Opinion

Editor: We would like to thank the 26 businesses that participated in the Oct. 12-13 Stepping Into Fall…

Editor: Watching TV, listening to the radio and reading the local papers about the flap over Libya, I…

Editor: Sunday’s Democrat-Herald article by Jeff Barnard of the Associated Press absolutely reinforces a question! Was Hasso Hering…

Watching this year’s political campaign, it’s easy to become frustrated and cynical by the inane TV commercials featuring…

Editor: A letter in the Oct. 17 paper extolled the virtues of government protection though regulative oversight of…

Editor: With the elections fast approaching I wanted to offer mty thanks to all those who chose to…

Local voters should have received their ballots for the Nov. 6 election, which were mailed last week. This…

Editor: The fourth annual “Sweet Home Walk for the Cause,” held Saturday, Oct. 13, was a great success.…

Editor: Tom Allison, at the time chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee that wrote the Airline…

Editor: Once again it’s that time of year, when the citizens of Sweet Home come together to help…

Editor: I found it very disturbing when I was informed that a vote to give administrators, supervisors and…

Editor: Diane Gerson’s letter of Oct 3 brings up several of the concerns I have about the organization…

Today, starting on page 5, we present City Council candidates’ answers to questions about some of the council’s…

Editor: Corporate profit margins just hit an all-time high. Companies are making more per dollar of sales than…

Editor: As reported in The New Era (Sept. 12), the Jamboree is looking to expand the festival to…

Albany and Eastern Railroad officials apparently think it’s ridiculous that neighbors are disputing a $720 bill the railroad…

Editor: The City Council is dealing with a “dilapidated building” definition in its proposed nuisance law (Sept. 19).…

Editor: The teachers union and teachers need to understand a lot of people are out of work, or…

Editor: The definition of constituency is defined as the residents or voters of a district represented by an…

A recent move by Eugene-based Cascadia Wildlands and two other conservation groups to block Oregon counties from intervening…

Editor: What Hitler said about stratagem/strategy: “In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility;…

The newspaper business – both small and large papers – has sounded full-throated opposition this past month to…

Editor: The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens are so proud to be able to help area women with…

Editor: After job hunting for months and months, my guy answered an on-line ad for farm work near…

Editor: Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s keynote address at the Republican National Convention last Wednesday night was…