Among her other activities on Saturday, Callie Camillo spent time reading “Ramona and Her Mother,” one of the books written by former Yamhill resident Beverly Cleary. It was a perfect way, ...
News & Features
Alpine agreement, proposed cuts highlight busy week for Mac council
It will be a busy week for the McMinnville City Council. On Tuesday, council (acting as the Urban Renewal Agency) will decide whether to enter into a development agreement with Palindrome Properties LLC ...
Warrant out for woman caught with large quantity of meth
A $10,000 warrant has been issued for a woman Mac Police said was caught with147 grams of methamphetamine, after she failed to appear for an arraignment at the Yamhill County Circuit Court on Thursday. Frankie ...
Third Street project cost estimates in $30M range
Cost estimates for the planned nine-block renovation of Third Street increased by $7 million from this time last year. The most recent projections place the project between $28.5 and $31 million to complete. The ...
Board requests transit data to implement fares
Fares will return to Yamhill County Transit, but not before more research is completed on potential city and partnership contributions. The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners agreed Thursday to delay ...
Celebrating Beverly: Yamhill festival draws fans of children’s author
Among her other activities on Saturday, Callie Camillo spent time reading “Ramona and Her Mother,” one of the books written by former Yamhill resident Beverly Cleary. It was a perfect way, ...
PAC seeks Mac council commitment on rec bond
A group of McMinnville residents will ask the city council on Tuesday to commit to working toward placing a bond measure for a new recreation center on the November ballot. The Culture, Parks and Recreation ...
Along The Street: Hillside celebrates opening of seven new residences
Hillside celebrates opening of seven new residences Hillside Retirement Community, the first senior community operated by HumanGood in Oregon, celebrated the opening of seven new single-family cottages ...
Book looks at Gopher Valley
A new history of Gopher Valley near Sheridan will be released Wednesday, May 15. “When Gophers Flew, Tales and Memories of Gopher Valley, Oregon” was written by Cliff Sanderlin, a Sheridan ...
Habitat lends Amity homeowners a hand
McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity organized a “block blitz” in Amity on Wednesday, focusing on landscape revitalization in one neighborhood. Habitat initiated the “block blitz” ...
Willamina to hold wastewater hearing
Willamina City Council will hold a public hearing at its 6 p.m. Tuesday meeting to adopt the 2025 Wastewater Facilities Planning Study to the city’s comprehensive plan. The purpose of the study ...
Lafayette to hold hearing for permit fees increase
The Lafayette City Council will hold a public hearing for a proposed 3.5% increase in permit fees when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the community center, 133 Adams St. Lafayette will be using ...
Linfield offers arts event Friday
Linfield University students will host an “Arts Crawl” from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday near the Linfield Gallery on the south end of campus. The area can be accessed from Keck Drive, which connects ...
UFO Fest invades McMinnville May 16-18
McMinnville will be filled with thousands of visitors Saturday, May 17, for the parade and other activities associated with the 25th annual UFO Festival. McMenamins Hotel Oregon launched the festival ...
Court Records: May 13, 2025
CIVIL FILINGS Nasa Federal Credit Union vs. Amie Davenport, Lafayette: Granted $23,954.80 judgment. Discover Bank vs. Orlando Sanchez, Carlton: Granted $13,285.77 judgment. Synchrony Bank vs. Christi ...
Arrests & Citations: May 12, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Cheyenne Hess, 56, Newberg, May 5, Clackamas County hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. Thessaly Marie Schell, 42, Lafayette, May 5, animal ...
Maintenance shop burns, equipment destroyed at The Nines golf course
A Wednesday evening fire ravaged the maintenance shop at The Preserve (formally The Bayou), destroying all the golf course’s mowers, equipment and tools used to maintain The Nines in the process. “It’s ...
Longtime McMinnville City Manager Kent Taylor dies
Longtime McMinnville city manager Kent Taylor died Friday, May 2, in his home. He was 75.
Defendants all plead guilty in Newberg hotel armed robbery
The trial for John Kyle Donnahoo, 30, of McMinnville, scheduled to begin Thursday, was canceled after a plea deal was negotiated. On Dec. 19, 2024, Donnahoo and three others were arrested after a man ...
Mac school budget proposal manages shortfall without cutting teachers
McMinnville schools, like those across the state and nation, will be short of funding to retain current services next year, district officials told the budget committee Wednesday. But they said they are ...
Sports
‘Cats crush NWC competition
Domination. That’s the word that comes to mind after Linfield University’s Wildcat softball team (38-5) pounded out a trio of wins over the weekend in the Northwest Conference tournament, ...
Mac athletes wrap up regular season
McMinnville track and field hosted a four-team conference meet Thursday that provided some possibly previews to the Pacific Conference Districts meet next week, May 21 and 23, at George Fox University. In ...
Amity falls to Tigers in first of two-game series
Amity Baseball (2-14, 2-11) fell 16-3 to the Yamhill Carlton Tigers (12-10, 8-7) on Friday in league play and will face the Tigers again on Monday. The Tigers jumped to a 4-0 in the first. Warrior Paden ...
Mac baseball sweeps Liberty with league title in sight
The McMinnville varsity baseball team (15-6) completed their second straight series sweep on Friday with a 7-1 team victory at home over the Liberty Falcons (5-18). Mac’s win pushed them up to No. ...
Licking wounds, Grizzlies swept by Glencoe
A lack of energy and consistency was the downfall of the McMinnville varsity softball team (15-7) on Friday as they lost their second game in a row to 6A OSAA ranked No. 8 Glencoe (16-6) by a score of ...
McMinnville softball team’s confidence high after challenging back-to-back
Domination and fatigue characterized back-to-back contests for the McMinnville varsity softball (15-6) team this week as the Grizzlies split two games against league opponents on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...
YC flag football qualifies for playoffs
The Yamhill Carlton flag football team has qualified for the 16-team state-wide playoffs, claiming second in league with a 9-5, 7-2 record. On Wednesday, the Tigers downed the 5A Hillsboro Spartans in ...
Findley takes conference girls golf crown
Mabel Findley secured the Pacific Conference individual title Monday with a 77 at Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge. Findley needed a good round as her nearest competitor, Forest Grove’s Trinity Johnson, ...
3A softball roundup: Pirates hand Loggers first loss of season
Preparation triumphed over dominance on Monday as the OSAA 3A ranked No. 2 Dayton varsity softball team (18-2) handed No. 1 Scio (18-1) their first loss of the season in a tightly contested 3-1 victory ...
Grizzly bats get hot in wins over Falcons
The OSAA ranked No. 12 McMinnville varsity baseball team (14-6) took the first two games of a three-game series against No. 39 Liberty (5-15) with ease this week, scoring 28 runs and allowing five hits ...
YC rebounds, Dayton dominates in 3A play
Friday marked a Yamhill County softball eclipse as Yamhill-Carlton (11-7) shut out Willamina (14-4) 9-0 at home and Dayton (16-2) dismantled Sheridan (1-13) on the road 29-0. The Tigers were able to stop ...
School records tumble as Mac track and field nears districts
With a final competition Thursday before next week’s Pacific Conference Districts meet (May 16), the McMinnville track and field athletes continue to improve their times and marks with sights set ...
Aggressive Grizzlies blowout Tigers in Stephens’ standout performance
An aggravated McMinnville varsity softball team (14-5) blew the doors off Newberg (5-10) on Friday, run-ruling the Tigers 18-3 in four innings while improving to 4-2 in league play. The Grizzlies were ...
Grizzlies sweep Vikings in preparation for final stretch
The McMinnville Varsity baseball team (12-6) pulled off its first inter-conference series sweep of the season on Friday, defeating Forest Grove (9-10) 5-4 in a back-and-forth contest. The win marked the ...
Brewer claims All-American honors, Oregon wrestling triple crown
Willamina senior Zoe Brewer added to her Bulldog wrestling legacy this month by winning a national tournament and completed a “triple crown” as the state level On April 5, Brewer topped the ...
Mac girls golf swings a trip to state championship
At their first meeting of the season, McMinnville girls golf coach Ben Heuberger told his players they would be taking the whole team to state this year. “All of us kind of looked at each other ...
Panthers look to playoff rematch against Summit
Senior fullback Dakota King, of Yamhill Carlton High School, was sole scorer for the Valley Panthers, who fell to 36-5 to Summit on Saturday, April 26, at Duniway Middle School field. The Panthers ...
YC boys volleyball sees exceptional improvement
The Yamhill-Carlton boys volleyball team has improved immensely in a short span of time. The first-year team banded together in March with many never playing the sport before. The team started ...
Pirates topple Tigers in nail-biter
Twenty miles separate the high schools of Dayton and Yamhill-Carlton and on Wednesday one run separated the Dayton varsity softball team (15-2) from Yamhill-Carlton (10-7) as the schools battled for the ...
Mac baseball takes first two games in series over Forest Grove
The McMinnville varsity baseball team (11-6) scored 19 runs while allowing none through the first two of three games against Forest Grove (9-9) on Monday and Wednesday. On Monday the Grizzlies overwhelmed ...
