Whether they were volunteers or diners, everyone at the Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas Wednesday night was thankful. Thankful for the feast of turkey, ham and all the trimmings, including Blue Raeven pies. Thankful ...
News & Features
Neighbors air concerns over proposed apartments in NE McMinnville
“I am answering the questions, you just don’t like the answers,” land use consultant Doug Rucks said to a disgruntled crowd at a community meeting over a proposed apartment complex in ...
Photo Gallary: Holiday hoopla at Santa Parade
Thousands joined together in downtown McMinnville to kick off the holiday season.
Stopping By: A house of whimsy, memories
A Santa face — button nose, crinkly eyes, fluffy beard — smiles at visitors from a mirror in Donna Parkinson’s entranceway. The simple but cheery paper face was created by one ...
Fire detroys Dayton family home
Flames were 20 to 30 above the garage of a single-story residence in Dayton when firefighters reached the scene Monday morning, according to Dayton Fire Chief Scott Law. An emergency call was made at ...
County commissioners to continue Chemeketa childcare consideration
After two weeks of no formal meetings, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners returns Thursday with a busy agenda of contracts, grants and appointments. The board will continue a discussion on funding ...
Thankful for food, friends and a way to serve others
Whether they were volunteers or diners, everyone at the Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas Wednesday night was thankful. Thankful for the feast of turkey, ham and all the trimmings, including Blue Raeven pies. Thankful ...
Alea owners create pastries, breads and more to ‘nourish the community’
Freshly baked bread and crisp, flaky pastries scent the Mac Market building, where Alea Bakery attracts customers six days a week. Some come for a breakfast sandwich on a house-made English muffin, or ...
City determining how to rebuild historic wall
A historic wall on the edge of McMinnville’s City Park will be repaired following a traffic accident that destroyed a portion of it earlier this month. The approximately 24-foot-long brick wall ...
Rink gets new home at Evergreen
Whatever the weather, McMinnville area residents can go ice skating during the holidays. The Glide and Gather skating rink will open Friday, Nov. 28, under the tail of the Spruce Goose in the Evergreen ...
Along the Street: What's Going Up - Permit filed for Rite Aid building
-- A developer took out a building permit for a “natural grocers” in the former Rite Aid building at 448 N.E. Highway 99W, at 99W and Evans streets. The tenant improvement project on the 17,185-square-foot ...
Bus route to Eugene opens with free service
Local residents can catch a free ride to Corvallis or Eugene, at least during the next six months of a pilot program. The new line, called 99 Vine, is a joint project of Yamhill and Benton counties using ...
Sudden loss of a buddy
Joe Loiselle never hesitated to help anyone who needed assistance, said friends left devastated by his death at age 41 on Nov. 19. “He would drop anything to help,” said Gary Huggins, who took ...
ICE arrests Mac High senior; protests follow
McMinnville High School students organized a walk-out and protest in response to one of their own being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday, Nov. 21.
Mac Fire District to use $3M on Hwy. 18 station
The McMinnville Fire District plans to use $3 million in state funding for upgrades to its Station 15 on Highway 18, rather than building a new station in the northern part of the district. The district ...
All business: Students learn real-world skills with unique simulation game
Business was running smoothly at ULA SUP, a company that makes stand-up paddleboards. The Yew management team was working on keeping employees, ensuring supply chains were open and increasing production, ...
A Family Place dedicates new playground
Adults of various ages climbed onto the boulders, walked across a series of tree-trunk stepping stones and even slipped down the slide at A Family Place’s new playground at the relief nursery’s ...
Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: Nov. 26, 2026
10 years ago -- In one sense, Presiding Judge John Collins predates the state’s 25th Judicial District, which includes the Yamhill County Circuit Court. Collins took the bench in 1992, when ...
Mac PD shaves off for Juliette’s House
Residents can help decide which facial hair McMinnville Police officers will sport in December if they donate to Juliette’s House this month at participating locations. “We are really hoping ...
McMinnville School Board to discuss superintendent position
McMinnville School Board members will discuss the superintendent position when they meet in a special work session Tuesday, Dec. 2. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the district office, 800 N.E. ...
Quirk of the Week: Fun-sway, you could say, and the quirk of cork
With six weeks left in 2025, we are rounding out the second year of this column. As promised, a Thanksgiving smorgasbord of local Quirk awaits below. First, it feels like a good time for a sort of orientation: ...
Sports
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Future is now for rejuvenated rosters following exodus of senior talent
The 3A PacWest conference will look different for the 2025-26 boys basketball season. Local program Sheridan has moved down to the 2A Tri-River Conference, while Salem Academy (last season’s Tri-River ...
Willamina basketball 'trusting the process' with new girls head coach Halle Wright
Willamina’s girls varsity basketball team will have a new look this season as a former 4A standout from Cascade High School takes over as the Bulldogs’ head coach. Halle Wright, a four-time ...
Hoping for Moore than average: Longtime girls basketball coach wants to rekindle success for Dayton
Nearly two decades after leading the Amity Warriors’ girls basketball team to a record of 82-23 over four years, longtime head coach Bruce Moore is back in the driver’s seat, but this time ...
Grizzlies look to rebuild defensive identity with largest senior class in decade
The McMinnville boys varsity basketball team’s biggest senior contingent since 2015 is expected to provide much-needed experience to the court for the upcoming season. Under second-year Head Coach ...
NWC All-Conference teams named for soccer
Linfield’s men’s and women’s soccer teams combined for eight all-conference awards as the women ended the season third in the Northwest Conference standings and the men placed eighth. The ...
Linfield takes most NWC football All-Conference first-team honors
Linfield’s football team extended it’s NCAA all-division leading record of winning seasons to 69 in 2025 while going 7-2 overall and 6-1 in Northwest Conference play. The team’s NWC run, ...
Wildcat Roundup: Swimming wraps fall with 11 career-bests; men’s wrestling makes history; women’s basketball the bigger team in Texas
Linfield men’s and women’s swimming wrapped up the Fall season on Sunday, Nov. 23, competing in the La Verne Winter Invitational at East Los Angeles College. The three-day event saw 11 Wildcats ...
Grizzlies compete at 2025 NXR Regional Championships
Boys and girls from McMinnville High School’s cross country program made the trek to Spokane last weekend to compete at the Nike Cross Country Northwest Regional Championships held at the Spokane ...
Jose "El Toro" Garcia improves to 5-0 with a unanimous decision in Salem
McMinnville native and super middleweight boxer Jose “El Toro” Garcia dueled Luis Iniguez in a five-round bout on Saturday, Nov. 1. Garcia entered with an unblemished record to start his young ...
Going above and beyond: Randy and Autumn Hayes awarded USATF Coach of the Year honors for excellence in Amity
Standing among one of his greatest achievements, Randy Hayes delightfully showed off an upgraded hammer ring at Amity High School as the sun set on an abbreviated autumn evening. The grounds that house ...
Mac Soccer: Grizzlies combine for 19 All-League honors, Adam Howard and Isai Cuevas-George repeat with respective Coach and Player of the Year honors
Wortman Stadium was raucous this season for Grizzly soccer. Both of McMinnville’s varsity squads made the playoffs and impressed on the pitch, catching the attention of opposing players and coaches ...
3A/2A Football: District champion Dayton leads list of All-League recipients
The No. 4-ranked Dayton Pirates were unstoppable in the regular season this fall, going 9-0 overall and 7-0 in league play, before falling to No. 13 Douglas in the first round of the 3A State Championship ...
Valley Panthers learn lessons at rugby 7s tournament in Idaho; former players hit the turf for WOU and Gonzaga
As rugby continues gaining traction in Oregon and across the United States, local coach Christine Bader is hard at work to ensure no momentum is lost during the brief winter hiatus. Picking up where the ...
Wildcat Roundup: Women's basketball starts with dominant win; swimming, wrestling battle in weekend dual meets
Linfield’s women’s basketball team (1-0) started its season on Saturday, Nov. 15, with an 81-63 victory over the NAIA Northwest University Eagles at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Junior guard Allie ...
Opinion: Linfield snubbed by selection committee
If I am Linfield head football coach Joseph Smith and the Wildcat football team, I would be angrier than Jonah was at God for the injustice the Division III selection committee did to the ’Cats. Left ...
No. 1 Cascade, No. 4 Scappoose face off in 4A football semifinal at Wortman Stadium
Wortman Stadium will be host to a battle of top-ranked 4A football squads on Saturday, Nov. 22. No. 1-seeded Cascade (11-0) will face off against No. 4-seeded Scappoose (10-1) at 2 p.m. at the usual home ...
Team of destiny: Warriors praise Amity fandom after winning second championship of 2025
Not since the years 1999 and 2000 have two Amity High School athletic programs won state championships in the same calendar year. In the realm of varsity sports, the feat is not uncommon, but never unadmirable. When ...
Amity girls soccer earns first State Championship title in penalty shootout over Valley Catholic
A result was earned, as much as it was deserved, by the 2025 Amity Warriors girls soccer team on Saturday at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Since 2022, the team has been a force to be reckoned with ...
Wildcats end year with 65-19 victory over Willamette
The Linfield Wildcat offense, which earlier in the season seemed like verses without rhythm, showed Willamette University they are full-fledged Walt Whitman epic elegy, pounding the Bearcats for a 65-19 ...
Wildcat Roundup: Four to be inducted into Hall of Fame; swimming, wrestling, men's basketball begin seasons
Prior to Linfield football’s final game of the 2025 regular season, three record-setting athletes and a one-of-a-kind contributor will be inducted into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame. They comprise ...
