“Why do we have the Fourth of July holiday?” I asked a child.
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“Why do we have the Fourth of July holiday?” I asked a child.
A gunfight broke out on the streets of Canyon City June 11, and everybody cheered.
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Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be…
There’s been quite a bit of fowl play at our house lately.
Editor’s note: With Father’s Day coming up on Sunday, June 19, we present this poem submitted by Leland Spencer of Monument. Spencer found the poem, handwritten in fountain pen on old brown ta…
There’s a saying in the news business: “If it bleeds, it leads.” The truth is, bad news grabs people’s attention, and that’s one reason it so often dominates newspaper front pages and televisi…
“Are you prepared for the holiday in June?” I asked a friend when we met for lunch.
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Our May 25 edition carried a story about corrective action taken with five members of the Grant School Board for using part of an executive session last summer to talk about matters that shoul…
The light from my husband’s headlamp swung straight into my eyes. I blinked hard, shaking my head. “You’re supposed to blind her—not me,” I hissed. He nodded silently, his light bouncing up an…
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Oregon does not have a detailed plan of how the state will improve K-12 education.
“Anyone interested in woodworking?” asked a woman.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed legislation that makes the Private Forest Accord — a deal reached between the timber industry and environmental groups — the law in the Beaver State.
We live on a farm. At the end of the day, we all smell like dirt — or mud and manure, as this spring hasn’t quite seemed to make up its mind if there should be snow or sunshine.
May is Wildfire Awareness Month and while the weather the past few weeks delivered wet and cold conditions it is wise for residents to remember the hot and dry days of summer are just around t…
By the time you hold this copy of the Blue Mountain Eagle in your hands, the dust will have settled (for the most part) on the May 17 primary election. Republican and Democratic voters will ha…
For more than 20 years now, I have been inmate No. 12729124, but my name is Eric. I am serving a 25 year-to-life sentence for second-degree murder.
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FEDEX can do it. UPS can do it. Why not the U.S. Postal Service?
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