Nokes: Oregon nearly entered Union as a slave state
Most Oregonians today are probably unaware of how close Oregon came to becoming a slave state. Slavery was intensely debated at Oregon’s Constitutional Convention in 1857. In fact, it was ...
Rutledge: GOP must restore its roots in principled conservatism
By STEVE RUTLEDGE “What hath the light to do with the darkness?” asked the apostle Paul. In 1972, my parents took their only trip abroad together. They traveled to Denmark and Norway ...
Worthy alternative to Christmas cards
It seems silly to say, but Christmas always arrives at a good time of year. The great Christian holiday falls four days after the winter solstice, an ancient pagan holiday that generated many of today’s ...
State and federal relief action comes at the eleventh hour
Oregon held its 41st special legislative session Monday, following a tradition from 1860, the year following statehood. This special session was the third of the year, second only to the five conducted ...
Letters to the editor: Dec. 24, 2020
Reconsider and reverse We must support our local businesses during this pandemic. And we need more than a resolution from the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners. Please join me in encouraging ...
Rutledge: Let’s rediscover truth, democracy
In this season of Advent, Christians are asked to reflect on the holy family, their sojourn in Egypt, and what this might teach the faithful about how to treat the stranger among us. The story of the ...
Pointer: The rich tapestry of holiday traditions
This is the 20th year Starla Pointer has written about holiday traditions that area residents grew up with. A News-Register reporter since 1982, she believes stories like these, and the Stopping By features ...
Bone: Teleconferencing restoring medicine's house call roots
By MICHAEL BONE For the News-Register For many of us, the images of doctors making house calls are relegated to nostalgic black and white movies in which the doctor arrives at the patient’s ...
Jeb Bladine: PPP loans may be a bait-and-switch
Millions of businesses across America are beginning to recognize what may be the largest financial bait-and-switch scheme in history. You know it as PPP — the “Paycheck Protection Program,” ...
Menke, Garvin, Chenoweth our choices for city council
For at least the last quarter century, McMinnville’s mayor and council candidates have generally faced little if any serious opposition. That began to change two years ago with the hard-fought, high-dollar ...
Marshall: Addiction cries for treatment, not punishment
By S. AMANDA MARSHALL For the News-Register As a 16-year resident of Yamhill County, I was disappointed to see my hometown newspaper editorialize against Measure 110. Oregon’s current approach ...
Vaping and e-cigarettes: How worried should we be?
A few weeks ago, I was walking downtown with my young son. Guest Writer Lindsey Manfrin serves as Yamhill County’s public health administrator and deputy director of its Department ...
No plausible rationale for reducing food assistance
“What’s for dinner?” should be a low-drama question, especially in the United States. Unfortunately, due to recent changes in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food assistance ...
Let's all plan together for McMinnville's future
Growth. It’s complex. It’s emotional. It’s personal. It means so many different things to so many different people. Guest Writer Heather Richards ...
All must act to mitigate climate crisis
Like many, I was deeply disappointed by failure of the Clean Energy Jobs bill to become law this year. Guest Writer Guest writer Rick Hammond, a graduate of McMinnville High School and the ...