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With Memorial Day approaching on Monday, May 30, I thought it would be prudent and contemporary to highlight a young Oregon warrior who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation: Marc Lee.
What makes a democracy different is that it is a government run by the people, giving each person a say in how they feel through their vote.
Recent coverage on the wolf/cattle situation in Wallowa County omitted significant facts.
May is Older Americans Month, and an appropriate time to talk about the nutrition needs of seniors.
I just spent two weeks in Turkey, a place I lived in for most of five years between 1965 and 1970. I’d only been back once before this trip, a three-week tour with a group of Rotarians and spo…
The letters and comments of recent show a high degree of selfishness and ignorance.
The Mentor Match Teen Entrepreneur Program finished the year with a potluck and awards ceremony May 4. Enterprise High School junior Harlie Stein won Top Producer and Most Likely to be an Entr…
The list of issues voters should be interested in is a long one, and as events occur across our region the need for more oversight of local and state government by residents increases monthly.
Oregon is facing a new housing crisis beyond anything we have seen to date.
After four years of contacting county commissioners each spring about getting the dock in at the county park before tourist season and getting excuses from the senior Commissioner Susan Robert…
It is time for the midterm elections and I would like to urge all of Eastern Oregon to exercise its right to register to vote. ... and then actually cast a ballot. The midterms are important a…
The Red River is the boundary between the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. In the late ’50s or early ’60s an Army Corps of Engineers flood control project changed the course of the river …
Ukrainians are being killed; their homes, farms, businesses are being obliterated by Putin. In the U.S., even if we were not appalled by this moral outrage, we would be disgruntled that this w…
Showing complete indifference to his party’s fate, President Joe Biden is doing all he can to damage Democrats’ chances for election in the upcoming midterms and his reelection in 2024.
The state court case of Linn v. Oregon has involved a stake of a billion dollars and turned on a subtle interpretation of state law, but it ought to cause Oregonians to reflect on the meaning …
Oregon U.S. Sen Ron Wyden isn’t going to collect a huge majority of votes from the Eastern Oregon counties he represents because of his party affiliation, but his continued focus on sponsoring…
Ever hear the snap, crackle, pop or humming of transmission lines? Would you want to live near them? How about hike, fish or recreate in your favorite park with those sounds buzzing in the bac…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed legislation that will grant farmworkers overtime pay after 40 hours of work beginning in 2027.
I just love it when some political writer insinuates that they can read my mind and tell us how to think. The people that want to share our politics with Idaho are a disgruntled few, so that l…
I’ve thought for a month now — since I submitted the paperwork on March 28 — about what to say in this space.
Mission: To highlight some of the awesome veterans in this county, and as a form of education to the general public and reminder of the service, sacrifice, and sometimes fun of duty in the U.S…
One of the reasons the U.S. Constitution was “ordain(ed) and establish(ed)” was for the purpose of promoting the general welfare of the citizens. We’ve certainly grown accustomed to the idea t…
Because of the accumulation benefits of tax deferral, many individuals have successfully created substantial IRA or 401(K) accounts or other qualified plans.
The reason there are people that want to change from Oregon to Idaho is not really about taxes. It's about representation.
In the story published on April 26 about the East Moraine community forest, you quoted Commissioner Nash as saying that there was discussion of not allowing people to walk on the East Moraine.…
Are you awake yet? Our freedoms are extremely fragile. Oregon is in a state of disaster! Are you fed up with your gun rights being threatened? Are you tired of living in fear? Do you worry tha…
An obscure division within the Office of the President now wants to weigh in on the fate of four dams on the lower Snake River.
David Hayslip's letter detailing reasons for not jumping on the Greater Idaho bandwagon was spot on. I would like to add a couple of more reasons to think about.
Most Americans who were eligible to vote voted in the 2020 presidential election. Some 67%.
For at least a decade, American progressives have been waging war on the nation’s energy sector. They’re all in on wind and solar and are using scare tactics, tax breaks, and government prefer…
Bir lisan, bir adam…
It has been a long, cold, dark winter in more ways than just the weather. With the spring months, though, comes the hope of spring, warmer days and sunshine.
There is a core of Oregonians who seem chronically to wish that they are from Idaho. We in Wallowa County have voted on this and may be asked to again. Let us see how such a change might affec…
If nothing else, the organizers behind the Greater Idaho movement are persistent.
If you could be the proverbial “fly on the wall,” what biblical event would you most like to witness?
From very early on kids recognize there is some form of importance to the devices many of us carry around. They see us check to see what is on them all the time.
The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, when a United States senator from Wisconsin organized a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues. Rallies took place acr…
So how’s our democracy fairing these days? Well, democracy’s a troubling system to some because of its fundamental fairness — let all legal voters vote; accurately count the votes cast; and th…
The Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights added to the U.S. Constitution on Dec. 15, 1791.
It was not so long ago that much loved Democrat President John F. Kennedy told the nation in his 1961 inaugural address, “Ask not what our country can do for you, ask what you can do for your …
Not to be critical of government, but if you want something done, you’re usually best off looking to private enterprise.
The last 13 months in Wallowa County have been particularly difficult with the amount of loss we have suffered through completed suicides. The common denominators in all of the cases were pain…
Your March 23 article on a proposed law to protect animals (I neither support nor oppose this bill) unearthed memories of my childhood on Prairie Creek in 1954 when I was 8 years old.
Sigmund Freud rightly stated, “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
Long-term loans carry higher interest rates than short-term loans because there are more variables in play over a more extended period.
Last week a letter accused county Commissioner Todd Nash of being "tricky" and "cheap." If Todd Nash is "tricky" and "cheap," I am young, tall, thin, athletic and incredibly sexy.
