Realities cast a shadow on sunny report outlook
More than half of McMinnville single mothers live in poverty, along with their children. Let that statistic sink in for a moment. It’s a fact easily overlooked in an analysis of McMinnville completed ...
Don’t let hyperbolic critics stonewall trail opportunity
The NIMBY element is in high dudgeon over the proposed Yamhelas Westsider Trail. Among more strident partisans, the rhetoric outstrips all reason. We respect principled and thoughtful opposition. But ...
Smoking ban an idea whose time has come
Loitering, which appears to wax and wane in downtown McMinnville, has been waxing of late. And with our tourism-centric community heading into the heart of the summer tourist season, the city is duty bound ...
Moore needs to come clean on his ugly 2016 campaign
One sentence in Tuesday’s edition required a correction appearing on Page 2 of today’s issue. In a story about Ken Moore’s write-in victory in the Democratic House 24 primary, the News-Register ...
City offers opportunities for meaningful involvement
Want to make a lasting mark on life in McMinnville? Consider volunteering for one of three advisory committees the city is creating. The city is looking for input from people with a diverse array of life ...
Nothing like local UFO Fest to nourish the mind and soul
Little, if anything, embraces both the playful and the serious like McMinville’s annual UFO Festival. It started in 2000, when McMenamins historian Tim Hills became interested in the famous ...
Results as expected in a sparse turnout
The major surprise in Tuesday’s primary was probably how few Oregonians bothered to participate in this core exercise in American democracy. On both the state and local levels, results ran almost ...
County’s impact study rejection a miscarriage of public process
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners’ Tuesday rejection of a staff farm impact study for the proposed Yamhelas Westsider Trail stands as an embarrassing piece of public legislating. At ...
Alter parking garage to fully tap potential
There is a tool McMinnville has in spades, although may not utilize as much as it should. It was key in the renovation of Alpine Avenue, and should be put into play again as the city seeks to improve conduct ...
Immigration policy tearing families apart simply evil
A government immigration policy calling for forcible and deliberate separation of children from their parents is shockingly callous. The practice goes beyond being un-American. It goes beyond violating ...
Judge candidates on their own credentials
The underlying story of this month’s Yamhill County primary election is the union slate, featuring three candidates on the ballot. This is not an official slate being advertised by the Yamhill ...
Miller, Fredrick leading choices for judge seat
Voting for a circuit court judge position can prove challenging. Unlike in executive or legislative elections, there is no lengthy menu of issues to debate, and voters’ predisposed political leanings ...
New Alpine Avenue entails listening to concerned voices
Northeast Alpine Avenue looks lovely these days with its $4 million in improvements, a vision realized by city officials and business leaders seeking to transform Alpine into a pedestrian-friendly “festival ...
Bonamici dwarfs her 1st district opposition
When Suzanne Bonamici made her first run for Congress in 2012, she faced two formidable Democratic primary opponents in fellow state Rep. Brad Witt and state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian. After dispatching ...
The stakes are too high to beat a retreat on bags
Tuesday’s front page was topped by a pair of stories on efforts to cope with solid waste, a byproduct of growing global consumerism. At first glance, the two topics seemed unrelated — keeping ...
