Along the Street: Kristof Wines make debut in McMinnville
Kristof Wines debuted Friday at Pike Road Wines on Third Street, with fellow vintners and wine industry supporters, as well as Yamhill Carlton High School classmates of Nick Kristof turning up. Kristof ...
Dayton High School’s renovated shop, ag areas enable district to expand career programs
Students are busy welding, repairing small engines and growing things in Dayton High School’s newly remodeled and expanded career tech area. “This is not just a building and a greenhouse, ...
Weekend hopping with egg hunts
Easter egg hunts are planned Saturday — with a handful scheduled Sunday — in various venues around Yamhill County. Unless indicated, they are free. They include: McMinnville: The McMinnville ...
Dayton council to meet Monday
The Dayton City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 1, in the City Hall Annex, 408 Ferry St. The public meeting also will be available via Zoom; call city hall at 503-864-2221 for more information. A ...
McDougall Junction safer than before
Highway 18 has a history of being a dangerous road, and many longtime county residents recall the heavy toll of deaths it has cost, both in the West Valley and at McDougall Junction, where Highway 18 merges ...
Easter egg hunts planned around county
Hippity-hop, the Easter Bunny is on its way to Yamhill County. It will visit numerous egg hunts, including the McMinnville Lions Club’s venerable event, mostly on Saturday, March 30. Additional ...
Amid shortage, blood drives spring up
With blood donation needs running high throughout the region, plenty of late winter/early spring donation opportunities have come to Yamhill County. Bloodworks Northwest, from Beaverton, travels in a ...
Mac, Amity set to benefit from Elmer’s workforce housing bill
State Rep. Lucetta Elmer’s Housing Oregon’s Workforce bill passed the House of Representatives Tuesday with near unanimous support, 54-2. However, funding for projects in Sheridan, Carlton ...
Planning underway for July 4th fireworks celebrations in Dayton, Mac
Committees in both Dayton and McMinnville are working toward the launch of new Fourth of July fireworks shows, with one eyeing this year and the other planning for 2025. In Dayton, a city committee started ...
Dayton creates events committee, plans Cinco de Mayo celebration
The city of Dayton is planning a Cinco de Mayo event with “full-blown parade and festivities,” as city manager Rochelle Roaden described it. The city is expanding on a smaller Carnaval de Cinco ...
Food pantry fundraising nearing goal
The Dayton Community Food Pantry is seventh-eighths of the way toward its fundraising goal for a new building. Several grants and donations have brought the organization to $698,125 toward its goal of ...
Grants will boost school career programs
Farm and table will become expanded areas of learning in local schools. That and fire science, dentistry, and cosmetology, among others. Thanks to Career-Tech Education Revitalization Grants from the ...
Districts will gain electric school buses
First Student plans to build a charging station and add electric buses to its local fleet. The company contracts to transport students in McMinnville, Amity, Dayton and Willamina, The buses will be cleaner ...
Dayton schools dealing with burst pipes
Dayton Superintendent Amy Fast said Dayton Grade School experienced “several burst pipes and equipment failures” when the power went out overnight on the weekend. A pipe in the ceiling above ...
Wheatland Ferry closed Thursday
The Wheatland Ferry will be closed the morning of Thursday, Jan. 11, according to the public works department of Marion County, which operates the ferry located near Dayton. The ferry is scheduled to open ...