Wertz named fair manager

Upon emerging from a Yamhill County Fair Board executive session Tuesday, members voted unanimously to hire one of their own, Board Chair Gary Wertz, as the county fairgrounds’ new full-time manager. He ...

 

Beaver State lays claim to ancient beaver

After 30 years of excavating the Yamhill River for fossils, retired McMinnville police officer Mike Full has dredged up a fascinating new find — the remains of Castoroides, a giant beaver from the ...

Sheriff’s office receives traffic enforcement grant

The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded an Oregon Department of Transportation safety grant. It will fund enhanced traffic enforcement in an effort to curb serious crashes. The department ...

Along the Street: Ballot initiative would prohibit grocery taxes

Anticipating another ballot run by supporters of a tax on gross corporate sales, rather than the more traditional net corporate income, the grocery industry has filed a ballot measure with the Oregon Secretary ...

Mac officer honored for heroism

Mac council next week will also award several contracts for transportation bond projects

 

Amity serving up pancakes, showing off cars

AMITY — The Valley Women’s Club staged the Amity Pancake Breakfast and Antique Car Show for 58 years. When the club’s ranks began to thin and age to the point that was no longer possible, ...

Patrol coverage slightly reduced in Sheridan

SHERIDAN — As the Sheridan City Council began mulling a cut in law enforcement coverage, provided by the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office under contract, Sgt. Todd Whitlow sounded a word of ...

 

The nuts and bolts of coaching

Former deputy district attorney’s home turned into mechanics shop to boost success of robotics team

Merchants urged to rally on downtown safety concerns

The homeless contingent camping downtown in increasingly conspicuous fashion in recent months seemed to all but disappear over the July 4 holiday. But gone does not, by any means, equate with forgotten ...

Mac Water & Light honors Haugeberg

The McMinnville Water & Light Commission honored its former attorney, David Haugeberg, for more than 40 years of service at its Tuesday night meeting.It noted Haugeberg’s law firm, Haugeberg, ...

Sheriff’s office to stage town hall on dog control

The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office plans to hold a town hall at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 to discuss changes it is making in the county’s dog control program. The session will be held in the McMinnville ...

Prize-purse disparity an issue for Oregon cycling race

BEND — An Oregon cycling race is no longer offering equal prize money for men and women racers. The Bulletin reports the total prize purse in the Cascade Cycling Classic for the pro men is $23,979, ...

 

Passport seekers grateful for special Saturday hours

Julia Price and Melissa Phung have been hoping to head up to Canada later this summer with an adventure group. But Price has been working days at a Cub Scout camp, making it hard for her to go to the Yamhill ...

Shelter operators praise city government

While some people criticized the city council for not doing more to curb local homelessness, Kaye Sawyer had nothing but praise for the city’s efforts at the council’s most recent session. Sawyer, ...

Meeting slated for wayfinding input

Officials at Visit McMinnville want better ways to guide people to and through the community. And they could use some insights from local residents. They have scheduled a meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 Thursday, ...

Trial scheduled in Paolo lawsuit

Trial has been scheduled for Dec. 5 in a lawsuit filed against Yamhill County by former Information Technology Manager Murray Paolo. In addition to the county, the suit names County Administrator Laura ...

Planners discuss changing codes for cell towers

The McMinnville Planning Commission will discuss regulations to take cell towers down a peg or two at a work session set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday. City code requires cellphone towers and other types of ...

Sheridan beefs up school budget

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan School District will have another $408,000 to spend next year, after the Legislature approved a K-12 statewide budget of $8.2 billion for the new biennium. The school board ...

N-R earns general excellence honors

Also claims 20 other awards, including sweepstakes prize

 

Cleansed: Take me to the river

CARLTON — The North Yamhill River lapped gently at Pastor Kevin Cope’s waist as he raised the questions traditionally preceding a baptism. “McKenzy Marie McAvoy, have you accepted the ...

 

Linfield Hall of Famer Howard Morris, 81, succumbs

A member of the Linfield College football team that started the Wildcat 61-year winning streak, Howard Morris, 81, succumbed at 4:22 p.m. today in Klamath Falls where he lived. In 1999, he was in the ...

 

Mechals’ D1 dream ALIVE! Mechals flashes D1 talent in Kelowna win

CORVALLIS – Kade Mechals dream of playing division one baseball still shines as brightly as his blue eyes. Wednesday night, pitching for the Kelowna (British Columbia) Falcons against the ...

 

In its own tourney: Mac takes fourth on flip of coin

While focusing on preparations for the Oregon Independent Baseball Association’s (OIBA) state tournament, Todd Peterson and his Hyder Dental charges consider every play an opportunity for ...

 

Part three: Garry Killgore: Serving a greater good!

This is the third and final installation of the News-Register’s interview with newly appointed Linfield Athletic Director Garry Killgore. The first two segments were found in the June 30 and July ...

 

Ladder climbing, one rung at a time! Grizzly 10U softball team splits at state

They call it climbing the ladder, which means developing softball skills so team members become ready to progress to the next level of competition. McMinnville’s 10 and Under (10U) girls’ softball ...

 

Linfield’s new athletic director: A conversation with Garry Killgore

 

Emily DeYoung earns Track Athlete of the Year

The rusty brown spot where Emily DeYoung’s neck meets her shoulders proves a dead giveaway she’s been at the pit practicing the shot put. It is the place she rests the 4kg steel ball ...

 

Hurdling toward a legacy

DAYTON – Track and the McLoud family are intertwined. As a result, Dayton junior hurdler Owen McLoud entered the sport with lofty expectations. His father and brothers achieved tremendous ...

 

Payton Hudson: Pitching, Power, Potential

Payton Hudson is simply unavoidable. On the softball diamond, that is. The Grizzly sophomore’s dominance envelops the game. Opponents thoroughly felt, and collapsed to, the pressure when ...

 

New soccer coach Anna Heuberger aims for long-term development

Anna Heuberger feels she’s come home. Born in McMinnville, she graduated from Stayton High School, matriculated to a Heinz 57 of Oregon colleges, including Chemeketa Community College, Warner ...

 

Wyatt Smith: Baseball’s best player in Yamhill Valley

It should come as no surprise McMinnville’s Wyatt Smith is the News-Register’s Athlete of the Year for baseball. The Grizzly senior, the Greater Valley Conference’s Player of the ...

 

Carnahan’s number retired at ceremony feting Wildcat AD, coach

Retiring Linfield Athletic Director and head baseball coach Scott Carnahan found himself in an unfamiliar place Saturday at Ted Wilson Gymnasium -- in the spotlight-- where administration, coaches, ...

 

Close, but no cigar; Marshall loses trip to Open in sectional playoff

Matt Marshall “went for it” on the first playoff hole for a spot in what would have been his second consecutive United States Open. But the gods’ of golf had other ideas at the ...

 

Dayton suffers close 3-2 loss to Rainier in state championship

CORVALLIS – A fifth-inning two-run home run by Rainier’s Kami Gray proved the difference as the Dayton Pirates fell 3-2 to the Columbians in today’s Class 3A OSAA softball state championship ...

 

Dayton's Destiny: Pirates softball set for title-game rematch

SCIO – On the strength of five home runs, the Dayton Pirates softball squad defeated Scio 13-4 today and punched their ticket to the state championship, held Friday at Oregon State University’s ...

 

Linfield’s Top ’Cat Retires: Scott Carnahan’s farewell to arms

Scott Carnahan, Linfield’s Athletic Director and head baseball coach retiring this June, is the epitome of the Linfield way. For more than a quarter century, he has practiced and refined ...

 

Dayton baseball bounced from second round of state playoffs, lose 10-2 to Glide

DAYTON – Dayton baseball’s dream season concluded with a 10-2 loss to Glide today in the second round of the Class 3A state playoffs. The Pirates’ appeared stung mentally by both a three-run ...

 

Haley Couch overpowers Glide, Pirates punch ticket to semi-finals against Scio

DAYTON -- Playoff softball is won with pitching and defense, and the Pirates (23-2) saw a little each Friday evening on their home field in a 8-2 quarterfinal win over Glide (17-6) in the 3A OSAA State ...

 

Wyatt Smith PLAYER of the Year; Todd Peterson named GVC Coach of the Year

Although McMinnville’s Grizzly baseball season ended prematurely, Greater Valley Conference coaches took notice of the team’s outstanding season, naming McMinnville senior Wyatt Smith ...

Grizzlies fall flat in second round of tourney, lose to Wolves, 7-1

TUALATIN -- McMinnville's Grizzly softball team went flat at the wrong time, and that was all an opportunistic and well-oiled Tulatin team needed, earning a 7-1 win in the second round of the OSAA 6A State ...