Cruising event wheels into Mac this weekend
Teens from McMinnville and surrounding cities once filled Third Street on Friday and Saturday nights, cruising to see and be seen. Driving slowly through downtown McMinnville will return Saturday, ...
Visit McMinnville leader heading to Bend
Visit McMinnville director Jeff Knapp, who has helped build the organization from an idea into one of the top tourism management agencies in Oregon, is leaving his job to take a similar position in Bend. The ...
Tickets available for DSA banquet
Tickets are still available for the McMinnville Distinguished Service Awards banquet, at which McMinnville’s man and woman of the year, outstanding educator, junior citizens and farmer of the year ...
Navigation Center shelter nears completion
Completion of McMinnville’s 36-bed Navigation Center will been delayed a month due to sprinkler issues, but the new shelter is still expected to open in late summer or early fall, according to city ...
Underground testing planned on Third Street
Downtown parking may be limited next week due to Third Street Improvement project roadwork being done from Johnson to Adams Streets. The work will assess the condition and measurements of the street section ...
School board to meet in business, exec sessions
McMinnville School Board will meet in both business and executive, or closed, sessions on Monday, May 13. In the executive session starting at 4:30 p.m. The board will conclude its evaluation of Superintendent ...
Arrests down, issues remain at camping areas
Fights with machetes, stolen garbage cans and people passed out in the street were some of the calls McMinnville police responded to in popular unhoused camping areas in April, according to a report from ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
Homeless residents call for options to camping changes
Changes to McMinnville’s code that will allow police to immediately abate a campsite violating city rules were unanimously approved by city council last week, but unsurprisingly, the changes aren’t ...
Mayor brings 'resources' home from Switzerland
Mayor Remy Drabkin is back in McMinnville after a week-long, five-city trip to Switzerland with a delegation of U.S. women mayors. The group met Swiss counterparts and discussed familiar issues such as ...
Volunteer supports learning about food, agricultural past
Many people have forgotten where their food comes from, said Cynthia Christensen, head of the education department at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center. She dedicated her volunteer time to reminding ...
Student from Kosovo organizes chess tournament to benefit local food pantry
The mezzanine of Mac Market serves both as a quiet place and frequently as an event space. Sunday, April 28, at 11 a.m. a few folks with laptops or there to share conversation made way for a crowd ready ...
City schedules stormwater meeting for May 9
The City of McMinnville is hosting a “community learning session” on the development of a stormwater utility on May 9. City staff and an advisory committee have been working on a proposal ...
