Letter to readers: How I survived all hell breaking loose
I spend most of my Saturday afternoons in downtown Portland, usually just a few blocks from the extremists who regularly turn politics into a contact sport. Despairing of the state of the world, ...
Population psychics mandate city plans
Population counts are in the news. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is president and publisher of the News-Register. > See his column When all the numbers are in, we’ll have ...
No plausible rationale for reducing food assistance
“What’s for dinner?” should be a low-drama question, especially in the United States. Unfortunately, due to recent changes in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food assistance ...
Let's all plan together for McMinnville's future
Growth. It’s complex. It’s emotional. It’s personal. It means so many different things to so many different people. Guest Writer Heather Richards ...
Jeb Bladine: Review every detail of county structure
There will be — and already is — vigorous public debate regarding a proposal for five Yamhill County commissioners instead of three. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is president and ...
Put the focus on the criminal justice system
By JAMES CRAWFORD For the News-Register On Feb. 15, 1989, I was compelled to identify my brother’s body. He had died from what doctors refer to as a “flail chest injury.” He had been ...
Jeb Bladine: Paying a price for failed annexations
There’s much to admire, but also much to regret, along newly developed stretches of Hill Road on the western edge of McMinnville. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is president and publisher ...
Central mission is helping homeless help themselves
There has been a great deal of discussion about homelessness in McMinnville arising at city council meetings and spreading into the pages of this publication. But little has been said about my ...
Jeb Bladine: And life goes on, for those still living
The New York Post, though often criticized for conservative bias, covered half its Monday front page with four giant words: “BAN WEAPONS OF WAR”. Whatchamacolumn Jeb Bladine is ...
Can our political leaders shake Curse of Apollo?
At 7:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, I was watching television. script named author-gibson-080919 not found I was not alone. About 600 million people around the world were also watching, taking ...
Jeb Bladine: Consider all costs of U.S. health care
All those Democratic Party presidential candidates are exhausting us with health care promises and warnings: “My plan does this” … “Your plan does that” … “Medicare ...
Jeb Bladine: Perfect storm puts old buildings at risk
McMinnville may be headed toward a prolonged demolition derby. But instead of old cars crashing one another into oblivion, this event could feature the destruction of old buildings. Whatchamacolumn Jeb ...
Why Oregon farmers and ranchers opposed cap and trade bill
By Partnership for Oregon Communities [Editor’s Note: The following originated from public testimony made during the last state Legislative session by a coalition of statewide agriculture organizations ...
All must act to mitigate climate crisis
Like many, I was deeply disappointed by failure of the Clean Energy Jobs bill to become law this year. Guest Writer Guest writer Rick Hammond, a graduate of McMinnville High School and the ...
Jeb Bladine: Moon walk added to memory banks
Fifty years ago, after Neil Armstrong took “One small step,” he and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. More than a half-billion people watched televised reports, and those still alive today are ...
