Gardening the water: Willamina launches floating islands for weed control

Willamina city staff and volunteers have installed a dozen floating islands at Huddleston Pond to combat Brazilian elodea, an invasive waterweed that has been spreading throughout the pond. In July 2025, ...

Commentary

“Ice cream never asks silly questions. Ice cream understands.” — Anonymous Don’t ask why Serendipity Ice Cream did the thing they did on Saturday. They just did it, and a lot of ...

Just how deep the antipathy toward our two major national political parties actually runs - at least in Oregon - may be tested seriously in this year’s elections. The test may not involve outright wins and losses, but the percentages will be worth watching.

Norway is, by almost any metric, a profoundly successful nation. It’s rich, democratic and relatively corruption-free.

It’s Spring Grab Bag week, with multiple stories that deserve at least passing commentary. Muted Earth Day: Earth Day — April 22, often extended to Earth Week — involves more than 150,000 ...

A lady stood at a city corner, handing out brochures promoting her church. Evidently, she was having a bad day and was in a foul mood, which unfortunately was obvious to one man. As she extended the folded ...

Editorials

Who should serve the next four years in Position 1 on the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners is a tough call for us. Incumbent Kit Johnston has, during the last two years, given us a large measure ...

We have three races on today’s endorsement menu, and in our estimation, the vast majority of you should be able to join us in making easy calls on them. In the non-partisan race for commissioner ...

There are no fewer than 27 candidates for the Oregon governorship out on the hustings so far this year — 10 Democrats and 14 Republicans seeking major party nominations, one unaffiliated candidate ...

Property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes and most other governmental taxes have one crucial element in common. They are based on percentage rates applied to ever-rising dollar volumes. That serves to ...

So many national and international threats hanging over the heard of humanity these days seem so complex and distant as to defy meaningful impact at the local level. Fortunately, though, there is at least ...

Letters

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 ...

Fiscal conservatism As the May 19 election approaches, I again review my choices. I collected signatures to get Measure 120 on the ballot, and it is an easy NO on higher gas taxes and fees. We are already ...

Open and respectful I am following the 2026 Commissioner races with interest. Having served Yamhill County for eight years as sheriff and six as undersheriff, I am aware of what it takes to make county ...

Out of ammo We’re about a month into the war with Iran. In that short time, we’ve started to run out of the interceptor missiles we and our allies rely on to defend against missile and drone ...

Proceed with care Yes, McMinnville’s downtown needs major infrastructure work — and sooner rather than later. However, government and civic leaders need to understand the potential consequences ...

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