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 ...

City engineer thanks residents for their patience during road work
Project along Cypress will have ‘very large impact on traffic’

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 ...

‘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” ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...