City plans hard look at budget shortfall
McMinnville City Council has a busy night planned Tuesday, with a work session on pressing budget issues and a regular meeting highlighted by a long-term housing strategy discussion. Prior to ...
Students grow vegetables, and skills, in Duniway garden
The best thing about Duniway Middle School’s new gardening class is getting to plant vegetables, watch them grow and getting to eat them, eighth-grader Jayden Vargas said. He likes the classroom ...
‘Setting the table’ for Innovation Campus
McMinnville residents gave feedback on plans for a 200-acre employment and retail development on Highway 18 last weekend during a community forum hosted by the city. Plans for an Innovation Campus and ...
Solid Foundations tour raises funds for CASA
Court-Appointed Special Advocates Program is hosting a fundraiser called the Solid Foundations Tour to raise funds that will help children have a “solid foundation” in life. The event on Saturday, ...
Stopping By: Bard Influence
Mac’s state Shakespeare champion uses comic, musical talents to explore the new language of iambic pentameter
Board member’s school visits severely limited
McMinnville School Board member Larry Vollmer has been banned from visiting schools without a specific invitation. Superintendent Debbie Brockett sent an email Feb. 24 to Vollmer, a board member since ...
Cascade Steel parent firm sold to Japanese company
Radius Recycling of Portland, owner of McMinnville’s Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, has been sold to the Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) of Japan. Founded 119 years ago, Radius Recycling was long ...
City looks at future of county buildings
Editor's Note: An original headline for this story erroneously characterized the city's interest as "acquiring" buildings instead of the actual interests described in the story. The News-Register regrets ...
Mac council delays ARPA fund adjustments
McMinnville City Council opted to delay reallocations for federal funds to dig deeper into the numbers, but the decision paused work by consultants for the city’s Third Street Development project. As ...
Tensions linger between city and YCAP over construction of McMinnville navigation center
McMinnville’s AnyDoor Place navigation center is open nightly as a shelter for unhoused residents; however, lingering issues with contractor Fackler Construction have prevented some services from ...
McMinnville schools to start ’25-’26 year after Labor Day
Classes for the 2025-26 school year will begin Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, the McMinnville School Board decided Monday. The after-Labor Day start was the choice of about 76% of families and staff ...
McMinnville facing cuts of at least $3M
The city of McMinnville will need to identify at least $3 million in budget cuts for fiscal year 2025-26 to keep up with rising costs, City Manager Jeff Towery announced in a press release Monday. McMinnville ...
Residents call for action after dogs kill pets
McMinnville residents enraged over ongoing issues with “wolf hybrid” dogs demanded answers Tuesday from city leadership. As reported in the March 10 edition, the deaths of three pets followed ...
Students learn about welding and other fields in ‘Blue Collar’ tour
Students interested in the trades – welding, fabrication, mechanical work, construction, electrical installation, etc. – crowded into McMinnville High School’s Career Technical Center ...
Innovation Center open house scheduled Saturday
The city of McMinnville is hosting a community forum Saturday, March 15, to update the public on a planned retail center and Innovation Campus slated for Three Mile Lane. Last year, the city hired architectural ...
