Trails, sidetracks and looking up old address

The Storey Street section near the Linfield campus is home territory these days. It’s a leafy, quiet part of town. As I’ve re-settled into McMinnville this spring, I’ve enjoyed making ...

Gelvin: Israelis having their own confrontation with racism

By JAMES GELVIN University of California at Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days were shocking. They were also surprising to those who thought the ...

Meador: MORE LISTENING, LESS TALKING

A small drama unfolded the other day in a series of comments on a post in a popular local Facebook group. Actually, it only started as a drama. It played out as a timely and necessary conversation. And ...

Bladine: Predicting the end of COVID limits

Trying to understand the numbers and rules of COVID-19 is not for the faint of mind, and making COVID-related predictions is not for the faint of heart. Willing to accept that challenge, however, I’m ...

Hennes: Nothing local approaches the horrors of Jim Crow

By TIFFANY HENNESS Freelance writer, designer & marketer   Mary Turner was eight months pregnant when her husband was murdered. He was slain in retaliation for a crime he did not commit. Mary ...

Depew: Dollar General posing threat to rural America

By BRIAN DEPEW Center for Rural Affairs Dollar General has become a ubiquitous feature of America’s small towns. The discount retailer already has more than 16,000 stores spread across the country ...

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Thompson: Grocery stores are blocking bottle returns on their own

By BRAD THOMPSON Retired journalism professor My effort to redeem six months’ worth of accumulated cans and bottles was thwarted recently. If you have tried to cash in your bottles, you’ll ...

Marcus Larson/News-Register ## The precious memorabilia Starla Pointer has from her father fits into a shoebox: the passport he used as a Merchant Marine, a couple of discharge papers he received when he disembarked ships, his last pair of glasses and watch, lumber grading crayons and a holder that he used when he worked for the Pacific Lumber Inspectors’ Bureau. Her brothers have a few other items, including the hard hat their father wore to work in sawmills.

Mark holiday by asking, listening

I am fortunate to have interviewed and learned from many local veterans over the years. They’ve become friends and role models. To name just a few: Stan deStwolinski, founder of the local Band of ...

Time to embrace new ways at Linfield

By NAOMI PITCOCK Associate Professor, School of Nursing; spouse of President Miles K. Davis My first three years in Oregon have not been without challenges. We moved here when Linfield College — ...

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A flag and plaques mark the green space wedged inside the busy Adams-Baker junction at 15th Street.

Back and forth: The past can drive us as we drive past

Viewed from space, the park is a teardrop triangle; viewed from the street, a bit of a mystery. Numerous times since arriving in McMinnville, I’ve driven past the green space where Adams and Baker ...

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This Riverside Drive property, owned by McMinnville Water & Light, was never considered as a possible site for new civic facilities.

Jeb Bladine: Transparency lacking in rec center planning

Imagine overlaying the adjacent photo with new McMinnville community and aquatic centers overlooking the Yamhill River, connected at the hip to sprawling Joe Dancer Park in the background. Whatchamacolumn Jeb ...

Schuck: Teaching through a most turbulent time

By Guest Writer Eric Schuck  March 2020 was flat-out weird. I remember standing in the doorway of my Linfield office, scanning it one last time before I shut the door. My backpack — the big, ...

Jeb Bladine: Restrictions hang on vaccine levels

If numbers make your head spin, you’re at the wrong place; if not, read on for facts and speculation on Yamhill County’s chances for early reduction of COVID-19 restrictions. Whatchamacolumn Jeb ...

Corporate America growing disillusioned with the GOP

By M.K. CHIN Indiana University There’s a growing rift between corporate America and the GOP — two groups that have long been bedfellows. The latest incident involves a restrictive voting ...

Civics education crucial in a democracy like ours

By BETH WYTOSKI<br/>and ERIC SWENSON Oregon Mayors Association Democracy depends on an educated citizenry. As mayors and longtime educators, we see that need and we live that self-evident ...

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