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Off the Beaten Path: On the horns of a DNA dilemma

My DNA test results showed WHAT?” The paperwork from my DNA test swab came back. I stood stunned…

Editorials

Our view: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Editor’s note: The following editorial, written by Francis P. Church, first appeared in The New York Sun in…

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Commentary: Cap and trade will hurt farmers

Like many of you, I wrote my legislators, testified, and fought against the cap and trade proposals in…

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Editorial: Grant County has a holiday style all its own

Last Wednesday, on one of the most frigid days of this winter so far, a big yellow school…

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Editorial: Gubernatorial candidates need to listen to rural Oregon

‘Tis the season not only for Christmas trees and year-end celebrations but for Oregon’s gubernatorial candidates to shift…

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Off the Beaten Path: How to carve a coconut

Thwack! The early morning thump awakens me in my Tongan fale (cottage). I tie my lava lava (skirt)…

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Commentary: Mental health gets short shrift

During the first wave of the pandemic in April 2020, my boyfriend asked, not unkindly, if I’ve ever…

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The Farmer’s Fate: Pumpkin spice or peppermint cocoa?

We’re the family who skips pumpkin spice and goes straight to peppermint cocoa. We carved pumpkins while listening…

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Commentary: Masks in schools oppress our kids

In life there is no position greater than that of raising a child. The duties set forth in…

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Our view: DeFazio’s energy and influence will be missed

Oregon is losing an able and hardworking advocate in Congress with the impending retirement of Peter DeFazio. The…

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