Agency looking for new director after three months
Sharon Wade Ellis commented in May that being the executive director of Community Home Builders in McMinnville was her “dream job.” Members of the nonprofit organization’s board of directors ...
Students build libraries and literacy
Julio Partida had helped install shingles before, but never on a roof this small. The middle schooler smiled as he secured the shingles on top of a structure about 22 inches wide and 30 inches tall — ...
Community garden celebrates support
Within the past five years, the Yamhill County Master Gardeners organization has taken an otherwise yellowing plot of grass and transformed it into a community garden. And it took time out to celebrate ...
International fair official visit
The president and CEO of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions will visit the Yamhill County Fair Wednesday, its opening day. The fair runs Wednesday through Saturday on the fairgrounds ...
Comcast plans temporary outage
Comcast customers will see the service go dark between midnight Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, between midnight and 7 a.m. each day. Tim Goodman, Comcast's director of government and regulatory affairs at its regional ...
Hearing on Mac housing development extended
McMinnville residents have until next month to comment on a proposal to turn the land surrounding Finishing Touch Concrete Inc., at 1601 N.E. McDaniel Lane, into a housing development. The McMinnville ...
Humlies advance to live shows on 'America's Got Talent'
UPDATE: 10 p.m. Tuesday -- We Three, the Humlie siblings' band, was chosen to advance to the live rounds of "America's Got Talent." The trio made its second appearance on the television show Tuesday night. ...
Volunteers to celebrate months of work at Airport Park
As Dean Klaus drank his coffee while reading The Oregonian newspaper last year, he noticed an article in the travel section, “A fairy tale park, forgotten by time in McMinnville.” Interested ...
Dogs lend ears to kids reading at library
A dog doesn’t read and a dog doesn’t judge. But a dog can listen. Paws for Love, following other organizations around the country, has started a program in which children read to trained therapy ...
Military jets heard above Yamhill County
Yamhill County residents noticed numerous flyovers by military jets this week during the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing's training exercise. The wing hosted a three-day Aerospace ...
McMinnville on front lines of immigration measure
Battle lines are being drawn in McMinnville over a November ballot measure seeking to overturn a 31-year-old Oregon law preventing local police officers and sheriff’s deputies from enforcing ...
McMinnville getting high-definition public-access channel
Videos of McMinnville city council meetings and other local programs will soon be viewed in high definition as part of an agreement councilors made with Comcast during their July 24 meeting. Councilors ...
Rotary scholarships give students chances to pursue dreams
A scholarship from McMinnville’s Sunrise Rotary Club is helping Andrea Johnson pursue college studies — and her dream. She’s one of five students who won $1,600 from the club for the ...
Lawsuits against Falls Event Center on hold for bankruptcy
Local lawsuits involving The Falls Event Center (TFEC) have been placed in abeyance, following the company’s declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Utah federal court. The Falls Event Center LLC, ...
Firefighters respond to Davis Street blaze
McMinnville firefighters responded about 6:35 p.m. Monday to a reported residential structure fire in the 800 block of Southeast Davis Street. Flames were contained to a porch, according to Yamhill Communications ...
