Other Views: Oregon needs PBM reform now

Published 7:00 am Thursday, May 1, 2025 As we celebrate our family’s 65-year legacy of serving Morrow, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties through Murray’s Drug, we’re reminded of the values that have made our independent pharmacy a staple in these rural …

Oregon hospitals continued to struggle in 2024

Discover Central Oregon wildlife with this nature guide

Published 6:45 am Thursday, May 1, 2025 1 of 3 Barn swallows have a blue-black head, wings and tail with tawny underparts and a forked tail. (Courtesy Chuck Gates) Yellow bells bloom in early spring and may be found at Whychus Canyon Preserve and Chimney …

Wholesale Observations: Crater Lake National Monument, Oregon

A headline on the news a few days ago caught my eye: “Open water swimmers to be banned from America’s deepest lake for two years during restoration project.” I wondered what lake that might be, thinking it was one of the Great Lakes, but found to my …

Oregon groups warn possible cuts to services for survivors of domestic violence without state funding

Organizations are pushing state lawmakers to fully approve funding this legislative session, so they can preserve and maintain crisis services. PORTLAND, Ore. — Uncertainty surrounding federal funding and stalled commitments at the state level are …

A ban on book bans: Oregon bill would protect access to library materials

Oregon lawmakers are taking steps to protect access to library materials written by diverse authors or that include themes of race, gender or sexual orientation.  On Wednesday afternoon, the House Education Committee heard public comments on Senate Bill …

Whose responsibility is eastern Oregon flooding?

Possibly no place in Oregon has a more rugged, individualistic, even anti-governmental attitude than Burns, a small city in the middle of the state’s southeast desert country.  This is an area of old-style ranchers and resource industries, or at least has …

Predicting where Oregon Football lands in post-spring College Football Playoff field

The Oregon Ducks wrapped up their spring football season on Saturday with the annual spring game, and now we enter the second long stretch of the offseason unit fall camp rolls around in August. It has been an entertaining last month, though, as teams …

Oregon Lottery Winners Gain Right to Remain Anonymous

Posted on: April 30, 2025, 05:38h.  Last updated on: April 30, 2025, 05:38h. New law allows Oregon lottery winners to remain anonymous unless they provide written consent Bill bans resale of winning lottery tickets targeting underground ‘discounting’ …

Star Wars Oregon: The Bad Guys Who Do Good

In a galaxy not so far away, a group of stormtroopers, Sith lords, bounty hunters and aliens are using costumes once meant to represent evil to do good in their community. Cloud City Garrison, the Oregon and southwest Washington unit of the international …