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Supporting Safe & Healthy Communities: Explore and invest in opportunities for youth

Do school extracurricular activities, after-school activities, and community-based programs, like Parks & Recreation camps and classes, really help…

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Capital chatter: Kotek’s unpopularity is a Brown legacy

Among the baffling aspects of Gov. Tina Kotek’s tenure is that she ranks among the nation’s least-popular governors,…

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Supporting Safe & Healthy Communities: Paving the path to youth substance use prevention

For years, programs like DARE taught youth to “Just say no” to drugs. However, evidence now shows that…

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Other views: Record proves you elected the right judge

I believe in a justice system that serves the people; a justice system that honors the American principle…

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From the editor’s desk: Profiles help spotlight individuals who help community

The nature of our businesses often focuses on the newsmakers of a community for obvious reasons. Yet there…

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Other views: The incoherence, contradictions and confusion of Alabama’s IVF decision

The Alabama Supreme Court decision on IVF and the GOP’s frantic reaction to disavow it, coupled with the…

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Other views: Bentz needs to do homework on wolves

Recently, Rep. Cliff Bentz discussed wolf management in a forum in Pendleton. During his presentation, Bentz is said…

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Other views: With threats mounting, investments in elections infrastructure are vital to Oregon

Every year, millions of Americans celebrate the luck of the Irish. Americans spent a record $6.9 billion in 2023 celebrating…

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Other views: I will not be voting for Wes Williams

  I am a senior judge who held public office in Union County for 33 years: first as…

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Other views: The fallacy of federal funding and wildfire

Recent federal announcements declare that millions of federal dollars are coming to the West to “restore” forest health…

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