Others Say: Others step in where governor is silent
Addressing Oregon’s annual Leadership Summit a year ago, Gov. Kate Brown made no mention of the biggest financial crisis facing state government: PERS, the underfunded, bloated retirement system ...
Jeb Bladine: Quiet retrospective of 2016 life stories
In December, I stop to read our newspaper archive of obituary articles from the previous year. It’s a quiet, reflective and often moving experience that occasionally inspires a column about some ...
Scott Gibson: Take the test
Smarter Balanced testing allows schools to be held accountable for their performances
Jeb Bladine: Telling stories just part of the package
Grizzlies and Wildcats will mingle and reminisce at a Jan. 7 memorial service for Perry Stubberfield, and the source for many of their stories will be the man they are there to honor. Perry’s 78 ...
Sal Peralta: Crashing the parties
County ballot measures passed in November show voters’ desire to change campaign rules
Robert F. Dodge: The Treaty of Tlatelolco
Giving thanks to our Latin American neighbors toward a world free of nuclear weapons
Jeb Bladine: Partners produce holiday light magic
Once again this holiday season, a night drive or walk through downtown McMinnville reveals a spectacular canopy of tree lighting that magnifies the sidewalk and cross-street Christmas displays. It’s ...
Megan Corvus: Puddles, in fact, not part of final Waters of the United State law
In October, the News Register published a Viewpoints commentary by Yamhill County Commissioner Mary Starrett, outlining her concerns about the EPA’s “Clean Water Rule: Waters of the United ...
Jeb Bladine: Living in the local state of mind
The annual holiday spending spree began today on Black Friday, to be followed immediately by Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and four full weeks of pre-Christmas shopping. Through it all we try to ...
Charles C. Haynes: Religious freedom in the age of Trump
In the end, this election wasn’t decided by Russian hacking, sexual assault charges, “blood coming out of her whatever,” the FBI or any of the other extraordinary moments that defied ...
Jeb Bladine: ‘Facts’ categorized as election casualty
A television comedy skit this week began with organ music and a sober-faced minister intoning, “We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of our dear friend, Facts.”It was humorously ...
Kevin Martinez: Documenting through body cameras
Body cameras in today’s society are critical and essential tools for law enforcement. Although this may seem logical across the board, implementation of a body camera program within a law enforcement ...
Jeb Bladine: Local sunshine on tax-hike strategies
A mass of campaign finance numbers is available online for anyone caring to analyze the politics of Oregon. Meanwhile, even a cursory look at those figures reveals a fascinating story of tax increase efforts ...
Nathalie Hardy: Reaching out to runaways
November is National Runaway Prevention Month, an easy event to let blend into the backdrop of calls for awareness on all sorts of critical and important issues. It’s vital for our communities to ...
Jeb Bladine: No bets, Bernie, on Clinton-Trump vote
I missed Sunday’s party, when McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity celebrated the organization’s new Aspire subdivision and 25 years of contributions to Habitat by co-founder Bernie Turner. News ...
