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GUEST COLUMN: Partisanship keeps candidates from running

A recent Rogue Valley Times editorial noted that no Democrat has yet announced a plan to run for…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon should act to lower prescription drug costs

Garrett Banton of Bend got a back bill from his specialty pharmacy for some $12,700. It was enforcing…

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GUEST COLUMN: BLM forest projects worthy of support

One doesn’t have to travel far in the Rogue Valley before witnessing the scale of our forest health…

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OTHER VIEWS: E-bike laws better under proposed changes

E-bikes may be sidelined for the moment by ice and cold. They’ll be back. And the laws in…

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OTHER VIEWS: Legislators make key decisions behind closed doors

We long for a journey to a smoke-filled room. Not an actual smoke-filled room, but the secret meetings…

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GUEST COLUMN: BLM forest projects worthy of support

One doesn’t have to travel far in the Rogue Valley before witnessing the scale of our forest health…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon’s state flag badly in need of updating

Oregon legislators have plenty to deal with during the next session. There’s big issues that need addressing, from…

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OTHER VIEWS: Measure 110 treatment data should be easier to find

… no matter how you feel about the ballot measure, it can be difficult to find data to…

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OTHER VIEWS: Let voters decide about more money to fight wildfire

Two Democratic state senators are in a kind of debate over how Oregon should come up with more…

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GUEST COLUMN: An agonizing choice for endangered owls

The Northern Spotted Owl is a charismatic icon of Oregon, and it is also a potent and divisive…

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