The gold man atop the Oregon State Capitol has gone dark. A cavernous hole has arisen at the building basement; another is on its way. The governor, secretary of state and state treasurer have been ousted from their offices. Guided tours of the Capitol are gone until 2025.
Marcia Fenske re housing in Astoria
Chris DeLong re Astoria's waterfront
Deborah A. Boone re Rick Gray for state House
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Two years after a major fire raged through the woods at Siouxon Creek, the mast-straight Douglas firs still look like their lower trunks were dipped into a bath of black tar.
Robert Adams re KMUN's Jerry Middaugh
Jim Bernard re the heavens
Lee Jette re drug advertising
Oregon desperately needs a coordinated, effective, results-oriented and clear water policy that the Legislature has approved and the governor supports.
Bruce Quinn re Tourist No. 2
Jeff Denny re Republican fundraiser
Julie Kennedy re awards for The Astorian
Lindsey Morrison re homeless in Cannon Beach
Thomas Krueger re Hauer's Lawn Care & Equipment
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society — especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free pr…
If what follows is going to make sense to you, it might help to know I’ve been a serious student of history since 1969 when a leprechaun-like dean put this 18-year-old country boy into a grad-…
Most experts would agree that the worst marketing plan ever is this: “Our product is pretty much the same as everyone else’s.”
Robert Ball re 'thank you' letter
Sharlyn Cox re Libertarian candidate R. Leon Noble
Mary Hadreas re homelessness
I’m closing out July the same way I started, with a column about the late political columnist Ron Blankenbaker.
Jan Mitchell re anti-Semitic messages
Marti Wajc re vacation rentals
Bob Westerberg re state Senate and House candidates
Astoria and Warrenton are advancing ballot measures for the November election that would finance improvements to public libraries.
Laura Jackson re parklet
Carol Merwin re conclusions
Matt Janes re President Biden's energy policies
Mark Twain is credited with telling readers to buy land because, he warned, they aren’t making more of it. Unfortunately, farmland sold too often is put to other uses and is lost forever.
Bernadine Thomas re housing for the elderly and disabled
Laurie Caplan re Former state Sen. Betsy Johnson
Erhard Gross re Former state Sen. Betsy Johnson
The centennial celebration of Republican U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield’s birth provides a cautionary tale for Oregonians.
On first glance, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of a former Bremerton High School assistant football coach seems like a reasonable constitutional balancing act.
Five years after Astoria created a homelessness solutions task force, the city has made little progress.
Another Fourth of July, another mass shooting. Given the circumstances, there will be more such shootings, many times over, until we get the changes that most Americans want.
Ivona Scarborough re 'Letters to Anne of Green Gables'
Roger Dorband re bumblebees
Larry Allen re voting
Skyler Archibald re Former Seaside City Manager Mark Winstanley
George Custer is a new player in the struggle to keep Oregon news deserts from happening.
Sandy Rea re vacation rentals
Marcia Fenske re Astoria Library renovation
Chris DeLong re vacation rentals