Along the Street: Market holds grand opening in Carlton

The 7 Star Convenience Store held its grand opening in Carlton Friday, Jan. 23, with a bounce house, a wheel spin for prizes and other activities for the community. The market at 320 N. Yamhill St./Highway ...

Commentary

Every day, timely commentary becomes more difficult as new issues and events multiply at unprecedented rates. This week helps prove that point. Consider a few local meetings on Thursday — all past ...

Substance use continues to negatively impact individuals and families throughout the Yamhill County community.

A decade ago, a famous and successful investor told me that “integrity lowers the cost of capital.” We were talking about Donald Trump at the time, and this Wall Street wizard was explaining why then-candidate Trump had so much trouble borrowing money from domestic capital markets.

Archie Griffin is a former professional football running back and the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy (1974-1975). At 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 189 pounds, he wasn’t exceptionally big.

They can be seen on certain roadsides: small homemade structures big enough for perhaps two people to sit down and wait for a bus. Seen on Hillside Drive a few miles north of Newberg is an unusual example ...

Editorials

Public school enrollment has been declining for the last 10 years in McMinnville, punctuated by a precipitous plunge during the pandemic followed by a limited recovery in succeeding years that seems to ...

Palindrome’s $80.5 million proposal for redevelopment of Alpine Avenue’s former RB Rubber site stood out for one clear reason: It was the most audacious and ambitious of the eight submissions. ...

Celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare coined the oft-quoted phrase, “All’s well that ends well,” to serve as the name of a play he wrote and produced in 1623. And even then, ...

Yamhill County — where public park development has not been a high priority — has park projects drawing high public interest going into 2026. County leaders are planning to eliminate the expansive ...

Resolution and reverberation offer different ways to define 2025 in Yamhill County. As we look at Yamhill County’s year past and year ahead, local issues often either bookended or leapfrogged: many ...

Letters

The News-Register welcomes written opinions about issues of public interest and about the content of this newspaper. Letters from non-local writers are accepted only if they focus on local issues. This ...

Building bridges I was surprised to learn from the News-Register that at the last city council meeting, Councilor Chris Chenoweth criticized Unidos Bridging Community, saying “an organization that ...

Poor example I attended the city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to learn if the City was going to respond to recent ICE activity, and if so, what the response would consist of. It was clear there ...

Follow the money We are watching the biggest wealth transfer in history. Wealth that is moving from ordinary Americans to the richest people on Earth. Our middle class is the last repository of wealth ...

No moral compass I can understand how a person of Christian faith would be encouraged by this president’s remarks during the lighting of the national Christmas tree. Even though I am not affiliated ...

News & Features

City, MFD at odds over station staffing

McMinnville Fire Chief Reed Godfrey called it “unfortunate” that the city won’t allow temporary occupancy for crews to operate out of Station 15 on Highway 18. Speaking to the District’s ...

In Amity, hiccups in move to new water system

This month, Amity water users were informed of a boil notice and warned about increased copper levels and unstable chlorine measurements, as the city slowly transitions to the new water treatment plant. “We’re ...

Historian seeks support for city sesquicentennial celebration

McMinnville City Council will address the past, present and future Tuesday, when it meets to discuss the city’s upcoming 150th birthday, this year’s budget and long-range growth planning through ...

OSP releases details of fatal Jan. 15 crash

A Dayton man died in a three-vehicle crash Jan. 15 at the intersection of Highway 18 and Lafayette Highway, Oregon State Police reported last Thursday. Isaac Andres Cisneros, 32, a 2012 Dayton High School ...

Town hall topics range from shutdown to Social Security

Democrats had already signed off on half the 12 spending bills when U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, visited McMinnville last week, which led him to predict there will be no government shutdown at the ...

County commissioners to reconvene on trail, hear Newberg church appeal

The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to issue a ruling on the future of the Yamhelas Westsider trail Thursday and hold an appeal hearing over a request to open a church in rural Newberg. The ...

Chris Dudley says he will run for governor, growing GOP field

Chris Dudley, the ex-Portland Trail Blazer who came closer than any Republican in decades to winning an Oregon governor’s race, said Monday that he will run for the position once again, entering an increasingly crowded field for the upcoming May primary.

Photos: No guts, no glory

Burns Supper satisfies that hankering for haggis in a celebration honoring the Scottish poet

Mac man indicted on 18 counts child porn

Darrell Arlis King, 87, of McMinnville was indicted Jan. 14 on 18 counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse. The state alleges King digitally duplicated 18 photographs depicting pubescent ...

McMinnville man pleads guilty to sex crimes

Ivan Becerra Calderon, 24, of McMinnville faced 11 charges, including first-degree rape, unlawful sexual penetration, sodomy and sexual abuse involving two victims from 2016 to 2021. On Friday, Jan. 23, ...

Oregon’s crashing pot prices put drug treatment at risk

Since 2022, the state’s cannabis taxes have paid for free behavioral health and addiction treatment for more than 35,000 Oregonians all across the state, a first-of-its-kind program.

Along the Street: Market holds grand opening in Carlton

Sheridan looks to save the bees

The Sheridan City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to prohibit the use of chemicals harmful to pollinations at city parks, landscaping and rights of way. Last fall, councilors reevaluated ...

Love in a small town: ‘Almost, Maine’

Gallery Theater will present “Almost, Maine,” a play about a magical night in a small town, Jan. 30 to Feb. 15. Shows will start at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. An opening ...

Trail decision delayed another week

Yamhill County residents on both sides of the Yamhelas-Westsider trail debate must wait another week to learn if the project will be removed from future county plans. Following approximately two hours ...

Mac city council meetings will move to Wednesdays starting in March

McMinnville City Council plans to move its regular meetings to Wednesdays starting March 1. Interim City Manager Adam Garvin recommended the change last week as part of continuing operational changes. ...

YCSO deputy honored with Valor Award for going ‘above and beyond the call’

Yamhill County Sheriff Deputy Alex Grant was recognized last month for his actions in the line of duty when he responded alone to an active knifing at the Valley’s Edge RV Park outside Sheridan on ...

Middle-schoolers will look for answers in low gravity

A team of Patton Middle School students is one of 60 in the nation selected to build and send an experiment high into the upper atmosphere, where gravity, air pressure and temperature are lower. The “Space ...

Stopping by: Music brings joy, friendships

Mac High musicians eager to perform at fundraiser

Kotek eyes McMinnville project

Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has offered support and potential funding for McMinnville’s major projects through its Regional Solutions program. Program Coordinator Beth Wytoski, who lives in Dayton, ...

Sports

Tuning becomes first YC girls wrestler to 100 wins

Yamhill Carlton High School senior Addison Tuning (155) made Tiger history as the first girls wrestler to win 100 matches. Tuning realized she was only 30 matches away from hitting the milestone when ...

Mac Boys Basketball: Grizz fall 63-46 on road to Vikings

On Friday, McMinnville’s No. 38-ranked varsity boys basketball team (5-9, 0-3) was able to turn a developmental corner, but struggled to keep No. 37 Forest Grove (9-7, 3-1) away from the ...

Mac Girls Basketball: Bears battle past Vikings

The No. 25-ranked Grizzlies (6-8, 2-1) had to be scrappy on Friday, playing what Head Coach Sean Coste called one of their most physical games of the year on a road trip to No. 29 Forest Grove ...

3A/2A Girls Basketball: Tigers trample Cardinals, Warriors win 10 in a row

Jan. 22 Yamhill Carlton 53 Corbett 7 YC’s No. 15-ranked girls basketball team (13-5, 3-3) allowed the fewest points they have all season on Thursday to remain undefeated in the Tiger Dome. The ...

3A/2A Boys Basketball: Tigers move to second in Coastal Range

Jan. 22 Yamhill Carlton 60 Corbett 46 The No. 23-ranked Tigers (12-5, 5-1) held an advantage in every quarter against No. 38 Corbett (4-13, 3-2) on Thursday in the Tiger Dome. Bolstered by 24 points, ...

Swimmers improve form in victories over Glencoe

McMinnville High School’s varsity swimmers lit up Glencoe on Thursday, Jan. 22, during another successful day in the pool as Mac’s seniors were honored during the festivities. Despite treading ...

Linfield Cheer and Dance hosting Young Cats Club event at basketball

The Linfield Cheer and Dance teams are hosting a special Young Cats Club session on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in association with an upcoming Linfield basketball doubleheader versus Pacific University. The event ...

Ski & Ride to benefit cancer service nonprofits

Winter sports enthusiasts can spend two days on the mountain while helping two local nonprofits during the Ski & Ride events, March 7 and 8. “Our goal with Ski & Ride is to create an event ...

Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzlies click on all cylinders, Summers records double-double in win over Newberg

McMinnville High School’s gymnasium was rocking with frenetic energy on Tuesday night. It carried into the Grizzlies locker room, where Head Coach Sean Coste was met with a wave of euphoric cheers ...

Mac Boys Basketball: Tigers spoil Grizzlies' Mac Madness fun

The No. 37-ranked Grizzlies (5-8, 0-2) are in limbo after dropping their second Pacific Conference league game of the season. On Tuesday, while the McMinnville High School gymnasium was dressed up with ...

Mac club swimmers set club, individual records at Washington Open

With more than 1,000 swimmers packed into the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center like sardines, achieving goals could have seemed like a daunting task. The facility’s Olympic-sized swimming ...

Wildcat Roundup: Basketball teams change history in Tacoma; swimming returns from winter hiatus; Ensrud takes first in 197 at Evergreen Open

Womens Basketball Linfield’s womens basketball team (13-2,6-0) ended a 9-game slide against the University of Puget Sound (12-3, 5-1) on Friday, defeating the Loggers for the first time since Jan. ...

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