| Features |
| Soundings | |
| "Veteran's Day" | Sandra Dorr |
| "One-Eyed Dunlin" | Lyanda Haupt |
A River Runs Against It:
America's Evolving View of Dams | Bruce Babbitt |
| Creating a balance between the needs of the river and those who use it | |
| Oregon's Trail to Health Care Reform | Barney Speight |
| The Oregon Health Plan: What has it accomplished and what remains to be done? | |
| Is Competition Killing Health Care? | Charlie Cosovich |
| What are the benefits and limitations of market-based competition? | |
| Asia and the Silicon Forest | Debi Coleman |
| What is the impact of the Asian economic downturn on NW hardware and software? | |
| Emerson and Muir: An Improbable Friendship | Arthur Dean Wilmot |
| In Search of Character | |
| "The Stone of Love" | Terence O'Donnell |
| A short story and an invitation | |
| "Rhubarb Baby" | Alan Braden |
| A Poem | |
| Why We Are Who We Are | Barbara Walker |
| Ray Atkeson's Oregon, My Oregon | |
| Departments |
| Editorial | |
| Letters | |
| Contributors | |
| Crossword Puzzle | |
| Books | |
| Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future | Richard Benner |
| by Peter Schrag | |
| Heart of Home: People, Wildlife, Place | Stuart Teicher |
| by Ted Kerasote | |
| Sports | |
| Reflections on the River | Ted Katauskas |
| Garden | |
| The Off Season | Lee C. Neff |
