By BEN OLSON/for The Herald  —  Would a candidate for the U.S. Presidency gleefully hope that the stock market would crash, ruining the financial fortunes of tens of million Americans, just to improve his chances of being elected? Would a contracting company fighting the wildfires surrounding Oakridge intentionally drag their[Read More…]

It would be hard to pick a presidential VP that would help rural Oregon more than Tim Walz.   Minnesota is full of small rural communities; those people are salt of the earth Americans.  Yet Minnesota also has a modern metropolitan city in Minneapolis and supports the arts. These are[Read More…]

As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, it’s important that we consider all communities, especially the most vulnerable ones, when allocating resources and determining abroad priorities. It can be daunting to address global concerns due to the amplitude of these issues. It can even be difficult to grasp the severity of[Read More…]

Just wondering…… I was thinking of a friend who landed a wonderful job until the new supervisor ran a credit check and discovered that this person had poor credit. The. supervisor explained to this person that they would be handling sizable amounts of money that belonged to company clients and[Read More…]

I appreciate the chronological summary along with commentary from Mayor Cutchen published in our local news source, the Highway 58 Herald. Another reason to read & support the Herald. Thank you Herald… Thank you Mayor Cutchen. Never in the past 22 years that I’ve lived in Oakridge has anyone taken[Read More…]