Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Arlette Vilorio rushes past the St. Helens defense in the season opener. Vilorio had 14 rushes for 86 yards and scored one touchdown in two games against St. Helens and South Salem.

Tigers flag football team downs McNary for first win of second season

Yamhill-Carlton flag football (1-2) toppled McNary 34-8 for their first season win on Wednesday. Senior quarterback Emma Rodriguez passed for 97 passing yards and two touchdowns. She added 44 rushing ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Left to right, seniors Quintin McAvoy and Trey Jordahl and freshmen Ethan Harris jump in tandem to defend against a Western Christian spike during Yamhill-Carlton’s home match on Wednesday, April 2. McAvoy convinced the school to launch a boys volleyball team. The sport is in its second year as an OSAA “emerging activity.”

Tenacious senior recruits a volleyball squad at Y-C

Quintin McAvoy, a senior at Y-C, has pestered the school and Athletic Director Bradley Post since his freshman year with, “When are we getting a boys volleyball team.” “I always grew ...

Seattle men charged with damage to Carlton ATM

Two Seattle men were arrested Saturday for allegedly breaking into the First Federal Bank ATM on W. Madison Street in Carlton. Kevin Deschamp Lopez-Ortega, 30, and Javier Alexi Rosales Lopez, 31, are ...

NDPD and Carlton announce distracted driving patrols

The Newberg-Dundee and Carlton police departments are observing Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April with enhanced patrols to target distracted driving, especially cell phone use, in pedestrian ...

County board approves reallocations for Chemeketa pilot program

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved changes to a grant agreement with Chemeketa Community College. The board unanimously approved changes in funding distribution for the pilot ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Jim Larson of the National Association of School Resource Officers leads officers from numerous Oregon law enforcement agencies through a basic SRO course last week. Carlton police hosted the five-day course.

Local officers learn school resource skills

Law enforcement officers from 15 agencies spent a week in Carlton training to work with students in a course offered by the National Association of School Resource Officers. “If we’re trying ...

Schools, fire board candidates file for May 20 election

Several contested races are shaping up in the May 20 election for school and fire board positions around Yamhill County. Voters also will decide on two bond measures, one for $6 million for Sheridan School ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Library volunteers Diana White, left, and Bill Lucas review paperwork as White signs up for her library card.

In Yamhill, new community library is Cleary a favorite

Children’s author Beverly Cleary and her mom would have been proud to see Yamhill residents checking out the town’s new community library during an open house preview Saturday. Cleary was ...

Yamhill library offers open house

An open house to preview the new community library will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in the Methodist Church, 195 S. Laurel St. in Yamhill. Library organizers will be on hand to talk ...

19-win season sets new standard for YC girls basketball

The Yamhill-Carlton girls couldn’t generate enough offense to earn a trip to Coos Bay. The Tigers lost Feb. 28 on the road at Coquille in the second round of the playoffs, 48-26. But after the game, ...

News-Register file photo##Carlton Corners owner Mike Larson shares a laugh with customers in this 2024 photo. “The people who come in ... they’re like friends,” he said. Larson died Sunday at age 70.

Owner of popular Carlton Corners restaurant dies

Gregarious Mike Larson, who owned Carlton Corners and founded the Larson House restaurant in Yamhill with his daughter, Heidi, died Sunday, March 2. He was 70. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, ...

YC heads to Coquille in second round of 3A playoffs

The Yamhill-Carlton girls basketball team had hoped its league playoff win over Corbett last week would result in a home game in the state playoffs. But the cards didn’t fall their way. The Tigers ...

Special district candidates can file

Members of area fire boards and the Chehalem Park & Recreation District will be elected in the May 20 election, along with school board members Candidates have until March 20 to file with the Yamhill ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Brad Root of Wilsonville dances to “Shake it Off” with his daughter, Leighton, 13. She was 7 the first year they came to the Father-Daughter Ball. They’ve loved attending the annual event together ever since.

In a Carlton tradition, daughters dance with their dads and heroes

Midway through the annual Father-Daughter Ball in Carlton Saturday night, the female participants took a moment to formally thank their escorts. Together, they shouted, “Dad, you’re ...

School board filing deadline March 20

Candidates for local school boards have until March 20 to file for the May 20 election. For any of the seven school districts in the county, candidates must file at the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office ...

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