Frightening, anxiety, frustration and determination. These are words and beliefs currently streaming through younger generations regarding the uncertainty of a future with a world that continu…
Each election, current and former Democrat and Republican elected officials are asked by candidates running for office for our endorsements. In a very predictable ritual, each election, Democr…
It was disappointing to find out that Congressman Bentz failed to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s inconceivable that a bill benefiting all of us in Eastern Oregon and rural resident…
There are two sayings most people are familiar with — “a bridge too far” and “the hill you want to die on.”
I am a 42-year-old disabled Marine combat veteran who recently moved to the area, happy to leave the Portland area where a Trump sticker would get your car vandalized.
With three serious gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in November and the theoretical possibility of a new governor elected with 34% of the vote, Oregon might consider an election tool tha…
She never collected a lot of votes in Eastern Oregon because of her party affiliation but Gov. Kate Brown did a good, and proper, thing last week when she helped convince the Joint Legislative…
We have long celebrated states as laboratories of democracy. But many states have begun to apply their experiments to the workings of democracy itself — reassessing who should be able to vote,…
There’s an unfortunate trend continuing in Oregon and across the nation that must be stopped: the bad behavior of coaches, parents and fans at high school athletic events.
I would like to address the integrity of one of the candidates running for governor. Last year, allegations were made against the La Grande football team and the officials who officiated the g…
Years from now, we may look back on 2022 as the year when the labor movement began its resurgence, ushering in a new era of shared prosperity. Let’s hope so.
A new governor to the state of Oregon will be elected this year. Christine Drazan is the MAGA Republican candidate for this position and brings all of the assorted baggage of her party to the …
I won’t bury the lead.
Ignorance is the absence of knowledge (sometimes willfully) but not the lack of intelligence.
The American Legion holds a convention each year in different states and is a worldwide organization. I just got back from this year’s, which was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Difficult days lie in wait for Oregon legislators and our new governor.
I am writing this letter after reading an opinion submitted by another individual regarding health care in the United States. The author of this letter offered some pretty scathing criticism o…
If Oregon’s registered Democrats vote Democratic in this November’s general election, and the Republicans vote Republican, those numbers alone won’t come close to settling the deal.
The meeting of the Wallowa City Council last week to give area residents some guidance regarding how to get assistance in the wake of the epic Aug. 11 hailstorm was a good idea, and now reside…
Rita Ehrler’s “Stories of Wallowa Lake” is a true treasure. I assumed I’d only be interested in one chapter (about my parents — Benson’s Log Cabins) but I was pleasantly surprised and awed by …
Today I went to Safeway and the first thing I saw was a notice that the sale prices of everything in this fruit display was “digital only.” This leaves out many of our visitors and regulars to…
Everyone knows that it is the right and the duty of American citizens to vote for their choices to represent us in all aspects of government whether it be city, county, state or national. It i…
My wife and I have attended Chief Joseph Days for many years and attended the Rodeo this year on Saturday night after vising with friends in the Hospitality Room. In addition to being an elect…
The upcoming race for Oregon governor will be historical in a number of aspects, not the least of which is the notion that for the first time in a long time, there appears to be real competiti…
Years ago, when our group of county and Nez Perce folks got together and started the CJD’s Friendship Feast and Dance at the Indian campgrounds by the rodeo, I was aghast at the racial slurs a…
I admit I enjoy concerts and loud music. But the noise level at the Back Country Bash seems a bit excessive. I live over a mile from the rodeo grounds and can clearly hear the bass pounding at…
Grazing is the foundation of the U.S. beef industry. And, regardless of the source, whether private or federal lands, the total forage base of this country is the single factor making the grea…
Most of us couldn't care less if Mr. Kliewer attends the rodeo or not, but must we threaten your readers with trash?
If you were building a state capitol, would you construct it on stilts?
The recent epic hailstorm did a lot of physical damage to the county, but it also created a scenario where average people stepped up to help and there was no better example of this than the em…
There’s a song with a line that goes, “they say all good things must end someday.”
The Friday tornado that started at the Wallowa River canyon mouth, traveled over Bear Creek and settled hard in Wallowa made that town and the “lower valley” the center of state and local news.
To those people who have issues with our small-town rodeo, I will make this simple: Stay home. I would suggest to head to the other side of the state to Portland, which I hear has lots of down…
