Back, and Forth: The confusion of keeping tech etiquette in context
“Never use your phone on speaker in public places.” That’s the one rule I can totally agree with in the supposed “new rules of telephone etiquette.” And I saw it violated ...
Emma Miller Grock: C is for cooperative
When we first visited McMinnville Playschool, the vibe hooked me. The room was a rainbow hodgepodge packed with objects of small child fascination. A cooperative preschool. The notion was so enchantingly ...
Whatchamacolumn: Enforce speeding, plus intersections
Local residents wasted no time this month advising McMinnville Police Department about where to focus new speed enforcement efforts. State grants are helping MPD finance enhanced enforcement of laws related ...
Back, and Forth: The Northern Lights one of Upper Peninsula's splendors
A week’s vacation proved no less than luminescent. I was able to take eight days and travel to the family place on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, my mother’s birth territory, which holds ...
The Conversation: Ruling trims protection for remaining U.S. wetlands
By ALBERT LIN Of the University of California at Davis The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal protection encompasses only those wetlands directly adjoining rivers, lakes and ...
Susan Shaw: A struggle for equality at the pulpit
During its two-day annual meeting earlier held over the summer, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed the ouster of its largest congregation over its ordination of women and initiated a process to ...
Whatchamacolumn: America must stop trilateral drug trade
Americans were shocked last week when a 1-year-old child died from exposure to fentanyl kept under a nap mat at a New York City nursery. Investigators found a kilo (2.2 pounds) of fentanyl, enough to produce ...
Back, and Forth: A day of aces and A’s
The occasion was the annual Vintage Base Ball game against the Portland Pioneers crew, held at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, sponsor of both the game and the McMinnville Gristmillers Club. The game, ...
The Conversation: Breaking the bonds of civility becomes new norm in Congress
By SARAH BURNS Of the Rochester Institute of Technology When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President ...
Barrett Rainey: As water battle intensifies, Southwest's future looking bleak
For many a decade, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington have stood solidly united to protect Northwest water. “Nary a drop,” they’ve said repeatedly as the Southwest states pounded on ...
Rolling the dice on the coronavirus
COVID-19 is not over, not mild and not contained. It is currently surging throughout the United States. And it is causing hospitalizations and long-term damage among children and teens, as well ...
County holds key distinction in early history of our nation
By SHERI KING Local author and history buff When people report that Yamhill County is one of the oldest counties in the state, they aren’t kidding. Today, Oregon is made up of 36 counties. ...
Whatchamacolumn: Speculators miffed by Fox stock losses
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around this week’s lawsuit against Fox Corporation by New York and Oregon pension funds. New York Times and Associated Press reports provided the framework ...
The Conversation: New superconductors could revolutionize electronics
By MASSOUD PEDRAM Of the University of Southern California Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are ...
The Conversation: High elevation burns pose new threat to environment
By MOHAMMAD REZA ALIZADEH Of Boise State University As wildfire risk rises in the West, wildland firefighters and officials are keeping a closer eye on the high mountains — regions once considered ...
