Editorials

From the editor’s desk: Vote now to have your voice counted

Election Day is Tuesday. Have you voted and returned your ballot?  Statistically, probably not. As of Friday, just…

Editorials

Editorial: A safe space for lapses in virtue

OLCC employees allegedly “for their own benefit or that of a third party, used their positions and special…

Editorials

Editorial: Oregon’s latest data on a serial killer

It was not until 2021 that legislators passed a law to require that Oregon track homeless deaths. Multnomah…

Letters To Editor

Letters to the editor: Bend school levy; Public defense crisis; Failed liberal policies

Local governments need to trim expenses rather than ask for more in new tax levies and “utility fees.”…

Editorials

Editorial: How musical chairs helps understand homelessness

The game musical chairs leans too hard into a cutthroat, Hobbesian state of nature to be a good…

Columnists

Book review: ‘Challenger’ is a fresh telling of one of NASA’s darkest moments

It’s not as inspiring as John F. Kennedy’s “because it is hard” or Neil Armstrong’s “one small step,”…

Editorials

Editorial: The future of conservation on BLM land

Biking. Four-wheeling. Ranching. Mining. Hiking. Conservation. Solar energy. Look across the millions of acres of Bureau of Land…

Editorials

Editorial: City of Bend looks to marry bike fun and bike safety

The city of Bend’s bike events have been forums about e-bikes and safety and the wheres and hows…

Columnists

Guest Column: When Congress won’t act, find another way

In 2002, one of the year’s biggest national headlines was the death of 68,000 Klamath River salmon. Federal…

Editorials

Editorial: Central Oregon readies for earthquakes and wildfires

Redmond will be the base for responding to a range of state calamities — earthquakes, wildfires and more.…

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