Bond right-sized for Mac, deserves support at polls
We have but one issue before us on ballots mailed to us this week in connection with Oregon’s Nov. 4 general election. The question is: Can our community afford to spend $72.5 million on a new combination ...
Local government doesn't get the credit it actually deserves
If you limited your local government exposure in these parts to online forums and social media channels, you would find yourself subjected, in large measure, to a torrent of highly charged and sharply ...
Transportation bill serves as starting point on rough road
Until Sept. 29, Oregon hadn’t enacted a major new transportation funding package since 2017. In the world of politics and public policy, that’s a veritable eon ago. Over the course of the ...
City needs to remember it's not paying the piper
Big box shock? Pardon us, but we don’t find it shocking at all that national chain discounters, operating on a high-volume, low-margin basis, would be looking for McMinnville Landing building spaces ...
State faces big challenges; we need to step up locally
This isn’t your father’s Oregon anymore. And that isn’t a good thing, not by any stretch. During the last 25 years of the 20th century, plentiful stores of land and energy, a superior ...
Nothing's what it seems with edicts descending from D.C.
Sometimes it seems as though we’ve tumbled down Alice’s Wonderland rabbit hole and joined her at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, where nothing is as it seems. At least it has in the eight ...
Private and public failings leave toxic stench in Sheridan
Late last month, one of North America’s largest treated-wood producers pleaded guilty in Yamhill County Circuit Court to 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful water pollution, based on a legacy of toxic ...
Fire district can't allow revenue to go untapped
“Declining Medicare reimbursement from the federal government, combined with an increasing Medicare patient load, have driven up the cost of providing ambulance service in the last few years. “The ...
Bond issue never easy sell, but good case can be made
The city’s community center has passed the century mark and its aquatic center is about to turn 70. The ravages of time have left both in a state where a serviceable makeover would run nearly as ...
Steering a school of tradition through a time of transition
Traditions and timeless features are hallmarks of Linfield University. Pioneer Hall, Streak Street, the Paul Durham statue, the Murdock Hall sundial, the acorn ceremony, to name a few. But this is a ...
Garvin fits the mold as interim manager of the city
Before being named city manager in McMinnville in 2017, Jeff Towery had already served four tours in upper-level city management posts, dating back 30 years. He had also earned a master’s degree ...
Fair has come a long way to enjoy sustained success
In previewing this year’s edition of the Yamhill County Fair & Rodeo with the Board of Commissioners last week, Manager Gary Wertz said: “Oregon’s oldest fair is ready for you. Just ...
County takes first step in making parks a priority
Imagine, if you will, an alternative universe where the Yamhill County Parks system included: - The Stuart Grenfell Park County Campground, attracting RVers and others to West Valley for overnight ...
Airport finally taking flight in the skies over City Hall
The future has never looked brighter for the 650-acre, dual-runway airfield the city inherited from the military in 1943, at a time when World War II was still raging in both the European and Pacific theaters. Over ...
Massive mixed-use venture moving to forefront in Mac
Fasten your seat belts, McMinnville dwellers. You will soon be hearing and seeing a lot about another major local development project — one the city council got its first formal look at in conceptual ...
