AFSCME pledges its support for Newberg staff and students
By STACY CHAMBERLAINExecutive Director, Oregon AFSCME As one of Oregon’s largest labor unions, Oregon AFSCME is proud to be an effective advocate for the more than 33,000 workers we represent. This ...
Bladine: Winding road to Bayou renovation
In a strange way, the late Del Smith had a hand in current plans to refurbish Bayou Golf Course and remodel the stately Colonial-style mansion. After all, Smith’s creation of the Evergreen Museum ...
Mark Davis: Growth isn’t paying its way
The continuing population growth in McMinnville comes with costs. More residents demand more infrastructure (water, sewer, stormwater, street, sidewalk, power and transportation systems), expanded public amenities (park, library pool and community center facilities) and more public employees (police, firefighters, librarians and parks maintenance staff).
Enticknap: Not a matter of if, but when
Cascadia Zone megaquake is coming, likely bringing unprecedented devastation with it
Bladine: Breakthrough stats defy easy analysis
It was clear from the beginning – about 6 months ago – that any investigation of COVID-19 “breakthrough” cases would not only be a moving target, but soon would become a statistical ...
Croman: Times are a-changin’, and not everyone’s OK with that
By ZOE CROMANSheridan resident Another fall time change has now come and gone, but the semiannual grousing about it still lingers. So do the arguments for keeping it — or not. The U.S. Department ...
Bladine: Note to self, staff: triple-check names
Every year — without any kudos received, or deserved — we publish thousands of correctly spelled names in the newspaper. But if your name gets misspelled, you likely consider us careless verging ...
Rae: Fire threat calls for a better battle plan
Guest writer Rusty Rae is an award-winning photojournalist, writer and photo educator. He’s worked for the News-Register for the last five years, as sports editor, photojournalist and associate editor ...
Hays: Political retribution taints community’s core values
By LINDA HAYSSecond-Generation Downtown Merchant This week, my downtown toy store, Hopscotch, has experienced a rash of one-star reviews, negative comments and unsubscribes from its newsletter. If it ...
Back, and forth: Courting a new place via mostly-solo ‘Hoops Tour’
Gritty or ground-up asphalt courts, loose rims and bedraggled nets, tree branches as shot-blockers and some cosmic bounce-backs only begin to describe my six-month Yamhill County Hoops Tour. I started ...
French: A whiff of civil war in the air
Last month, the University of Virginia released polling results that should shock exactly no one who closely follows American politics and culture. A majority of Trump voters (52 percent) and a strong minority of Biden voters (41 percent) strongly or somewhat agree that it’s “time to split the country.”
Bladine: Waves of stories crashing together
Scientists and news media called it a “bomb cyclone” this week when a nor’easter on steroids shut down power to more than 600,000 New England homes and businesses. That attention-grabbing ...
Matthews: LGBTQ kids desperate for affirmation
Guest writer Paige Matthews is a queer Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Holder of a master’s in counseling from Oregon State University, with a concentration ...
Lowery: Seccession 2.0 idea is a non-starter
By RICH LOWERYEditor, The National Review A cadre of apocalyptic writers on the right, believing the country too far gone to save, has become obsessed with a Secession 2.0 designed to cleave red America ...
Peralta: Redistricting rewards partisans on both sides
Guest writer Sal Peralta harbors an enduring interest in public policy, reflected in a long record of public involvement. He helped found the Independent Party of Oregon and has long served as party secretary. ...
