Opinion

As we’ve seen with things like tobacco, sometimes the only thing to do to solve a problem as large as the one we are currently seeing among our youth is to regulate it.

Who are we to say who belongs and who doesn’t, when the data shows little extra trail maintenance and minimal user conflicts?

Are we destined to listen to endless diatribes about criminalization versus compassion during this election season?

We’d love to see Oregon’s historical water-rights laws to be more closely examined altogether, and the “use it or lose it” approach be swapped for a more conservationist one.

We may not see the effects of this change for quite some time, but we’re betting our grandchildren will thank us

On drug treatment, let’s hope this time we're sharing a success story

This year has been better than many, but the effects of years of drought are still among us

You’re not imagining it: there’s been more smoke in the air this year

Currently, the Owyhee is the largest unprotected area in the western United States, with just 5% of it protected from development

Bynum ahead of McLeod-Skinner; Chang set to take County Commissioner seat in early returns

We believe that endorsements work best when used through comparison and contrast, which is one of the reasons we feel so strongly about this issue

Suffice it to say that this is one of the toughest endorsements we’ve had to make this year — or any year, really

Now that the seats on the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners are nonpartisan, the primary shifts a bit