Category Opinion & Editorial

We’ve had our first blast of cold recently, and Tony texted to let me know he saw the evidence first-hand. “It’s cold! I was feeding peanuts to the chipmunks in my front yard Friday, and one ran through the open door and under my couch.…

The holidays are really upon us. This past week, Jim and I, along with our daughter, Gloria, attended the Lorane Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Lorane Grange. It’s a tradition hosted by the Lorane Christian Church for many years, but it was put on hold…

For people in our community who no longer have kids or grandkids playing basketball, volleyball or other indoor sports, the realization that there isn’t adequate space for youth to practice and play may come as a surprise. After all, schools have gyms, Civic Park recently…

As I write this, we are still waiting to hear the results of some of the voting in last Tuesday’s election. Not all of the ballots have been counted yet, and some races and measures are still too close to call. I believe that, for…

The Chronicle added to its 2021 haul of statewide awards this past week when the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association held its AdCon event celebrating the best of print and online advertising – bringing the paper’s total to 22 awards for last year. The eight advertising-related…

My column has been silent for the past several weeks for several reasons, but the most important one, for Jim and me, was the preparation for and our actual long-anticipated eight-day vacation to New England for a “Fall Foliage” tour.  We signed on for this…

Local journalism is facing an existential crisis because of Big Tech’s abusive business tactics. In the early days of the internet, the news was something you had to go out of your way to find. Thanks to the rise of Big Tech companies like Google…

I am a resident of House District 12 and I am supporting Michelle Emmons to be my next state representative in Salem because she supports both public safety AND accountability.  I think it is very important that the voters of House District 12 know that…