Close call for mayorship; here's our take on the race
We are torn two directions on this year’s hotly contested mayor’s race in McMinnville. A strong case can be made for incumbent Remy Drabkin, who spent many years moving up the chairs as a ...
Cunningham best fit for Mac City Council
Furniture maker Chaz Gibbins made an encouraging first impression with our editorial board in his endorsement interview. We have no question about his sincerity in offering his services to his adopted ...
King would offer county welcome respite for re-set
Dear readers: We’ve chronicled every twist and turn of Lindsay Berschauer’s four-year tenure as a Yamhill County commissioner, including her narrow escape from recall at the hands of exasperated ...
Starr, Scharf and Elmer in local legislative races
Two weeks ago, we endorsed a trio of Democrats for top state offices — attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer. This week, we are endorsing a trio of Republicans for top local offices ...
Salinas over Erickson for 6th District Congress
This year’s race is a re-run of the inaugural 6th District congressional race two years ago, and only one element has changed for us: While we came down emphatically for Democratic legislator Andrea ...
Yes on Measures 115, 116, an emphatic no on the rest
Dozens of measures were proposed for the November general election ballot, but only five made the cut. We can be thankful, because three are clinkers of the first order — as misguided as 2020’s ...
Rayfield, Read and Steiner get nod for top state offices
In an unusual twist, three major statewide offices feature open races this year — attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer. Typically, at least one features an incumbent cruising ...
McMinnville teachers, district agree on three-year contract
McMinnville School District and its teachers’ union, the McMinnville Education Association, have agreed on a new three-year contract, effective July 1, 2024, and running through June 30, ...
Rent to budget gap needs addressing
This year’s edition of “Oregon by the Numbers” has just been released, and we earned a top ranking among the state’s 36 counties in one category. Unfortunately, it was average ...
City must take lead on local after-school front
From all the kudos Kids on the Block and its successor after-school programs have garnered over the years in McMinnville, you could be forgiven for thinking we developed something wonderfully unique and ...
Maybe it's time our planners revived mobile home option
According to MHVillage, a national mobile home brokerage, a dozen mobile home parks were developed in McMinnville in the quarter century extending from 1972 to 1997. Together, they served to accommodate ...
Be a voter in November; better yet, be a candidate
Yamhill County’s Nov. 5 general election ballot will feature voting for America’s next president and congressional representative from District 6; for attorney general, secretary of state and ...
School supplies and resource help come to local families
As the marketing constantly reminds us these days, it’s “back to school” preparation time. A list of online jokes by parents making the rounds includes one submitted by Instagrammer “NotMyThirdRodeo.” “School ...
Dog control a necessity; given will, there's a way
The earliest recorded use of the expression, “It’s a dog’s life,” dates back to the 1500s when it meant short, brutish, subservient and miserable. But times have changed. These ...
Let’s be careful about cutting the public out of the process
There are few things this newspaper deplores more than the self-serving not-in-my-backyard nonsense that seems to surface every time public or private entities attempt to address a compelling community ...
