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Opinion

May 17, 2018

Moving past divisive politics, biases is easier to see on local level

Carolyn Long, the Washington State University Vancouver political science professor turned congressional candidate who hopes to unseat Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in the Nov. 6, 2018 General Election, said last week that she truly believes voters are ready to move past the polarizing politics that defined the 2016 presidential election.

May 10, 2018

Do we only care about moms on Mother’s Day?

It’s been 16 years since I celebrated my first Mother’s Day as a mom. My daughter had been born — in our living room, across from the Pacific Ocean on the central Oregon coast — just two days prior.

May 10, 2018

Super wildfires demand new tack

With western wildfires growing in size and destroying more homes, farms and businesses, there is a need for new tools and approaches. The infernos are spreading so fast they are outstripping our ability to fight them in traditional ways.

May 3, 2018

‘Bee City’ Buzz: Helping bees thrive

They were not making it easy. They could have landed on a low, dangling branch. I have a lot of those in my yard. But they landed on four old, decaying fence boards. I “guesstimated” they numbered over 30,000 — a fine spring swarm of beautiful, amber-colored honeybees.