Opinion

Editor: When I moved to Albany over a decade ago, Sherrie Sprenger was one of the first people…

Editor: Linn residents will soon get a chance to cast votes for individuals seeking to serve in public…

Editor: I feel Mr. Scott Walker’s letter (April 22) was unfortunately stated as if the City Council and…

Editor: It is with confidence I support Susan Coleman for state representative. I’ve known Susan for several years…

Editor: City of Sweet Home may have to look at layoffs, due to overspending, and find other ways…

Editor: Humans are cutting down forests, wiping out all other life forms habitats on a massive scale.  Eighty…

By Adam Brady, MD and Robert Turngren, MD Thank you for staying home to save lives. The good…

Scott Swanson The other day I responded to a report of a fire, the results of which you…

Editor: By this letter I support and endorse Dylan Richards as a Republican Candidate for Oregon’s House District…

Skyler Bascom I work bi-vocationally as a pastor and as an educator. Before the COVID-19 mandates to “shelter…

Editor: I would like to express how much we appreciate and think of Sherrie Sprenger. This lady has…

Editor: I am writing in support of Sherrie Sprenger for Linn County Commissioner. It has been my pleasure…

Editor: Please join me in voting for Susan Coleman in the upcoming election for State Representative for the…

Scott Swanson Fifteen years ago, on what we later realized was April Fools Day of 2005, my wife…

Editor: We will not be successful at stopping COVID-19 without doing two things. Testing everyone and providing personal…

Editor: Since 1933, March 30 has been celebrated as Doctors Day – a time to say a special…

This coronavirus story has moved at a dizzying pace, even for journalists who may be more experienced than…

By Ken Paulson As the scope and threat of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clear, people all over the…

Sometimes life throws us a curve ball and that seems to be what has happened to Albany and…

Editor’s note: This week, March 15-21, is Sunshine Week, coinciding with Founding Father James Madison’s birthday and National Freedom…

Scott Swanson Sometimes it’s a little shattering to realize how … human … the news media can be.…

Even habitually disengaged citizens of Oregon should be aware by now that things are far beyond normal in…

Kudos for Standing Up to ODE The Sweet Home School District and Supt. Tom Yahraes deserve the highest…

We’ve voiced complaints recently about the apparent lack of consideration in Salem for rural residents and our realities…

Oregonians – especially those in rural regions – should be acutely aware, after last year’s legislative session, that…