| Letter: Support fairgrounds district measure |
I urge the citizens of Wallowa County to support the formation of a Wallowa County Fairgrounds District by voting in favor on Nov. 2.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
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| COMMENTARY: How Bennett Flat becam the Wallowa County seat |
February 11, 1887, is the date that Wallowa County was legally separated from Union County.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: Don't lump biomass in with fossil-fuel rules |
If you shoot at gnats with a bazooka, there's going to be some collateral damage.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
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| Letter: This business of war |
Armed conflict of any kind offers the business world a guaranteed risk-free moneymaking opportunity, but a real issue is the most lucrative achievement that Wall Street can ever devise.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
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| COMMENTARY: Entertainment or addiction? Gambling a growing problem |
Gambling has become a part of the Oregon landscape, culture and economy. Oregon has more forms of legalized gambling and offers easier access to gambling than most other states.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: U.S. Forest Service, less than forthcoming |
This week's disclosure of the cause of the fire that destroyed the U.S. Forest Service headquarters in Enterprise left many questions unanswered.
Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
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| COMMENTARY: The danger to our livestock community |
We must face up to an immediate danger to our vital livestock community.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: Social Security - a pillar we can't live without |
Social Security is a pillar the U.S. can't live without
In the increasingly nasty political war that has created a gaping ideological schism between Americans, there stands an essential foundation that deserves cooperation above all other issues.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
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| Letter: Support Wyden plan? |
I don't know what to say about John Shelk of Ochoco Lumber Co. supporting Ron Wyden's Eastside Forest Plan.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| Letter: Trash: whose job? |
Yesterday, my wife and I were out for a walk along the Imnaha River enjoying the sights and sounds of the canyon.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| Letter: Seen Snow? |
Has anyone seen Snow? No, not the flaky kind. I'm talking about a beautiful, pure white mare with light blue eyes.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| Letter: Meet candidate Chris Dudley |
While most of us are enjoying the summer, many are also enjoying the break from the continual political spin of current campaigns, the intense debate about wolves among us and some even freedom from the classroom.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| Letter: Years of service |
I would like you to join me in thanking Roy Garten for his career of forestry in Wallowa County.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: Immigration overhaul overdue for family farmers |
Everyone likes family farms. They are, in every sense, the economic backbone of the United States.
Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: Wolves in every state? |
Biologists at the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity have an idea. They want more gray wolves nearly everywhere in the nation - gray wolf at every doorstep, so to speak.
Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
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| Letter: Kudos to the many CJD volunteers |
Sometimes people are quick to judge when things go wrong and, it seems to me, seldom look for the good.
Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
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| Letter: Horses and decisions |
I feel I should let the citizens of Wallowa County know about an incident that recently happened to my 8-year-old daughter.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| Letter: Clarifying rail policy |
This letter is in response to a letter written by Peggy Kite-Martin that appeared in the July 8 Chieftain.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| COMMENTARY: I started a six-mile walk |
A funny thing happened on my way to completing the six-mile Wharf-to-Wharf walk in Santa Cruz, California.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: RIP, cap and trade bill |
A year after the House of Representatives narrowly passed a controversial climate bill, the measure's centerpiece - the cap and trade provision - appears fatally wounded.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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| Letter: My press agent |
After reading the letter (Chieftain, July 15) by Evelyn Swart concerning Joseph council member Mark Lacey, I was left with two major thoughts.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Letter: Overabundance of wolves would devastate the county |
I live in Lower Valley (below Wallowa), on the old Powers Homestead, just a short distance from where I was born 86 years ago.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| EDITORIAL: The only choice: rebuild the Forest Service building |
The U.S. Forest Service building in Enterprise was a magnificent edifice, considered by many to be the agency's finest district headquarters.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
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| Letter: Threat to seniors |
Letters have gone out to seven senior citizens in Wallowa County notifying them that Oregon state budget cuts are directly hitting them.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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| Letter: A good word for Lacey, but not for state budget cuts |
I am writing to publicly thank Mark Lacey for his four long years of service to the City of Joseph.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
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