Mac approves school budget

McMinnville School Board approved the district’s budget for 2025-26 Monday night, following a brief hearing at which no one spoke. As recommended by the staff and budget committee, the budget ...

Citizens lament Mac budget decisions

Member of parks PAC relates proposed rec project to $49 million Redmond facility

Rite-Aid store closing

Rite Aid will close its entire McMinnville store at the end of June, in addition to closing its pharmacy Monday, June 16. Last week, the store manager said only the pharmacy would close at this ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Workers replace a leaking manhole at the intersection of Southeast Storey and Rummel streets in McMinnville on Wednesday as part of an ongoing city sewer project. A shoring box is used to protect workers in the ground as an excavator prepares to lift the manhole.

City engineer thanks residents for their patience during road work

Project along Cypress will have ‘very large impact on traffic’

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Owyn Bennett spins around in excitement as he leaves Buel Elementary School on his last day of first grade. With him are his mom, Kelsey, holding little brother Wali, and staff members blowing bubbles — from left, Koreena Petschauer, Laura Rivas, Kara Ecker and Emma Velazquez. Owyn said he’s excited about making art this summer and becoming a second-grader in the fall.

Joy bubbles up as school lets out for summer

Buel students, staff excited for break on last day of class

Council gets down to the Third Street improvement plan details

McMinnville City Council reviewed final recommendations for the current phase of the Third Street Improvement project Tuesday, discussing details of the nine-block plan, funding targets and lack of public ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##A 25-foot Verizon tower was recently completed on Northwest Westside Road near McMinnville. It was camouflaged to resemble a pine tree.

‘Monopine’ Verizon tower activated north of Mac

Construction of a cell tower on Westside Road outside of McMinnville is complete, and the tower was turned on last week, improving service for local Verizon customers. The 25-foot tower on private property ...

Board to interview interim superintendent finalists

McMinnville School Board selected several finalists on Monday to interview for the interim superintendent position. The finalists were chosen from a pool of “more than 20 highly qualified individuals” ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##New Aquatic Center Manager Josh Reusser aims to increase diversity among pool users and train more people in water safety.

New aquatic manager wants to increase engagement with more programs

New McMinnville Aquatics Manager Josh Reusser wants to bring people together through swimming and has plans for new programs to do just that. Originally from the Seattle area, Reusser has been working ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Luis Mendoza proudly displays his brand-new McMinnville High School diploma, which was just handed to him as he walked across the stage Friday night. He was among about 537 graduates honored during the commencement event.

‘We’ve seen you rise’: McMinnville High School celebrates its 115th class

Vivana V. Garibay, ASB president, was the first called to walk across the stage and receive her diploma during McMinnville High School’s commencement ceremonies Friday night. Teachers continued ...

Council to hold budget hearing, adopt housing strategy Tuesday

McMinnville City Council will take a step toward finalizing next fiscal year’s budget and vote on a housing strategy for the next eight years when it meets for a busy night Tuesday. Council will ...

Board mulls community input as superintendent search continues

There is a “robust amount” of applicants for the McMinnville school superintendent interim position, according to Acting Superintendent Steffanie Frost and the school board. Board members ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Karl Wolff of WORX Construction and Brian Wicks of Cascadia Landscaping carefully maneuver the tall section of a new public art sculpture at Second and Cowls streets onto a pin that will help it stay upright. Placing the 4,000-pound piece required several lifts, turns and fine adjustments.

Weight for it: 7,000-pound granite sculpture placed in downtown Mac

Brian Wicks and Karl Wolff steadied a 3,000-pound sculpted boulder as it swung from a power lift and settled onto a new concrete pad at Second and Cowls streets downtown Wednesday morning. The rounded ...

Mac City Council to consider final Third Street PAC recommendations

Nearly two years of work of the Third Street Improvement Project’s Phase D will be completed with a final presentation to McMinnville City Council Tuesday. The Urban Renewal Agency (which is comprised ...

Towery leaving McMinnville

McMinnville City Manager Jeff Towery is leaving his position for another job and will end his eight-year tenure in September, he announced in a letter to staff Monday. Towery said he had “mixed ...

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