Editor's Note: Columbia Gorge News letters policy revisited

One note not included in the policy, but you might find interesting: While I am the editor, our entire staff evaluates all letters received based on the policy below. If your letter is returned to you because it does not meet policy, it is because multiple people have flagged it. You are always welcome to rewrite and resubmit.

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Columbia Gorge News encourages readers to submit letters to the editor for the weekly opinion page. Letters on all topics are welcome.

For a letter to be considered for print, the author must include their first and last name and hometown (for publication), and phone number (for verification, not for publication).

Letters from an agency or group must be credited to an author or contact person. Anonymous or “name withheld by request” letters are not accepted.

Letters must be 350 or fewer. One letter per writer per month will be accepted.

Longer opinion pieces may be published as a guest commentary from professionals or experts in their field at the discretion of the editor and staff.

We reserve the right to edit all letters, and to publish or not publish for any reason. Letters may be edited for length, grammar, and spelling, or for legal reasons.

Deadline is noon on the Thursday prior to publication and are published as space allows. Letters can be submitted online on the website or be sent to news@gorgenews.com.

Other considerations:

Any information presented as fact must be attributed to a source for the letter to be considered for publication.

Letters must be civil. Letters using vulgar or inappropriate language will be rejected.

Letters containing malicious, false or misleading statements will be rejected.

Letters attacking an individual rather than an expressed opinion will be rejected.

Letters attacking a class of people based on gender, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age will be rejected.

Letters criticizing a particular business over a particular complaint or grievance will be rejected.

NOTE: The opinions expressed in letters are “your voice,” and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Columbia Gorge News, its staff, publisher or advertisers.

For more information, contact Managing Editor Trisha Walker, 541-386-1234 ext. 109, or Publisher / Owner Chelsea Marr, 541-386-1234 ext. 100.