Naysayers like to hold up chilly days during warm weather months as proof that climate change is hooey.Most scientists — trained to observe and analyze before reaching conclusions — think to the contrary and one…

On Saturday night, the air conditioning was turned on for the Register’s Christmas party. Earlier in the afternoon, the temperature hovered in the mid-70s.  Downtown Christmas shoppers were clad in shorts and T-shirts. This is…

Earlier this week a handful of downtown merchants discussed how they are using the Internet to market their wares.The meeting was billed as how to help make Iola a destination for shopping and eating out.…

Paul Herbert “Herb” Ellis Jr. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family Dec. 10, 2015. Herb was born in Iola on Jan. 19, 1941, to Mabel Fackler Ellis and Paul Herbert Ellis Sr. He…

The Republican Party should do itself a favor and eject Donald Trump from the party’s roster of presidential candidates.Its justification?Trump is not only tanking the party’s image, but also that of the United States with…

Whether Wednesday’s massacre in San Bernardino was an act of terrorism or simply another hate crime is a matter of semantics.According to federal law, a mass shooting can be considered a terrorist act if the…

Dear editor,I was saddened to read the front page of Wednesday’s Register with the accident on Oregon Road and U.S. 169.Don Hillbrant has done wonderful things around Allen County and I would like to see…

Sometimes it’s hard to loosen the purse strings if you’re gripped in fear of tomorrow.Allen County commissioners have been asked to divert a total of $200,000 from a $1.1 million pot to the Allen County…

When is enough enough?The families of 14 innocent souls will suffer through what otherwise may have been a festive season with Christmas just around the corner. That shouldn’t occur in the most powerful, most advanced…

Oil and gas representatives in Oklahoma would prefer its state legislators let them determine whether there’s a link to hydraulic fracking and the hundreds of small-scale earthquakes the state has experienced in the last few…