Tenth-ranked Hood River Valley overcame an 18-14 first-period deficit and went on to defeat visiting Milwaukie, 82-71, in a non-league boys basketball game Dec. 14.
One week after having 76 points scored against them, The Dalles High Riverhawks football team turned things around and scored 76 points of its own to get its first win this season.
To the editor: People's eyes tend to glaze over when talk turns to taxes, the budget deficit and federal debt. That’s unfortunate, because they need to know that the tax cuts being rushed through Congress will not only affect taxes and the deficit, but also severely impact the future of Medicare and Social Security.
To the editor: Republican mega-donors are threatening to cut funding to the party if it fails to pass tax "reform.” Republicans are responding with proposed tax cuts that will reward their wealthy donors' campaign contributions with over a trillion dollars in added income over the next decade.
SALEM — A task force delivered its final report Friday to Gov. Kate Brown on options to shrink the state's bloated pension-fund deficit by $5 billion over the next five years. Two of the suggestions — including privatizing the state's public universities — didn't thrill the Democratic governor.
