Viewpoints: Diane Reynolds - Supporting recovery

Fair shares information, hope for people with disorders such as alcohol or drug addiction

Jeb Bladine: Media stimulated by 'perfect storm'

It’s easy to say that McMinnville’s football story created a national media feeding-frenzy during a slow news week

Editorial: Oregon’s revenue forecast demands a unified response

The bad news just keeps on coming

Others Say - Open records law needs revisions

ohn Kroger, Oregon’s attorney general, is preparing to overhaul the state’s open records law to make government open and transparent

Jeb Bladine: Change and stress for new Oregonians

Change is stressful. Sometimes, resisting change just adds to the stress.

Viewpoints: Brian Steffel - Students spread goodwill

Host father of exchange students reflects on comparing cultures, being challenged and inspired

Editorial: East side of 'old town' Mac finally gets a street overlay

Years of street deterioration on the east side of McMinnville’s core was unbecoming of a healthy, bustling city, not to mention a constant irritant to residents of the area

Editorial: Public sector cuts take political will, backbone

To save Oregon from a dire economic future, its populace must accept surgical cuts in all areas of government services

Others Say: Paying for spending bill not a certainty

Oregon is supposed to get $270 million from the federal government under the $26.1 billion emergency spending bill that cleared the U.S. House on Aug. 11, and the added spending, we are told, is supposed to be not borrowed but paid for

Others Say - Resentment over new facility misplaced

Oregonians have many reasons to be angry these days, but the University of Oregon’s John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes isn’t one of them.

Jeb Bladine: Images of 9/11 still fuel the Afghan war

No Western intervention has ever succeeded in using counter-insurgency tactics to defeat a strong insurgency in support of a weak local government.

Viewpoints: Susan Chambers - Gluten-free diet is key

Greater awareness has given more ease to people with gluten intolerance and celiac disease

Editorial: We have guests coming on Labor Day weekend

Thirty years ago, downtown McMinnville was as dead as a doornail on Labor Day weekend

Editorial: Stan Christensen's legacy is passion for conservation

One of the founders of the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District, Stan led the organization for 50 years

Editorial: It's time to start looking at candidates, measures

It’s important to study the candidates with an open mind and the issues with an eye to the consequences of voting Yes or No

Editorial: Headlined crimes show need for our two-pronged program

It’s hard to find a crime that isn’t connected to drugs these days

Jeb Bladine - Safe streets get a hearing in Newberg

McMinnville should take a page from Newberg, where an appointed Traffic Safety Committee provides a robust platform for public discussion of roadway safety concerns

Vewipoints: Jennifer Linder - Screen teaches us to be mean

Television watchers pick up not only violence but also nonphysical forms of aggression

Jeb Bladine: Political posturing about immigration

Editorial: YCAP funding campaign nearing critical deadline

Viewpoints: Up to the YCAP challenge?

The Yamhill Community Action Partnership is in the final fundraising push to build a new facility on Riverside Drive in McMinnville. YCAP Capital Campaign committee member Erin Stephenson calls for full community support for the effort.

Editorial: Take lesson from local trio of Boy Scouts: 'Be Prepared'

Viewpoints: Jack Crabtree - Reducing drug crimes

Trends show that we are breaking up major drug rings, Yamhill County Sheriff Jack Crabtree writes. Still, there is more we can do for our neighborhoods. To fill the gaps between the efforts of patrol deputies and YCINT, a Community Response Team was created.

Viewpoints: Kent Harrop - Wake-up call from the Gulf

“This land is your land, This land is my land From California, To the New York Island From the redwood forest, To the gulf stream waters This land was made For you and me.”

Editorial: Serious news intrudes into normal summer fun