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: 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 ...
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 14, 2025
Call to action We tell our kids, “Use your words.” No stomping, no piercing screams, when experiencing upset. Now is the time to follow our own advice. We need to pay attention to the destruction ...
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 7, 2025
Save our democracy Most of the world, like me, was shocked when Trump won the election. I hoped he would be a better president this time, but that hope was soon dashed. He is the same arrogant, vindictive ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 31, 2025
Mail balloting attack Many people have been attempting to blame Kamala Harris’ loss in the 2024 Presidential election on one group of people or another, thus further dividing us. The actual culprit ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 24, 2025
Transit looking up Thank you, Cynthia Thompson and the Yamhill County commissioners, for approving a two-year plan to use state funding to improve local public transportation. Adding more routes between ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 24, 2025
Transit looking up Thank you, Cynthia Thompson and the Yamhill County commissioners, for approving a two-year plan to use state funding to improve local public transportation. Adding more routes between ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 17, 2025
Lamenting lanes loss A Joni Mitchell lyric in the song “Big Yellow Taxi” warns, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” That will be true this ...
Letters to the editor: Jan. 10, 2025
Signage blizzard redux? Don’t count Lindsay Berschauer out just because she lost her re-election bid to Bubba King. There’s a rumor circulating that she plans on running again in about 18 ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 3, 2025
Clear the way Since the Yamhelas Westsider Trail right of way is owned by the county, we ask the county to clear the brambles so county residents can walk sections of the trail and judge for themselves ...
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 27, 2024
Alternate facts I was having a conversation with an office mate last week when I violated one of the third-rail rules: Never talk religion or politics at the office. I waded in because I thought we could ...
