dismal future

Baker City’s Fire Department is slouching into an unfortunate and dismal future, and the City Council seems unwilling…

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EDITORIAL: State failing on drug treatment effort

Some Oregonians who voted for Measure 110 in November 2020, which made possession of small amounts of heroin,…

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EDITORIAL: Police, schools respond properly

Local police and school officials faced a frightening situation last week. They handled it swiftly and well. Although…

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EDITORIAL: City Council needs to save ambulance service

There were multiple disappointing moments during the Baker City Council meeting Tuesday, May 24. Here’s two of the…

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EDITORIAL: Hoping this candy tastes sour

The notion that anything could make the experience of eating a Twix candy bar anything but blissful might…

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EDITORIAL: Baker City’s new ambulance database is welcome

Baker City Manager Jonathan Cannon has made a valuable addition to the city’s website, www.bakercity.com. The new database…

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EDITORIAL: Baker City Council exaggerates challenge with county’s ambulance request

If you attended or watched a recording of the Baker City Council’s work session on Wednesday night, May…

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EDITORIAL: Baker City Council needs to act on fire department

There’s little time left to prevent the Baker City Fire Department from being gutted, and the Baker City…

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EDITORIAL: Do we trust feds to define ‘disinformation?’

That the Biden administration has created what it calls the “Disinformation Governance Board” — that’s the official title,…

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