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OTHER VIEWS: Detectors a useful tool in curbing student vaping

The distinctive, and pervasive, odor of cigarette smoke makes it difficult for students to get away with smoking…

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OTHER VIEWS: Detectors a useful tool in curbing student vaping

The distinctive, and pervasive, odor of cigarette smoke makes it difficult for students to get away with smoking…

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OTHER VIEWS: Legislators pull off clever tricks over public education issues

Our Oregon legislators can enlighten us. They come up with inventive ways to solve problems. Oregon Democrats did…

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OTHER VIEWS: Community colleges fuel state’s economy

Oregon’s community colleges are a cornerstone of our state’s economic landscape. A comprehensive economic analysis released in August,…

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OTHER VIEWS: Managing wolves should be a joint effort

We have been struck by the differences that have developed in how wolves are managed in Idaho compared…

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OTHER VIEWS: America’s forever war against the barred owl

Having all but eliminated logging as a problem for the spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S.…

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OTHER VIEWS: Thanksgiving should be time to stuff ourselves with gratitude

As people across the country prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, a Doris Day quote comes to mind: “Gratitude is…

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OTHER VIEWS: Remembering the proclamation of Thanksgiving

Editor’s note: In the trauma of the Civil War, Thanksgiving was made a formal, annual holiday. There was…

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OTHER VIEWS: Idaho’s growing attraction to West Coast ‘refugees’

A recent survey of Idaho residents found that many are uncomfortable with the influx of people from Oregon,…

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OTHER VIEWS: State economic, population trends raise eyebrows

Oregon’s economy is in stable condition. So are state revenues and Oregon’s population. That’s not bad news. Neither…

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