Opinion
Guest column: Central Oregon faces a youth mental health crisis
As pediatricians in Central Oregon, we have seen firsthand the immense strain caused by the shortage of pediatric ...
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Editorial: Allow a Deschutes Basin water bank
It looks like the Legislature may grant permission for a water bank to be set up in Deschutes ...
Opinion
Editorial: The Legislature should go on a bill diet
We spent some time on Sunday with the 300 bills that Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, submitted to the ...
Editorials
Editorial | David vs. Goliath: Oregon bill offers lifeline for Journalism — and Democracy
This editorial is being jointly-published by more than 50 Oregon newspapers and supported by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers ...
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Guest column: We need smarter tools to protect children online
The views represented below are my personal opinion based on my own professional experiences. Every day, I witness ...
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Guest column: HB 2977 “1% for wildlife” is a lifeline
On May 25, over the Memorial Day weekend, a passerby found a severely injured river otter on the ...
Opinion
Editorial: Uncertainty thrives in Oregon air quality program
Sometimes, Oregon government does not work right. The best of policy intentions brawls with reality and the problem ...
Columnists
Column: Don’t let federal tax credits drain Bend-La Pine’s public schools
In the “big, beautiful bill” federal lawmakers have tucked in a proposal that threatens the very heart of ...
Columnists
Column: AI deceives to survive. Does anybody care?
You’d think that as artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, governments would be more interested in making it safer. ...
Columnists
Column: The gold star of our block
Everyone in my block of downtown Redmond knew everything about Mary Peterson, and Mary Peterson knew everything about ...
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