LeTourneux: Timber cutting doesn’t have to degrade water
There’s a saying that the higher in the watershed, the better the water. And I believe that to be true for the water supplies of the cities of Willamina, Sheridan, McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill and ...
Westphal & LeTourneux: To the Pacific and back: a Yamhill River fish tale
What hides beneath the roaring currents of the Yamhill River and its tributaries might surprise you.
Bladine: Millegan stories move to Roseburg
Local news updates on legal and investment sagas involving James W. Millegan and family have been sporadic. Things are different in Roseburg, where the Millegans — J.W. plus sons Quinn and Drew — ...
Osher: Feds hold monthly grazing fee to Reagan-era minimum
The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have just announced the fee to be assessed for cattle grazing on federal lands in 2022 — a mere $1.35 per cow/calf pair per month, a measure known as the animal unit month, or AUM. That’s the lowest possible fee allowed under an executive order dating back to Ronald Reagan’s presidency.
Jung: Chinese workers recruited by thousands for sugar plantations
The recent surge in anti-Asian violence in the U.S. has put a spotlight on Asian American history, at least for a moment.
Gugielmo: Desegregating the blood supply took a civil rights campaign
In December 1941, a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor ushered the U.S. into World War II, a Detroit mother named Sylvia Tucker visited her local Red Cross donor center to give blood. Having heard the soul-stirring appeals for blood donors on the radio, she was determined to do her part.
Bladine: Evolving stories on Starrett and Kristof
When volatile political issues are morphing at week's end, commentary written on a Thursday morning is risky at best. But sometimes, the screeching sounds of impending train-wreck-like events are just ...
Bladine: Pandemic disturbs the days of our lives
Two destructive forces – uncertainty and disruption – continue to converge among people experiencing and suffering from the COVID-19 virus. Uncertainty breeds fear, and fear creates all sorts ...
Trenberth: Oceans warming for 60 years with no end anywhere in sight
The world’s oceans are hotter than ever recorded, and their heat has increased each decade since the 1960s. This relentless increase is a primary indicator of human-induced climate change.
Bladine: ‘Right stuff’ needed for downtown work
It was heartening this week to see the level of civic engagement and commitment to the next great phase of McMinnville downtown development. The Third Street Improvement Project has been launched with ...
Stapilus: Oregon helped pioneer the recall
The months-long campaign to recall Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer, accompanied by a pair of school board recall efforts in Newberg, may suggest to some residents of our county that recalls are a commonplace part of the political scenery.
Hughes: Democracy erodes in a thousand unseen ways
Now that a full year has passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, the 2020 election and the republic, it’s evident that the attack never really ended. Instead, it spread out to other, less visible, more vulnerable targets.
Back, and forth: Thankful for testing opportunity even with hours of web-free wait
The last time I spent that much time behind the wheel, car inching forward a few feet at a time, was getting out of a Van Morrison concert in George, Wash. Great concert, but Van’s become a bit of ...
Roberts: How the U.S. Census came to drive computer development
The U.S. Constitution requires that a population count be conducted at the beginning of every decade.
This census has always been charged with political significance, and continues to be. That’s clear from the controversies in the run-up to the 2020 census.
Sun: Seasonal insomniacs in a time of climate chaos
It finally snowed. We’d been waiting for months, restless and agitated.
