News-Register Letters Policy
The News-Register welcomes written opinions about issues of public interest and about the content of this newspaper. Letters from non-local writers are accepted only if they focus on local issues. Letters ...
Letters to the Editor: March 24, 2023
Bending the rules? I understand the state Department of Environmental Quality has been reviewing, and may have approved, a revised stormwater pond on a tax lot east of the Riverbend Landfill’s permitted ...
Letters to the Editor: March 17, 2023
Wrong on all counts This letter is my opinion on the News-Register article of Feb. 10 about the Yamhill County commissioners exempting themselves from the rule of law on harassment. They decided harassment ...
Letters to the Editor: March 10, 2023
No to Gwendolyn As young graduates, we moved to tiny McMinnville in 1978 for our first jobs and soon welcomed children. We discovered that this little town was the perfect place to raise our family, so ...
Letters to the editor: March 3, 2023
Taxation without service I don’t object to paying taxes for government services I and other residents benefit from. I do object to the government collecting our tax money for services it is not ...
Letters to the editor: February 24, 2023
Looking to DeSantis I was disappointed to see another Viewpoints issue that did not include even a hint of the conservative viewpoint. The article about extremism only included examples of violence caused ...
Letters to the editor: February 17, 2023
No to demolition Our McMinnville downtown is designated a National Historic District|. That provides benefits to the community and the property owners, but comes with certain preservation expectations ...
Letters to the editor: February 10, 2023
Common courtesy I am addressing the uninvited, unanticipated window-rattling booms we have all been experiencing over the past few months. I distinguish this from Fourth of July blasts, which we can at ...
Letters to the editor: February 3, 2023
Work for keep The conversation about what to do about homeless people in McMinnville, being driv- en by Mayor Remy Drabkin, has the poten- tial to turn our town into a deadly ghetto like Portland. Adding ...
Letters to the Editor: January 27, 2023
Taxing concerns How do we know that the fire district merger is popular with people who live in Mac? This is a question I’ve been trying to answer for several months. I think the idea of improving ...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 20, 2023
Unnecessary risk If the litmus test for preserving a historic building is whether or not it would provide more revenue than a six-story luxury hotel, then every historic building on Third Street would ...
Letters to the Editor: January 13, 2023
Chaos on display The Republicans lose again, this time within their own caucus. I guess we can blame Hunter Biden and Anthony Fauci. OK, I say that in jest. You have a score of Republicans who are insurrectionists, ...
Letters to the Editor: January 6, 2023
Rate hike ahead? A regional newspaper based in Portland reports that Portland General Electric and Pacific Power are raising electricity rates on their customers. Presumably McMinnville Water & Light ...
Letters to the Editor: December 30, 2022
Holiday heroes We have an amazing community, and it was highlighted last week by a couple of heroes — Dave and Jami Queener, owners of Two Dogs Taphouse. Along with their manager, Brady Martin, ...
Letters to the Editor: December 23, 2022
Looking out for us Should we fault Yamhill County Commissioners Mary Starrett and Lindsay Berschauer for balking at accepting money from the Oregon Health Authority? Their hesitation just showed they ...
