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Editorial: Enforcing new lottery law worth the challenge

Lottery winners in Oregon will soon be able to remain anonymous, which lottery winners may appreciate very much.…

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Editorial: State must invest in bike safety, if it wants people to ride

Maybe Bend cyclists should simply stay at home and not bike. We are, at least, halfway serious. When…

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Commentary: Old-school manufacturing is gone and is not coming back

The president is fixated on bringing manufacturing back to the United States. The idea to “save manufacturing” makes…

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Commentary: Found! A US government service that really works

In these days when it seems like the current administration couldn’t organize a utensil drawer, what with a…

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Editorial cartoon for July 24

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Commentary: Here’s why Jeffrey Epstein’s tangled web is conspiratorial catnip

These are salad days for the likes of Joseph Uscinski, who spends his time peering down rabbit holes…

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Guest column: The U.S. needs a truth and reconciliation commission

On a recent trip to western Canada, the first public meeting I attended provided me with a very…

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Editorial cartoon for July 23

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Editorial: Does Bend really have the top job market in the country?

The job market in Bend ranks No. 1 in the country. So says SmartAsset, a financial information and…

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Editorial: A fond farewell to super-long Bend City Council meetings

We love Bend City Council meetings. We love the plots, the continuing storylines, the cameos, the recurring characters,…

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