Letters To The Editor

OPINION: The unwritten loss in the Active Wellness Center closure

While I appreciated Nick LaMora’s recent coverage of the upcoming closure of Providence’s Active Wellness Center at Reed’s…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: One voice

This column is a little different. Well, maybe most of mine are “a little different.” After my column…

Columnists

WRITERS ON THE RANGE: The slippery slope of e-bike access

When I visited Bryce Canyon National Park recently, the shared paths were crowded with electric motorcycles. They say…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: Don’t shoot

I had just seen the optometrist. Eyes were doing great. Put anything in front of me and I…

Business

OPINION | Bans on rent-pricing algorithms could backfire, lead to higher prices

The Pacific Northwest boasts natural splendors and world-class companies from Amazon and Microsoft to Nike and Columbia Sportswear.…

Sports

Evanson: The transfer portal is not just an NCAA problem, it’s become a prep one as well

The transfer portal is open. No, not the NCAA’s official window for student-athletes to relocate to a more…

Opinion

OPINION: Congress must act to help the new postmaster general pull USPS from the brink

The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the…

Columnists

Opinion: A half bet at the Keno Dam

Last August, Northwest salmon caught a break when four dams on the Klamath River, which flows from mountain…

Opinion

OPINION: Washington County caving to Trump’s DEI demands erodes democracy, local power

In his bestseller “On Tyranny” detailing historical patterns in how democracies have slid into authoritarianism, Timothy Snyder provides…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: Chaotic garden of color and life

I held you in my hand. Tossed and turned, smooshed and smooshed again, the fragrance’s healing powers eased…