Johnston touts plan to find new site for fairgrounds
Yamhill County Commissioner Kit Johnston touted his plans to sell the Yamhill County fairgrounds for development, in speaking last week to a group of business leaders. Johnston, who was elected to the ...
Treasurer position left in limbo following Bledsoe's resignation
Following last week’s resignation by Yamhill County Treasurer Kris Bledsoe, transition for that elected position remains up in the air. County Finance Manager Mike Barnhart, who is also deputy treasurer, ...
Expanded Camas Festival returns Friday
Now in its third year, Linfield’s Camas Festival is blooming like its namesake. Tours of the Cozine Creek camas patch, speakers and panel discussions, displays, exhibits and children’s activities ...
Blaze destroys century-old barn
Twenty-nine Amity Fire District firefighters responded, among 80 total personnel, to a fire that destroyed a barn in Perrydale on Friday night. Amity fire chief Ian Yocum said the 8:30 p.m. fire was phoned ...
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 ...
'Like home': Mezcal owners create grandmother-inspired Abuela’s Nuestra Cocina
Jimmy Fernandez really loved his mother-in-law’s mole, the complex Mexican sauce made with nuts, chocolate, chiles and spices. He kept asking for the recipe, and she kept telling him, gently but ...
Ballots arriving this week
Ballots for the May 21 primary election have been mailed and should be arriving soon if they haven’t already. Voters’ pamphlets were mailed earlier. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday, May ...
Commissioners to hold hearing on new wireless Verizon tower
Yamhill County commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday on a site design review for a new wireless communications tower Verizon Wireless wants to install on Westside Road outside of McMinnville. Commissioners ...
Photo Gallery: Amity's May Day tradition
The 99th annual May Day celebration, held Friday, May 3, combined pageantry and frivolity in the Amity High School spring tradition.
Fire displaces McMinnville family of six
Twenty firefighters with the McMinnville Fire District responded to a house fire Sunday morning about 5:45 a.m. on McDonald Lane between 27th Street and Highway 99W. Fire damage was mostly isolated to ...
Court Records: May 6, 2024
CIVIL FILINGS LVNV Funding vs. Susan Snook: Granted $2,248.28 judgment. Discover Bank vs. Timothy Murray: Granted $4,218.56 judgment. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust: Shanda Butcher and Elena ...
Owners of former rubber plant cited by EPA
Former Ultimate RB parent company Carlisle Construction has agreed to pay approximately $24,000 in fines to the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Water Act. The former rubber facility ...
Arrests & Citations: May 6, 2024
YAMHILL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Fernando Alonso Fuentes, 31, McMinnville, May 2, parole violation; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Jose Ismael Gomez Morales, 18, McMinnville, ...
Budget committee slashes HHS fund to bolster others
The Yamhill County budget committee this week, at the request of Commissioner Mary Starrett, slashed the county’s allocation to its Health and Human Services department by $615,448. It also voted ...
Treasurer resigns over budget committee decisions
Yamhill County Treasurer Kris Bledsoe announced her resignation Thursday morning, over the decisions made by the county budget committee on Wednesday. The decision is effective at the close of business ...
