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EDITORIAL: New approach to drug possession has much more potential than its failed predecessor

Oregon’s voter-endorsed experiment with treating the possession of relatively small amounts of dangerous drugs, including fentanyl, as basically…

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EDITORIAL: Time’s not right to ask voters for fuels tax, but council shouldn’t drop the idea

The Baker City Council made a pragmatic decision Aug. 13 in deciding not to put a local motor…

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EDITORIAL: Volunteer firefighters, and the debt that’s hard to repay

When a wildfire threatens your home, your livelihood and perhaps even your life, nothing is quite so disturbing…

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EDITORIAL: Hoping for quick conclusion to fire investigations

Figuring out what started a wildfire can be a daunting challenge. Especially when the culprit isn’t what —…

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Our view: Rash of human-caused blazes a problem as fire season arrives

The wildfire season is Northeastern Oregon has had a disappointing start. The fire reports from local, state and…

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EDITORIAL: Reversing a troubling suicide trend in Baker County

The number is small as a proportion of the population but in another sense it is massive. Seven…

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Our view: Wyden’s draft bill could avoid more ‘maternity deserts’

Oregon’s senior U.S. senator, Ron Wyden, wants to prevent “maternity deserts” from spreading in Northeastern Oregon and rural…

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EDITORIAL: Baker City’s lodging tax proposal is reasonable

Baker City Manager Barry Murphy thinks the city should receive a share of the taxes that guests pay…

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Our view: Region needs to see progress in jobs that keep young people from leaving

Across the region a host of high school graduations marked the end of an era for hundreds of…

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EDITORIAL: Voters should renew noxious weed levy this fall

Perhaps the most surprising result in the May 21 primary election was the failure of a four-year extension…

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