Business

Opinion: Oregon should bypass California’s stalled Clean Trucks program and steer its own into the fast lane

California has set ambitious goals for EV truck adoption with its Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which imposes steeply…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: Field of vision

Field of vision. That area that you see when your eyes are looking straight ahead. What is your…

Opinion

Evanson: The Trail Blazers are for sale and that should be exciting for fans who haven’t had much to be excited about

It’s been a week since it was announced that the sale of the Trail Blazers was officially underway.…

Opinion

RURAL REFLECTIONS: Belly up to the tie bar

Coffee in hand. Fire in the fireplace. Rainy day. My calm morning ritual suddenly jarring me more awake…

Opinion

Opinion: Oregon bill opens discussion about paying for journalism

No easy or obvious solution will resolve one of the top and less-acknowledged crises in America, the collapse…

Business

Commentary: More Oregonians are working multiple jobs, showing need for a stronger tax credit for workers

One of the best investments the Oregon legislature can make this session is to renew and expand the…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: Crust of the matter

My teeth nibble at the edges of my waffle. From my childhood on, I have understood that the…

Opinion

Commentary: Whose responsibility is eastern Oregon flooding?

Possibly no place in Oregon has a more rugged, individualistic, even anti-governmental attitude than Burns, a small city…

Columnists

RURAL REFLECTIONS: ‘Bee’ that as it may

The tree hummed. I stood beneath it while Remy looked for his favorite bathroom spot. Sometimes that takes…

Columnists

Project labor agreements a giant “keep out” sign for women and minority-owned contractors

Construction is a tough business and certainly not for the faint of heart. For years it was also…