Love it or hate it, the “Old Craig” is a truly unpretentious cartridge — what you see is what you get. Successor to the .45-70 Government and in the first officially adopted repeating service rifle, the .30-40 or .30 U.S. Army was adopted in the Krag-Jorgensen bolt-action rifle.
Love it or hate it, the “Old Craig” is a truly unpretentious cartridge — what you see is what you get. Successor to the .45-70 Government and in the first officially adopted repeating service …
Do you think Gov. Kate Brown should do more to get schools to reopen? Do you think more should be done to vaccinate seniors sooner?
The federal stimulus checks helped a lot of Oregonians out when they needed it. And it is also going to help out Oregon government — about $100 million in federal stimulus payments is going to…
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It’s been one year since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Oregon. Twelve grim months later, nothing is the same. The pandemic has claimed more than half a million lives in the Unite…
When I was growing up, there was a song on the radio called “Yodelin’ Fool” by a band called Wylie and the Wild West Show. It was the ballad of a young man who annoyed his small town neighbors…
The recent article “Finding Common Ground on Active Forest Management” quotes several people about restoring forest health. None of these people have expertise on forest ecology, except James …
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When the Blue Mountain Eagle and other newspapers request access to information from the government, it sometimes hits the “Wall of No.”
Writing is a lifelong skill. Children are able to start developing skills used in writing as early as kindergarten and even preschool. Developing the skill of writing starts with language deve…
On occasion, we are reminded that the budget process used by the Oregon Legislature and state agencies is a bit curious.
Old Glory did some duty, I have never seen before
“The U.S. can’t go it alone.” For many years policy wonks in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere have told Americans the U.S. shouldn’t take on major international issues by itself.
Whether leading a small or large project, there are key ingredients to success. First, the scope of the project as well as a clearly defined outcome must be determined and understood by the st…
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Everyone fancies themselves at least a distant relative of William Tell, Annie Oakley or Carlos Hathcock. Truth be told it’s good to push ourselves to always improve and progress in our craft.…
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Frustration. Confusion. Fear. Anger.
Hunting season this year, like so many other things about 2020, was somewhat underwhelming if not altogether lackluster. Still, whenever I get to feeling like I should sell all my guns and buy…
With the development of vaccines for the coronavirus and distribution underway, there may be an end to distance learning just around the corner. This said, there are still many children strugg…
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Fulfilling a campaign promise, Joe Biden wants to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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I don’t wish to brag, but I possess a special talent.
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The resignation of Oregon’s former public records advocate, Ginger McCall, still echoes with consequences.
Every time the UPS delivery driver makes a stop at our porch, he is greeted at the gate by a drooling small yellow horse. I would call him a dog, but I know my 16-month-old son could put a sad…
A few years back, we were riding ATVs on the Oregon Dunes. The group had stopped to take pictures near a beautiful river below us, winding its way through the sand hills. I don’t remember the …
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Since May we have watched ever more stunning and audacious acts of violence committed in our great cities under the cover of “mostly peaceful” protests.
“But your language of love is time,” my husband teased me. “You want to have undivided attention. Instead of words, acts, touch or gifts, you just prefer to spend meaningful time together. ”
A couple years back, I wrote an article extolling the extensive virtues of the .22 pistol. In that article I had written that I preferred the extra magazine capacity of the various semi-automa…
