Erik Lukens: Business climate rankings give Oregon falling scores
Every summer, CNBC releases a widely followed business-climate ranking. America’s Top States for Business, as it’s known, gives each state an overall ranking as well as rankings in 10 categories, ...
Jeb Bladine: Legal notices augmented by online databases
First, a quick survey: Do you read “legal notices” in the newspaper (you should)? Do you know what a legal notice is (many people don’t)? When a legal notice relates to real property ...
Investigating the Bible: The value of discipline
By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR In the Reader’s Digest, Robert Moore described a grueling day of boot camp for his son, a ten-mile hike and a challenging obstacle course. As his son lay exhausted ...
Jennifer Green: Health of a community starts with connection
By JENNIFER GREEN As a pediatrician, I spend my days sitting with families who are doing their best to raise healthy, happy children. When they reach the age of 3, I begin asking parents about their ...
Offbeat Oregon: The world’s steepest street is in Oregon City − it runs straight up
The cities of San Francisco and Pittsburgh are currently in a battle for bragging rights: Which town is home to the world’s steepest street? Is it Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh, a 21-foot stretch of ...
Quirk of the Week: Switching back to Mac
Folks living west of Hill Road might beg to differ, but McMinnville is essentially a flat town. Walkers and bikers are almost always on the level. Yet, head out Northwest Wallace Road to where, in this ...
John Olson: Parks and recreation bond an investment in community
Imagine a McMinnville where families, young professionals and businesses all thrive — a city with modern recreational facilities, vibrant community connections and strong economic growth. That vision is within reach, but it requires action.
Jeb Bladine: Shutdown crisis reports spawn more questions
Every crisis-related news report about our 9-day-old federal government shutdown seems to raise as many questions as it answers. Warnings of air transportation gridlock cite understaffing because so many ...
Quirk of the Week: Curiosities mark time-tested YCHS ballpark in Yamhill
There’s life in the Yamhill Carlton High School softball park, but the place looks a bit bedraggled. For years now, the vinyl sponsor banners on the north side of the field house have steadily deteriorated. ...
Quirk of the Week: Nailing down a grab bag of oddities, from the obscure to the obvious
Time for an autumn grab bag. Quirk this week includes a bit of new, a revisit or two and something seen in the rear-view … also, something obvious. Since it’s October and that means basketball ...
Investigating the Bible: Being like salt
By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR Jesus told his followers: “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except ...
Eric Schuck: Nothing like a wedding to expose economic realities
It is a running joke in our house that while I’m great at protecting national security, I’m not exactly a vault when it comes to keeping family secrets.
Sonda Martin: Conduct of commissioners ‘dismissive and patronizing’
I gave public comment at the Sept. 25 meeting of the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners. I was prompted by the outright dismissive bullying and condescension that I witnessed from Commissioners Mary Starrett and Kit Johnston toward Commissioner Bubba King, both after Marvin Bernards’ public comment and on multiple occasions prior.
Jeb Bladine: Complicated federal shutdown has 'rules of 60'
A federal government shutdown this week comes complete with public confusion, heated rhetoric, misleading claims, maximum partisanship, political demonization and all the related anxieties. Heading into ...
Leah Gneiting: This is what learning should feel like for me
What first drew me to the Southern Oregon community of Butte Falls wasn’t the small-town setting or the school itself.
