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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 1, 2025

... may now be experiencing many changes and losses due to the current administration’s policies. Jobs, medical coverage, federal surplus food and SNAP benefits are just a few of those targeted. I know ...

Investigating the Bible: Assumptions and facts

In the Reader’s Digest, Don Jentleson explained that he gave his 16-year-old son a prepaid cellphone and asked him to use it if he was ever out beyond his curfew. One Saturday evening, Jentleson dozed off in front of the TV and awoke beyond his son’s curfew time, with no sign of him and no call. He was irate. He called his son’s number and demanded, “Where are you and why didn’t you call?”

Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle##Rep. Cyrus Javadi, R-Tillamook, in Pacific City last week.

 
Some constituents call him a RINO, while others are starting to trust him

Tillamook Republican says doing what is right matters more than loyalty, regardless of political cost

 

YSWCD remains in ‘wait and see’ mode for federal funding

... disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including RCPP funding. Andy Bleckinger, executive director of Soil & Water, previously told ...
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Girls Build summer camp returns to Sheridan

... told the News-Register she founded the program after recognizing how women need better access to trade jobs. “I started teaching women the basic trades through a nonprofit in Portland. I learned how much ...

 
Rep. Cyrus Javad: SNAP and Medicaid 'freeloaders'? Are you talking about me?

Let’s begin with a little honesty: If you’re picturing an “illegal immigrant” lounging on a couch, collecting food stamps while dodging Border Patrol and watching Netflix, you’ve probably been lied to, or at least misled by too many Facebook memes.

 

 
Airport finally taking flight in the skies over City Hall

... scheme of things. A study conducted more than 10 years ago credited the airport with supporting 2,500 jobs, $109 million in payroll and $375 million in visitor spending, and a new assessment would no doubt dwarf ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Departing City Manager Jeff Towery wraps up some work at his desk at McMinnville City Hall. Towery is frequently sporting Green Bay Packers gear, a team he has been a fan of since they won the Super Bowl in 1967. Towery’s father banned rooting for “big city” teams like his native state’s Chicago Bears, so Towery chose Green Bay. “I picked a winning team, and then the Packers went 28 years without being in the playoffs and I stuck with them,” he said. “So I don’t feel like a bandwagon fan because there was a lot of lean time between the time Bart Starr left and the time Brett Favre came.”

 
Towery reflects on time as Mac's fourth city manager

... I’ve been here,” he said. “There’s always challenges, and I tell people that. Jobs are like life. Some days are great. Sometimes they’re not so great, and sometimes they’re ...
Oregon Historical Society Research Library##Tektronix’s plant at Sunset Highway and Barnes Road in 1954.

 
Steve Duin: Exodus of major corporations leaving barren wake in Oregon

You might think Don Vollum would have made peace by now with the slow vanishing of Oregon-based corporations.

Then came the March announcement that the new owners of Tektronix would move the headquarters of Oregon’s legendary technology company from its Beaverton campus to Raleigh, N.C.

 
Massive mixed-use venture moving to forefront in Mac

... hospital property, giving local apartment dwellers ready access. McMinnville is currently averaging seven jobs per acre in developments oriented to office and manufacturing operations. Planners are shooting for ...
City of McMinnville graphic##The preferred scenario for “McMinnville Landing,” the new name for the innovation campus plans west of the airport on Highway 18,  includes 44 acres of commercial land, 101 acres for employment and 36 acres of open space and parks.

 
'McMinnville Landing' development plans feature retail center, hub for jobs

... Airport Park. Other large plots have been identified for employment sectors of high-wage, high-density jobs, and the plan includes a neighborhood park and trail system. “We’re looking for potentially ...

ODOT Chief Details Layoffs in Staff Email

Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, provided details of layoffs looming at the agency in an all-staff email he sent this morning.

 

 
Gail Ellen (Johnson) Hanowell 1946 - 2025

... Library Science from the University of Arizona. When their kids moved away, Gail and Jerry left their jobs and went looking for their next chapter, which they found in Missoula, Montana. Gail worked until her ...

 
Larry Dean Weiher 1947 - 2025

... daughter, Michelle. They later divorced. Larry had an adventurous spirit and loved to travel. He held jobs in various industries and locations, such as the Alaska Pipeline and as a coffee grower in Hawaii. He ...

Billy J. Stratton: Danger lies not in AI robots, but in human programmers

In 2014, Stephen Hawking voiced grave warnings about the threat of artificial intelligence.

 

 
Banker Jon Johnson retires after enjoyable career

... said. “I learned what worked, and what didn’t” — sound lessons for his future jobs. After marrying, he took a job that was more settled, joining the Bank of Newport as chief financial ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Joey McKenzie plays his mandolin during a recording session at Rorschach Studio in McMinnville, which is owned by his longtime friend Keith Sommers, right, who is in the background with another old friend, Jon Sherwood, who is making an EP of several new country-influenced songs.

 
Stopping By: Music in three players time

Reunion of friends brings back music made right

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Dayton residents and people who worked on the inn project gather on the patio in back to celebrate its grand opening. Escape Lodging will operate the 12-room boutique hotel, which was constructed in a vintage building that once held a bank. Retail businesses are planned for the ground floor facing Ferry Street.

 
Vintage bank building turned into boutique lodging

... main goals was to “preserve the integrity of the building,” Scott said. In addition to jobs that have been created during construction, Scott said, the inn will employ local people, attract visitors ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Kathy Schlotfeldt, outgoing director of MV Advancements listens to tributes to her at her retirement party Wednesday. Scott Larsen, a member of the MVA Board, is in the background. Schlotfeldt is leaving after 10 years as MV Advancements executive director; she will stay on as finance director.

 
Schlotfeldt celebrates work of MV Advancements

... indoors or outdoors, during the day or at night, and what type of setting. Staff members then learn the jobs alongside the clients and ensure they have the support they need to do it. “We have people in ...

Jeb Bladine: Politics deals defeat to news-sustaining plan

... state. In 2024, The Oregonian reported that Oregon newspapers “have shed three-quarters of their jobs since 2001 as readers and advertisers moved online, according to data from the Oregon Employment Department.” Here ...
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