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Off the Beaten Path: Tastes like chicken — or does it?

Occasionally someone offers me an unusual food. To entice me to eat it, they say, “It tastes like…

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Commentary: Medical providers discuss vaccines

As your local medical providers, we have been hearing many questions about the COVID vaccines. We thought it…

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Farmer’s Fate: Frog leg pie and other delights

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”…

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Commentary: Save your money, save the state: Keep the kicker

A few months ago, Oregonians learned they will be getting a kicker next year. Now, like clockwork, a…

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Off the Beaten Path: Secondhand sensibilities

“May I help you?” the clerk asked. “I’ll take three battered canteens,” I said, “a parachute, two bayonets,…

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Commentary: Keeping elk on public land

Where are all the elk? It’s a common question heard every fall around campfires and wood cookstoves in…

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Homegrown: Balanced maps, untouched by human hands

From our bleacher seats in Eastern Oregon, the redistricting process can seem labored and, ultimately, futile. Sure, we…

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Commentary: Oregon should pause Afghan resettlement

In mid-August, three days after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown proclaimed our state “ready…

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Other views: Is community college funding broken?

State officials are wondering if the funding formula for Oregon’s community colleges, such as Central Oregon Community College,…

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Off the beaten path: Adventures in wildlife photography

My extensive collection of nature-themed photographs I’ve taken includes wildlife from Grant County to the South Pacific, Scandinavia,…

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