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By GREG WALCHER

By GREG WALCHER

By GREG WALCHER

This month, voters in five counties of eastern Oregon voted to instruct local officials to take action to secede from Oregon, and join Idaho instead. Separatist movements are not especially

By GREG WALCHER People who inhabit real states have, for many years, made fun of those who think Washington, D.C. should be a state. The idea has been a laughing matter for years, among people who know the difference between states and cities. But once again, the idea is moving through the hallowed halls of Congress, the Constitution notwithstanding. Senators may need to be reminded of the differences between real states, and a city like Washington, D.C. Actually there is no city “like Was...

Despite Walcher’s take, EVs deliver value

By GREG WALCHER A common adage, repeated by political consultants for 30 years, advises candidates seeking to broaden their base that “nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” It may seem trite, but it is extraordinarily apt when describing today’s environmental disputes. Those disputes are heightened by an administration pushing an environmental agenda over many other priorities. Ordinarily, one might consider such an agenda a good thing, because we al...

John Marshall has been offered the job to serve as the 10th president at Colorado Mesa University. After a national search that produced more than 60 applicants, the current vice president of student services at CMU was chosen Thursday out of a field of three finalists. Marshall would replace President Tim Foster, who is retiring from the job this summer after 17  years on the job. In a unanimous decision, members of CMUs Board of Trustees said they did  so because of Marshalls backgro...

John Marshall has been offered the job to serve as the 10th president at Colorado Mesa University. After a national search that produced more than 60 applicants, Marshall was chosen Thursday out of a field of three finalists. He will replace President Tim Foster, who is retiring from the job this summer after 17 years on the job. Members of CMUs Board of Trustees said they did so because of Marshalls background, historical knowledge of the university and abilities in a wide range of things, suc...

John Marshall has been offered the job to serve as the 10th president at Colorado Mesa University. After a national search that produced more than 60 applicants, Marshall was chosen Thursday out of a field of three finalists. He will replace President Tim Foster, who is retiring from the job this summer after 17 years on the job. Members of CMUs Board of Trustees said they did so because of Marshalls background, historical knowledge of the university and abilities in a wide range of things, suc...