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December 21, 2017

Floodplain project critical to our future

Over the past four years, a unique partnership has formed in our community. This unlikely mix of bedfellows has developed the Steigerwald Floodplain Restoration Project — a project that will realign our levee system to simultaneously benefit our industrial, tourism and land-development economies, while improving the environment.

December 14, 2017

Keep the holiday spirit all year long

During the holidays, our thoughts naturally turn to giving — not just giving gifts, but donating our time and money to charities, disasters and community programs.

December 14, 2017

December Cheers & Jeers

‘Tis the season of cheer, so let’s kick this off with a giant CHEERS to all of those who are making the upcoming holidays a little brighter for less fortunate families in our area.

December 7, 2017

We need a cultural shift on gender-based violence

Nov. 25 kicked off the annual “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.” At no time has this work been more necessary than now. From rampant sexual harassment to sexual assault, domestic violence and sexual trafficking, women across the globe and in the U.S face gender-based violence at horrifying rates.

December 7, 2017

Tax plan will make rich richer, hurt rest

A poll conducted the week before the United States Senate passed its own version of the Republican-crafted tax bill showed that the vast majority — almost two-thirds — of Americans believed the very wealthy, not the middle class, as we had been promised, would benefit from the GOP tax reform.

November 30, 2017

Senators’ answers on college don’t cut it

At a Camas School District workshop Monday night, a few school board members worried that a plan to improve adolescent health by starting the school day later and letting teens…