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"Total crisis" was the phrase Sonya Moody-Jurado used in her Capitol Hill testimony to describe Chemawa Indian School, an off-reservation boarding school managed by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).

Moody-Jurado should know the school's problems; she chaired the school board from 2015 to 2018.

Three Democratic members of Congress, two from Oregon and one from Washington, made the case for Medicare for All on Saturday in Portland.

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is pushing for the passage of the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019, this year's iteration of a bill that would provide for, among other things, clearing trees in the name of wildfire prevention.

A standard-bearer in the Medicare for All movement found a receptive audience during a pit stop in Portland — though crucial questions about the ambitious proposal remain unanswered, including how to pay for it.

Finding solutions to address affordable housing — not only in Columbia County but across the state and country — is complex and multifaceted.

That was the major outcome from a discussion between Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and a group of community leaders who met Monday, May 6, in St. Helens to discuss the intricacies, challenges and possible innovative solutions to the affordable housing crisis.