Affordable Housing Committee tackles need and obstacles with transitional housing
McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee continued work on the establishment of regulations for transitional housing Wednesday. The panel discussed a range of topics including permitted structures ...
Domestic violence incident leads to shootings
A hand-pump pellet gun was fired during a domestic violence incident Wednesday night west of McMinnville, which resulted in two individuals transported to hospitals and one arrest, so far. Yamhill County ...
'24 hours: 7 to 8 p.m. at the grange
The McMinnville Grange Hall was nearly empty at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. It’s seems to be just a big room with wooden floors, benches along each wall and a stage at the east end.
Poet and memoirist speaks Tuesday
MacReads and Linfield University present author, memoirist and alumnus Shane McCrae at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, at Nicholson Library on the university campus. The event is free and open to the public. McCrae’s ...
Stopping By: Cruising duo
Love of cars and community drive McMinnville DSA winners Scott and Elizabeth Hinchcliff
County nearing tail end of Dog Control funding
As budget season begins, county leaders will be thinking in terms of dog years. Dog Control, that is. The county will spend the last of a long-relied-on trust fund in the next fiscal year to pay for kenneling ...
Library will be closed April 29 to May 3
McMinnville Public Library will be closed from Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3, for duct cleaning and expansion of its Library of Things. The library will reopen for Teen Gaming Night from 6:30 ...
Musical offers audition opportunity
The director of an upcoming play in Salem will hold open auditions in McMinnville on April 27 and 28 and May 4 and 5. Traci Ward of McMinnville will direct “Metropolis the Musical,” which ...
Planning director concludes dam allowed outright
The county has canceled a public hearing over a controversial proposal for a dam on vineyard property. Yamhill County Planning Director Ken Friday has concluded the dam is allowed outright, under the ...
Arrests & Citations: April 26, 2024
YAMHILL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Steven Duane Crandall, 42, Salem, April 22, Marion County hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Antonio Zacharia Sanchez, 41, Newberg, April 23, ...
Monetary amount amended in Cashman civil suit
An amended civil lawsuit complaint, filed in December, by McMinnville Police officers by Brett Rudolph and Evan Burt against Dillan and Sarah Cashman seeks a judgment of no less than $3 million in aggregate. The ...
Mac looks at two-year budget cycle
The city of McMinnville could move to a two-year budget cycle starting as soon as next fiscal year. However, several Budget Committee members showed skepticism over the idea at a work session ...
Berschauer suggests redirecting ARPA funds to Mac after-school program
Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday discussed redirecting $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from George Fox University to the McMinnville after-school program Last December, commissioners ...
Grand jury indicts Olague, Converse on attempted murder charges
The two suspects involved in a downtown McMinnville crime spree on April 11, including shots fired at two individuals, were indicted Friday by a grand jury. Roberto Olague, 21, of McMinnville, and Kelton ...
Unanimously, but skeptically, city tightens camping rules
The McMinnville City Council unanimously passed three ordinance changes Tuesday that will significantly impact public camping rules in the city starting next month. Following several discussions on implementing ...
