News-Register Letters Policy
The News-Register welcomes written opinions about issues of public interest and about the content of this newspaper. Letters from non-local writers are accepted only if they focus on local issues. This ...
Letters to the Editor: May 23, 2025
Do the right thing In 2021, my husband and I made the decision to leave Los Angeles and relocate to Oregon. Yes, we’re those people. We knew we wanted to settle in a small town, so we turned to ...
Letters to the Editor: May 16, 2025
Retain period look As a downtown McMinnville resident, co-owner of a Third Street business and former historic restorationist, I would like to express my concerns about the latest plans for the Third ...
Letters to the Editor: May 9, 2025
Passionate and committed As someone who was raised in McMinnville, as a proud graduate of our public schools, and as a parent whose children have also come through the system, I care deeply about the ...
Letters to the Editor: May 2, 2025
Skills and commitment Based on my 23 years of experience working for the McMinnville School District, including 10 years as an elementary school principal, and now as an active volunteer, I want to encourage ...
Letters to the Editor: April 25, 2025
Communication breakdown After being gone for several weeks, I was stunned and upset when I returned home to discover Superintendent Debbie Brockett was being terminated. It was my impression that she ...
Letters to the editor: April 18, 2024
Hispanic community issues I am a concerned school district parent serving as vice president of the Hispanic PTA of McMinnville. I would like to share some of my concerns and frustrations with you. One ...
Letters to the Editor: April 11, 2025
Bread lines Historians now agree that it was not Marie Antoinette who uttered the famous line, “Let them eat cake.” It was actually Donald Trump. Stuart Gunness Sheridan Your help needed After ...
Letters to the Editor: April 4, 2025
Keep it natural As a resident of McMinnville living near Quarry Park, I am appalled the city is considering destroying a beautiful natural area by turning it into a BMX pump track. I notice other writers ...
Letters to the Editor: March 28, 2025
Healthy and wholesome As an educator, parent and youth bike coach, I’ve been saddened to read recent letters in opposition to bike trails at Quarry Park. The park is within walking and biking distance ...
Letters to the Editor: March 21, 2025
Melting down in Mac My daughter and I are from the Salem area. This was our third year attending the Meltdown fundraiser. This year, we went to eight places. We visited five on the first day, all in ...
Letters to the Editor: March 14, 2025
Cherish downtown Each day on my walks, I notice changes in town — more bathrooms closed, benches removed and public trash cans missing. In their place, overflowing trash and restricted spaces. Tennis ...
Letters to the Editor: March 7, 2025
Keep it natural I am a resident who lives near Quarry Park. I attended the Oct. 21 public information meeting regarding development of the park, presented by Susan Muir of the Parks Department and Lisa ...
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 28, 2025
Looking for answers On Sunday, I attended our junior senator’s town hall in Mac. Unfortunately, while the News-Register reported the questions asked at that meeting quite well, my questions were ...
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 21, 2025
Criminal collusion The recent “negotiations” between the Trump administration and Putin remind me of the Hitler-Stalin Pact of August 23, 1939. The pact gave carte blanche authorization for ...
