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Other Views: Oregon needs PBM reform now

As we celebrate our family’s 65-year legacy of serving Morrow, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties through Murray’s Drug, we’re…

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Other Views: An open letter to former Oregon Rep. Peter Buckley 

Hello Peter, This is a response to your March 24 column, “An open letter to Rep. Cliff Bentz.”…

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Other Views: Why we support Senate Bill 686

In times like these, when politics are in turmoil and the amount of information is overwhelming, reliable and…

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Other Views: We deserve better than Bentz

I’ve been a nurse in Oregon for over 25 years. I’ve worked in rural hospitals, cared for older…

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Off the Beaten Path: A bonanza of bargains

“What are you doing?” asked the student as I slowly ambled through the produce section of the supermarket.…

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Other Views: An open letter to Rep. Cliff Bentz

Cliff — What happened to you? When we served together in the Oregon Legislature, I always found you…

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Farmer’s Fate: Houston … we have a problem

I admire people who are able to write on their calendar with ink. It’s a pencil and lots…

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Off the Beaten Path: Of peppers, peaches and pole beans

A perfect day. Sleet coating power lines, windows and roads. A howling wind dropping tree branches. Public service…

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Farmer’s Fate: Inside Ellis Island and Lady Liberty’s dress

“If only these walls could talk … imagine the stories they’d tell,” we mused aloud as we walked…

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Off the Beaten Path: A legacy of libraries

“Raise your right hand,” said the official. I raised my hand. “Now repeat after me. I solemnly declare…

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