After a recent conversation with a friend of mine, who happens to be a retired police officer and a very avid hunter, I felt prompted to expound on the discussion. We talked about hunting rifles and how the various styles and designs have evolved over the years. Everyone’s got their own tast…
After a recent conversation with a friend of mine, who happens to be a retired police officer and a very avid hunter, I felt prompted to expound on the discussion. We talked about hunting rifl…
Fires have ravaged the western part of our great state, displacing thousands, while smoke continues to linger in our county and elsewhere in Oregon.
When people describe entrepreneurs and small business owners as resilient, there has never been a time when that has been truer than this year.
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It’s been raining silverware at my house lately. One can barely go from swather to tractor without being bombarded by forks and butter knives — although the spoons seem surprisingly absent. Bu…
Summer is almost over and it’s back to school we go! Grant County is still going strong and doing well! Great job everyone! I look forward to the day when we can put all of this strangeness be…
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The cost of health care has been growing faster than wages and faster than the state economy. Some Oregonians cannot get the health care coverage they want or worry they can’t afford going to …
It was a hot summer day, you know the kind where you feel like you’re melting. Mid-July through late August kind of hot. Hank was only 19 that summer and feeling as Bob Seger would put it “lik…
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One of the biggest challenges many employers are facing is getting their workforce back on the job during the continuing COVID-19 environment. There are many obstacles including the fact those…
Now is the time to start thinking of creative ways to solve our child care crisis, as we rebuild our economy that has been so damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ever noticed the correspondence between a child’s growing independence and the amount of paper towels and cleaning supplies you use? It is wonderful when your 4-year-old takes the initiative t…
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News consumption is growing exponentially, but for the past decade, the revenue to news publishers has been on a decline. This is, in large part, because of the unbalanced relationship between…
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Mark Twain once said, “I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.” I feel the same way. I enjoy horses, grew up around horses, had …
The idea of a travel bans, because of COVID-19, briefly floated across the state radar screen not long ago before it seemingly vanished, and that is probably a good thing.
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With all due respect, our friends at Harvard University are wrong.
You may think you are in control driving your own vehicle in bumper to bumper traffic, but in reality the flow of traffic is controlling your speed and direction whether you are in New York Ci…
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Farmers and ranchers feed our state, our nation and, in fact, our world. You work long hours to provide essential resources for us all, and in these challenging times, I want you to know that …
A wise man told me at a very young age, “you can only shoot as good as you can see.” Hence, most of my serious hunting rifles are equipped with some sort of telescopic sight. A few, however, a…
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The state of Oregon and the federal courts have not been on the same page when it comes to signature gathering during the pandemic. The case has become a clash between the First Amendment and …
Those businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program funds are no doubt aware that all or a portion of the loan is forgivable if funds are utilized according to program requirements.
A few years ago, I wandered through the Shanghai airport, clutched my backpack and wondered what in the world I’d been thinking when I agreed to join a plant hunting excursion to China with a …
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Environmental advocates are howling over the Trump administration’s proposed update of rules that govern the National Environmental Policy Act — the first since its implementation in 1978.
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How old would you be, if you didn’t know how old you actually were? I’m guessing I would be 32. Old enough to start having second thoughts first, but young enough to still believe that age wil…
Hunting (like life) is 90% being in the right place at the right time. Of course, it takes skill, discipline, continual training, but nothing can take the place of standing in the exact right …
