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Column: Tariff relief needed to save small businesses

A black humor joke in the medical profession is “the operation was a success, yet the patient died.”…

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Column: Biomass is unburned, unused in America

Wildfires are no longer seasonal anomalies; they are a year-round national threat. This summmer, hundreds of acres burned…

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COLUMN: With federal cuts looming, leadership needed

Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed the federal budget reconciliation bill —H.R. 1 — into law. H.R. 1…

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Column: Rebuilding the American dream of homeownership

When Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, he  pledged — on Day One — to address the nation’s…

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Column: Redmond Senior Center can use financial support

At the Redmond Senior Center, we believe in the quiet power of consistency — of showing up, month…

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Capital Chatter: Democracy is a messy business — even in Oregon

The 2025 Oregon Legislature exemplified the Founders’ warning. Democracy – even the representative democracy the Founders established –…

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Column: Keeping America’s public lands and waters is a business imperative

America’s public lands and waters support an outdoor recreation economy that generates an astonishing $1.2 trillion annually, sustains…

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Column: Canaries, foxes and Dry Canyon

In the early 1900s, British coal miners started taking caged canaries into coal mines with them. Why? Because…

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Column: Criminalizing homelessness doesn’t work

In the largest eviction of a homeless encampment in recent history, around 100 unhoused people were recently forced…

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Column: Commencement concludes for college grads

The start of summer overlaps the end of the academic year at Upper Metolius State College of Engineering…

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