Letter to Readers: In search of kindness
In this weird, frightening, Twilight Zone time of closures, layoffs and “social distancing,” people continue to perform extraordinary acts of kindness. They offer to stand in mile-long grocery ...
Making life run smoother in Yamhill County farm country
When I ask people what they love most about Yamhill County, they almost invariably say, “I love the open spaces, the small-town feel, the abundant natural resources.” But many of us ...
Donaldson: The battle to break the voting barrier
By BOBBY DONALDSON Of the University of South Carolina A rusting chain-link fence represents a “color line” for the dead in Columbia, South Carolina. In Randolph Cemetery, separated by the ...
Jeb Bladine: Gov. Brown should hold up on 20-04
Gov. Kate Brown should set aside her executive order on greenhouse gas emissions, at least for now. Americans are hugely disrupted by the dire and immediate consequences of the global coronavirus pandemic. ...
Knapp: Visit McMinnville turns eye to quality of life, economy
I don’t have to tell you that McMinnville is a special place. If you are reading this, it’s likely you have already come to this conclusion. Perhaps you were the lucky person who stumbled ...
Jeb Bladine: Take panic level up, but only by a notch
John Oliver — comedian, writer and political commentator — delivered some succinct advice this week for coping with the coronavirus scare: “It depends what your regular level of panic ...
Jernstedt & Biddle: Weigh UGB option in spirit of Oregon land-use tradition
McMinnville is engaged in much-needed long-range planning, which will likely lead to an urban growth boundary expansion. We can expect that to spark debates over whether, how and where the city ...
Johnson: Trump’s budget would hurt rural communities
Details on President Trump’s 2021 budget plan were released recently and, as it has in the past, this administration continues to put forth proposals that undercut rural communities. Among ...
Jeb Bladine: A busy week with too many major issues
This week has been enough to make a pundit’s head explode. The coronavirus scare wiped out two years of stock market gains, and threatens to inflict public health and economic devastation nationwide. ...
Kristof: We’re losing a generation to drugs, alcohol, neglect
When I drive through Yamhill and Carlton these days, I see so much that has changed over the decades. The old shacks from my childhood, lacking electricity and plumbing, are gone. Today, wineries ...
Jeb Bladine: Onslaught corroding every form of trust
It’s working: Too often, my internal response to political debate is a mixture of skepticism and outright disbelief. It’s working, but for whom? Consider this definition from the National ...
Enticknap: Climate emergency sounds call for action
Climate scientists have been warning for decades of an impending global warming crisis. And it has not only it arrived, it is accelerating. Now scientists are predicting untold suffering in a ...
Jeb Bladine: Oregon’s CAT new star of the tax show
I was a bit crabby to Rose Marie Caughran last month in the City Club lunch line. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is president and publisher of the News-Register. > See his column McMinnville’s ...
Vittertv: Amazon rainforest being stripped at record rate
By LIBERTY VITTERT Of Washington University This year, I served on the judging panel for the Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Decade. Much like Oxford English Dictionary’s ...
Jeb Bladine: Plenty of history at your fingertips
I remember when McMinnville annexed a pastoral tract of land along a dead-end country road. That was Fleishauer Lane, hardly a rural setting today. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is president ...
