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Letter: Our government leaders need to act like leaders
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (290+ words) Letter: Our government leaders need to act like leaders'East Oregonian Letter: Our government leaders need to act like leaders Published 11:50 am Wednesday, February 25, 2026 It's the Blue Mountains front if you live in Pendleton or Milton-Freewater, the Wallowa Mountains in Union…...
Letter: Love is the choice to make
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (146+ words) Published 11:51 am Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Only racists utilize the concept and terminology of "white supremacy," "white privilege" and the like. Outfits like the Ku Klux Klan push them to contend that other "races" (and religions (Catholics, Jews, etc.) are somehow deficient....
Hermiston City Council ponders name change for Airport Road
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (520+ words) Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, February 24, 2026 By MICHAEL KANE | Hermiston Herald HERMISTON " The city of Hermiston wants to eliminate any confusion regarding a pair of streets that share the word "airport" in their names. Hermiston has East Airport Road, and nearby is…...
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (466+ words) Published 8:19 am Friday, February 20, 2026 Federal officials are attempting to open up millions of acres of forests in western Oregon for "maximum" timber production to "advance Trump administration priorities," including areas that are home to federally protected, vulnerable species, the Bureau…...
From the editor: Taking the EO to 2 sections, but not a smaller paper
1+ week, 1+ day ago (336+ words) Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, February 17, 2026 By PHIL WRIGHT I East Oregonian The print edition of the East Oregonian is going to be a little different starting Feb. 25. Instead of three sections, we're going to be two. But we're not trimming the…...
Commentary: Campaign finance reform suffers the risk of ‘a deal that has yet to be real
1+ week, 1+ day ago (906+ words) Published 1:16 pm Tuesday, February 17, 2026 It's not like we need another example of dysfunctional, disingenuous and generally bad behavior in our politics today, but that's what we're seeing in the latest effort to undermine a historic piece of legislation that promised…...
Editorial cartoon: JesseJackson
1+ week, 1+ day ago (28+ words) Editorial cartoon: JesseJackson'East Oregonian Published 12:30 pm Tuesday, February 17, 2026 By JOE HELLER | hwww.hellertoon.com Editorial cartoon: Bad Bunny Editorial cartoon: Data Center Appetite...
Counties push for predictable logging levels in state forests
1+ week, 1+ day ago (785+ words) Published 9:30 am Tuesday, February 17, 2026 By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI | Capital Press SALEM " For the third consecutive legislative session, a group of Oregon county governments hope to pass a bill requiring more predictable timber harvests in state forests. Similarly to past proposals, House…...
Commentary: A partial decoupling from federal tax law
1+ week, 4+ day ago (596+ words) Published 11:00 am Saturday, February 14, 2026 The federal government and the state of Oregon have a disconnect these days on everything from health care to energy policy to, obviously, immigration. But it boils down to specifics in the case of Oregon Senate…...
Out and About: Appreciating ancient junipers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1153+ words) Published 7:00 am Saturday, February 14, 2026 By JAYSON JACOBY | Baker City Herald The western juniper might be the toughest of Northeastern Oregon's native conifers but I don't think it has gained the level of respect we usually reserve for things that endure…...