Danger signals on rec bond suggest a pause to reassess
There’s always a good time to lock up land for future development, and it’s always right now, as far in advance as possible. If you don’t, you’ll inevitably find on down the road ...
County's OMI purchase promises big dividends
The lead headline on last Friday’s front page, “County to buy OMI campus,” serves to answer an editorial call we’ve been sounding for more than 20 years now. If we had to reduce ...
To fluoridate or desist rises to the fore again
A movement fueled by dentists and dental health researchers in the 1930s and ‘40s led the Michigan city of Grand Rapids to begin fluoridating its water in 1945. By 1960, 50 million Americans were ...
Supermajorities in the offing: let's see they aren't abused
Marion County’s House District 22, which encompasses Woodburn, Gervais, Brooks and the northern reaches of Salem, is arguably the most distinctive legislative district in the state. It has also been ...
YCAP performs key function demanding support from all
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners appeared to solve a major interagency communications problem last week — at least for the immediate future — with allocation of $650,000 in federal ...
Floodplain hue and cry much ado about very little
A July notice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency imposed a Dec. 1 deadline on Oregon cities and counties for adoption of updated flood management regulations. The local jurisdictions are saying ...
Another free and fair election deserves acceptance as such
We have no sweeping revelations to impart about Tuesday’s local, state and national balloting, particularly with a fair number of races and measures yet to be decided, hither and yon. We do, however, ...
Uniting in common cause key to getting things done
Last week’s groundbreaking for the Housing Authority of Yamhill County’s 175-unit Stratus Village affordable housing project, its first since the Village Quarter development of 2006, was well ...
Allow nothing to infringe on our sacred right to vote
Ensuring free, fair and universal elections has proven an uphill grind throughout recorded history, and no less in the United States than in its pioneering predecessors in Greece and Western Europe. If ...
Close call for mayorship; here's our take on the race
We are torn two directions on this year’s hotly contested mayor’s race in McMinnville. A strong case can be made for incumbent Remy Drabkin, who spent many years moving up the chairs as a ...
Cunningham best fit for Mac City Council
Furniture maker Chaz Gibbins made an encouraging first impression with our editorial board in his endorsement interview. We have no question about his sincerity in offering his services to his adopted ...
King would offer county welcome respite for re-set
Dear readers: We’ve chronicled every twist and turn of Lindsay Berschauer’s four-year tenure as a Yamhill County commissioner, including her narrow escape from recall at the hands of exasperated ...
Starr, Scharf and Elmer in local legislative races
Two weeks ago, we endorsed a trio of Democrats for top state offices — attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer. This week, we are endorsing a trio of Republicans for top local offices ...
Salinas over Erickson for 6th District Congress
This year’s race is a re-run of the inaugural 6th District congressional race two years ago, and only one element has changed for us: While we came down emphatically for Democratic legislator Andrea ...
Yes on Measures 115, 116, an emphatic no on the rest
Dozens of measures were proposed for the November general election ballot, but only five made the cut. We can be thankful, because three are clinkers of the first order — as misguided as 2020’s ...
