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Off the Beaten Path: Tenacity, war, mystery and treasure

The mail arrived. Significant decisions to be made. Will it be Crunchy or Munchy carrots? Before spring, seed…

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Capital Chatter: Oregon has too many committees and not enough action

After listening to speaker after speaker discuss Oregon’s substance abuse crisis, state Rep. Kevin Mannix had a logical…

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Farmer’s Fate: Would you prefer a bucket or an oar?

It was a long week. It felt like an August harvest week in the middle of winter. Usually…

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Off the Beaten Path: Grandma’s Baking and Cooking Club

The weather: foggy, icy, windy. This followed by sleet, blowing snow, temperatures below freezing, and the sky so…

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Capital chatter: Lawmakers are talking past each other on Measure 110

One curiosity about Gov. Tina Kotek is her current hands-off approach to revising Measure 110, the drug-decriminalizing and…

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Farmer’s Fate: Advancing to the rear

“It’s not ‘cheating,’ it’s making your own advantages!” my family used to laugh all the time — often…

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Capital Chatter: Kotek grows into role of governor

SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek’s tour of Oregon’s 36 counties fascinated me. It was an audacious commitment to…

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Other Views: Mayor responds to allegations

This is my response to Dave Holland’s guest editorial and Casey Myers’ letter to the editor in last…

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Off the Beaten Path: New Year’s resolution quandary

A new year. Time for making resolutions. Or is it? Some friends consider drafting resolutions to be an…

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Other Views: R3 pullout highlights need for recall

I am writing as the John Day City Council president to address the latest council action on R3,…

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