I’ve counseled many business clients who face the same dilemma: not enough business. They tell me about how much money they’ve spent on marketing, their detailed business plan, the quality product or service they offer and their excellent customer service. They have attractive signage and st…
I’ve counseled many business clients who face the same dilemma: not enough business. They tell me about how much money they’ve spent on marketing, their detailed business plan, the quality pro…
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Occasionally it is prudent to remind voters in Oregon of a few, fundamental elements regarding our access to government.
Anyone I’ve ever talked to about hunting has a story or two where they’ve experienced something which could be described as a sterling example of “what not to do.” Whether greenhorn mistakes o…
A time-honored tradition that hearkens back to a simpler time, a county fair typically serves as a demarcation line between the end of summer and the start of school. The fair is sort of that …
As the nation experiences unprecedented economic growth and nearly the lowest unemployment rates in history, President Donald Trump and the U.S. Small Business Administration are working to en…
To the Editor:
Hunting season is still a ways off, and you don’t feel much like fishing, so now is a great time to take a hike. Grant County has lots of hiking opportunities for everyone from the casual stro…
‘You’ve been doing your laundry all wrong!” my mom gushed.
A Clackamas County judge has opened a gaping loophole in Oregon’s Public Records Law, and the state Court of Appeals needs to slam it shut, posthaste.
The “quarterbore” does not enjoy the popularity it deserves these days. The various .24 calibers on one side and the shiny new 6.5s on the other seem to cast a giant shadow on the once popular…
We dragged into the house, tired, dirty and exhausted. It had been one of those days. It had started with a jolt, a little after 4 a.m., when an air horn blasted repeatedly as an unknown truck…
By now most area voters know about the two efforts to recall Gov. Kate Brown and as the effort gains steam lawmakers on both sides of the aisle should take notice.
To the Editor:
Last week it was reported that the Trump administration has decided to move the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colo.
In 1900, roughly 60% of Americans lived in a rural setting. The results of the most recent U.S. Census, conducted in 2010, show that number has sunk to less than 20%. A recent study from the C…
My daughter Tammy and her husband, David Hoherz, moved from North Dakota and purchased their new ranch just three miles east of Dayville and are raising black Angus cattle.
The incident had all the earmarks of a daring rescue. A woman fell off a cliff. A group of emergency responders just happened to be near and quickly deployed to save the day.
The Grant County Court should publicly address two matters as it readies its “coordination ordinance.”
The other day I had quite the unique experience while doing some varmint hunting. I got to use a vintage 1915 Savage 99 lever action in .22 High Power and a new Savage B17 bolt action in .17 H…
In a democracy, the majority rules. But when the Democratic majority decided to trade Oregon’s economic free-market system for one of central government control — while ignoring our constituti…
It’s a story I’ve heard too many times in my own life and in the lives of the many small business owners I meet:
Democracy shouldn’t be a spectator sport.
As a young kid growing up in Grant and Wheeler counties, I saw lots of different guns. It seemed everyone in our communities went out each fall to go big game hunting. Nearly everyone in our i…
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Thousands of Oregonians gathered in front of the state Capitol last week to protest climate change bills that wouldn’t help the climate but would significantly raise the cost of gasoline, dies…
Back when I first started school at the University of Idaho, I was delighted to learn that the college had an indoor .22 range. It was used mainly for ROTC training but was available to studen…
Recent thunderstorms sparking multiple small fires across the forest should be a reminder that fire season is here.
Freedom, independence, self-sufficiency: these are great and glorious concepts. We celebrate them this time of year, whether we process it that way or not, because they’re so deeply ingrained …
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Progress, our new special section inside this week’s edition, is a testament to what can be accomplished when people work together with the shared goal of improving their communities.
As the Oregon Legislature enters the final week of the 2019 session, Senate Republicans have left the state Capitol in protest of many things.
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June 1 was a good day. I took my little girl and a friend to the fishing derby hosted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at McHaley Pond. They hold it every year on the state free f…
The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal June 7 that prevented the imposition of new tariffs threatened by the Trump administration.
The word “unlimited” has no place in a Campaign Finance Reform bill. Recently the Oregon House passed House Bill 2714, which would set campaign contribution limits in Oregon. The good news is …
To the Editor:
A wildcat is a cartridge idea that never got popular enough to become standardized. They exist purely because of the diligent efforts of handloaders. Typically these are an alteration made in …
