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Other views: The growing chainsaw epidemic

A national chainsaw epidemic exists in America’s woodlands. A recent article in the New York Times titled “Plans…

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Other views: There are ways you can support local journalism

I graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism in 1977. It was a proud…

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Other views: Predators and carnivores are not four-letter words

Predators and carnivores: These two words are getting increasingly difficult to use in wildlife conservation and policy without…

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Capital chatter: Oregon’s transportation system faces multibillion-dollar challenges

Oregon’s transportation system is hemorrhaging. “The maintenance needs on our roads are absolutely staggering, and the fact that…

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Other views: Preparing for learning in the next school year begins today

While children and families are gearing up for graduations and summer vacations, Oregon school officials are already planning…

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Other views: When Congress won’t act, find another way

In 2002, one of the year’s biggest national headlines was the death of 68,000 Klamath River salmon. Federal…

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This land is our land: When the best place, isn’t

With millions of acres of public land in our region, how do you decide where to go when…

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Other views: Forest Service continues to ignore problems

The U.S. Forest Service plans to ramp up prescribed burns across the West on the presumption this will…

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Past and prologue: Gearing up for a ‘great crusade’

“Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, you are about to embark on a great crusade.”…

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Capital chatter: Say goodbye to the state economist who is ‘always wrong’

Six years ago, state economist Mark McMullen was presenting Oregon’s quarterly economic and revenue forecasts when state House…

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