Starla Pointer
"Stopping By:" A reporter who knows that everyone has an interesting story to tell welcomes suggestions.
Nathalie Hardy
A local mother writes her columns in the margins of a busy family life.
"Whatchamacolumn" by Jeb Bladine
The News-Register publisher writes about the community; people; local, state and national affairs; and sometimes whimsey.
Nicole Montesano
"Greens & Beans:" A reporter who likes to eat, cook and garden, and write about all three.
Tom Henderson
"Along the Street:" News about businesses around the Yamhill Valley.
Whatchamacolumn: Career criminals play a role in budget deficits
McMinnville’s huge city budget deficit was on display this week, with officials trying to figure out why it evolved while grappling with how to respond. “I’m failing to understand,” ...
Whatchamacolumn: Commentary comes easily in a turbulent world
When it comes to commentary, we are living in a target-rich environment. Let’s start local: If people contact authorities about a hybrid wolf pack prowling school playground areas and killing neighborhood ...
Whatchamacolumn: Businesses may close, but memories aren't lost
Change is inevitable. Businesses come and go. Entire industries fade from memory, from typewriters to phone booths, pagers to print encyclopedias, film photography to VHS tapes. While we embrace changes ...
Whatchamacolumn: Meeting comments on the record in Carlton, statewide
I did a double-take on our story about Monday’s Planning Commission meeting in Carlton. Concerned citizens attended to raise concerns about possible development of a gas station near a floodplain ...
Offbeat Oregon: $2.6 million party highlighted Oregon’s ‘age of innocence’
One of the real privileges of being a lifelong Oregonian of a certain, er, vintage, is the opportunity to have seen this state in its golden age — roughly, 1946 through 1980 — through a child’s ...
Whatchamacolumn: Pay or negotiate, but don't ignore small debts
More and more people overspend credit cards, fail to pay various personal debts and incur even greater financial losses from highly organized debt collection systems. Regularly published records, once ...
