Our View: Canceling Flock Safety contracts is the right decision

Oregon is closer than any state in moving toward universal healthcare

A nine-person committee has been working on a proposal for the past few years and is expected to deliver its ideas to lawmakers by the end of this year.

We must all step up to keep MAGA out of Lane County | Letter to the editor

What can I do to keep MAGA out of my backyard? After looking into the options, I choose to support reelecting Heather Buch for Lane County commissioner in the East Lane district. Buch is a progressive prioritizing affordable housing, dependable law enforcement and accessible healthcare. Her opponent, Jake Pelroy, is a conservative. With the primary […]

Why is everything a ‘fight’ for Tina Kotek? | Letter to the editor

Have the people of Oregon noticed that one of Gov. Tina Kotek’s major talking points seems to be that she’s going to “fight” this and “fight” that? Everything seems to be a fight. After nearly four years of Kotek as governor, I find myself wondering: What if there had been a little less fighting and […]

Why are Lane County commissioners risking homeowners' insurance to satisfy a campaign donor? | Letter to the editor

There is good reason to conclude that Kathy Jones-McCann’s effort to get after-the-fact approval of a building project in the McKenzie River flood zone will fail. A recent letter to the editor in Lookout recounts how McCann put large sums of campaign contributions in the hands of two Lane County commissioners who voted to waive […]

Hoyle and DeSpain face a rematch in November for U.S. House seat

The 4th Congressional District hasn’t had a Republican candidate win since the 1970s. Monique DeSpain wants to change that trend as she faces U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle.