Columns
COLUMN: Peering into the past of NE Oregon wildlife
I am treated occasionally to a written historical account so vivid in its details that I feel almost ...
Columns
COLUMN: Delving into the details of the 2024 election — and the dispute between Eagle and Pine valleys
Baker County doesn’t have an rural-urban political divide to match the chasm that separates Oregon in many electoral ...
Columns
COLUMN: A benign use of cellphone tracking data
I know that my cellphone leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs but I’ve never thought much about who ...
Columns
COLUMN: Spring just couldn’t wait for March
Spring refused to wait for its month. Not that the season truly has a month all its own ...
Letters
Letter to the editor for Feb. 27, 2025
Growing up, I spent my summers in the creeks, glades and forests of the Elkhorn range. My grandfather ...
Letters
Letter: I know who I will hold responsible
Who will you hold responsible when the next fire season comes and there are not firefighters hired to ...
Letters
Letter to the editor for Feb. 21, 2025
I read a recent letter in the East Oregonian newspaper and was inspired to respond. This person lives ...
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Cutting federal spending can’t be done without local consequences
President Donald Trump’s effort, with considerable aid from Elon Musk, to shrink the federal government and its appetite ...
Columns
COLUMN: Trump can cut the fat, but can he actually balance the budget?
The federal government’s prodigious aptitude for spending money is hardly a secret. Indeed, the feds’ profligacy has inspired ...
Letters
Letter to the editor for Feb. 14, 2025
In one of Donald Trump’s first acts in office, he stripped away protections for schools, hospitals, and places ...