On Nov. 17, a pair of Korean War veterans flanked me to the north and south. On Nov. 18, the guy behind me was the third Navy vet, but I’m guessing he served during Vietnam.
This change in direction came to light in a casual conversation with an anonymous source familiar with the inter-workings of city hall one morning during coffee hour at the Rainbow Cafe. It’s …
I recently got a message from Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announcing he supported more thinning and logging of our forests to reduce large wildfires.
Mr. Aney, in your recent column ("Making a place for predators, Thursday," Nov. 4) you conveniently fail to mention that with the introduction of wolves, Idaho was to maintain 100 wolves or 10…
Oregon House Republican Leader Christine Drazan announced recently she plans to run for governor. And she will join a growing list of potential candidates for the state’s job, but whoever is e…
It is exciting that the new infrastructure bill will do a lot of things for all of us. It is especially gratifying that we will begin to have access to more electric automobiles and less expen…
Thanksgiving always lingers in my memory as a special time. When I was in the U.S. Army, I remember returning home from Germany in 1993 on leave for the holiday and the memory has always stuck…
Dirty diesel powered school buses carry hundreds of thousands of students to school every day in Oregon.
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to f…
A while back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. However, reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet has caused disagreements on whether it’s a dwarf…
My neighbor was finishing her walk as I was picking up some windblown items in our yard, and we paused to talk for a bit about our neighbor we now miss, who didn’t quite make it to her 90th bi…
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. Chuck Sams is all three. At this time of year, we are reminded to be thankful and grateful, his appointmen…
A decision recently by the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners to approve $2 million in a Pendleton project left a few questions in its wake that elected leaders need to answer sooner rathe…
I’m not a Democrat or a Republican. I’m a Christian.
Beware! Senator Wyden is mucking around in our forests again.
Rural Oregonians have long counted on local pharmacies deeply rooted in their communities for quality service.
Blaine Harden’s book “Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West” is dedicated to “The Tribes of the Columbia Plateau,” but it tells a s…
Since 2016, infrastructure, specifically street repairs, have been a major focal point for the mayor and city council of Pendleton. To address these concerns, we began with distributing a surv…
It is never an easy task to say goodbye to some of the region’s best, but we want to wish the members of Hermiston’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry (Armor) the best as they depart…
Information has circulated concerning the firing of David Anderson from his position as North Gilliam County Health District health care administrator. Most information has been gathered from …
Now that it is mid-November, we all know Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. It also means winter and snow across most of Oregon and Washington are not that far away, either.
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln made an appeal for unity on the eve of the Civil War.
For the past year and a half, I have been roughly experiencing the same day — day in and day out.
I am writing in response to a column by Matt Henry titled “So tell me: What’s it going to be?” (Oct. 7, 2021).
November includes both Veterans Day and the Marine Corp birthday, a busy month for the veteran community. Typically there are ceremonies, parades and plenty of mattress sales. This year, in ad…
Pendleton’s city management has become over reliant on volunteers in an effort to supplement paid employees to maintain city functions. This was readily apparent during a Housing and Neighborh…
The Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner and experts are projecting that travel will climb to pre-pandemic levels.
This spring I volunteered in the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Adopt-A-Lek program. Hiking across the vast sagebrush sea in the predawn light to watch the greater sage-grouse perfor…
Misinformation is floating around regarding the River Democracy Act. The Act, S. 192, was proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Democrats, and Oregonians assisted by nominating streams…
Important people can get lost inside the twisting channels of history and that is why the recent unveiling of a mural on Southwest Dorion Avenue celebrating Black cowboy and Pendleton Round-Up…
If you have been to the nation’s capital, you probably visited Arlington Cemetery to watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That soldier was buried 100 years ago, …
Last month, Oregonians in every corner of the state — from Redmond to Pendleton to McMinnville to Roseburg — took part in a historic moment to march, rally, caravan and demonstrate support for…
Thirty-one years ago, Caty and I honeymooned in Mexico. We lived in the high country of central Idaho, 6 miles from town on a hill overlooking the Gold Fork of the Payette River. It was Januar…
Pendleton and the great state of Oregon is losing an American hero, Mr. Herb Bork ("Pendleton World War II vet leaves home after more than 50 years," Nov. 9 edition of the East Oregonian). Dur…
Imagine this page was blank except for one question: “What if there were no local reporters?” That was the front-page question posed by our friends at Pamplin Media last week.
Q: What is bail? Who is allowed to pay it? What does a bail bondsman do?
Veterans Day rolls around every year and for a 24-hour period — or even less for some — we collectively push our thoughts to those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
