Muleskinners Trail Ride planned May 23-24
YAMHILL — Area mule enthusiasts will host their 31st annual Memorial Weekend Muleskinners Trail Ride on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, at the Flying M Ranch. Signups wil start at 8:30 a.m. ...
Linfield choirs to perform
Three choral groups will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17, in Ice Auditorium on the Linfield College campus. Admission is free. The Concert Choir will sing the choral masterpiece, “Requiem” ...
Linfield plans outdoor music
“Music in the Arts Quad,” slated for Tuesday, May 12, will feature Linfield College music students Christian Santangelo and Galen Wash, backed by the concert band. The performance is set for ...
90 days meted in child, animal sex case
McMinnville resident Casie Nelson was sentenced to three months in the Yamhill County Jail and five years probation Monday, resolving cases in which she pleaded guilty to encouraging child sexual abuse, ...
FFA members nurture success
McMinnville High School horticulture students will be selling bedding plants, vegetable starts and flowering baskets at their annual plant sale, set tor Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8. The sale will ...
Along the Street: Pier 1 Imports closing its doors
Pier 1 Imports plans to close its McMinnville outlet by the end of May. The Texas-based retailer opened the 9,000-square-foot store in the fall of 2001. At the time, the decorative home furnishings retailer ...
Relay fundraiser tonight
Five bands are scheduled to play tonight at a fundraiser for Team Cancer Rebels, one of 21 teams participating in this year’s Relay for Life. Thunder Road, Epoch, Overload, Wasted Days and Kelsey ...
Decision expected in June in Sanai disbarment case
A trial panel of the Oregon State Bar had been expected to rule in early May whether to disbar former Yamhill County Counsel Rick Sanai for legal misconduct in Washington state. However, Sanai has now ...
Taking a Lemonade Day stand
More than 200 young people operated their own lemonade stands Saturday, declared Lemonade Day in McMinnville in what the chamber of commerce hopes will become an annual tradition. Chamber CEO Nathan Knottingham ...
Mac City Pastors mount downtown patrols
Hoping to help McMinnville cope with objectionable youth behavior downtown, a local church coalition has begun patrolling Third Street on Friday nights, which represent a particular problem time. Organized ...
Writing and getting paid for it
After completing this week’s Connections section feature on Mark “The Magician” Siegel, I reflected on the fact that this would be my final story as a full-time employee for Oregon Lithoprint ...
Local Thunder Road in BOB semifinals
Thunder Road, which has its origins in McMinnville, has advanced to the semi-finals in the highly competitive Battle of the Bands at Jubitz Truck Stop in Donald, located east of Champoeg at I-5. The five-piece ...
Plans for new park revealed
The McMinnville Parks and Recreation staff revealed designs for a new park in Northwest McMinnville at a community meeting last Thursday. The four-acre site, which is bisected by the Shadden Claim ...
Commissioners approve Wildwood music festival permit
The Yamhill County commissioners unanimously approved Thursday a permit for the Wildwood Music Festival, allowing it to accommodate 1,000 attendees, up from 500 under previous terms. The popular West ...
Plane pull fundraiser rescheduled for September
The Oregon Plane Pull, a Special Olympics fundraiser associated with the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, has been rescheduled. Originally slated for May 2, it will instead be held Sept. 19. Several ...
