Gallery Theater will bring 1950s high school life to the stage with “Grease” starting Friday, Sept. 6. The musical, featuring a cast of mostly teenagers, will play at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and ...
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'Grease' is the word at Gallery
Gallery Theater will bring 1950s high school life to the stage with “Grease” starting Friday, Sept. 6. The musical, featuring a cast of mostly teenagers, will play at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and ...
After-school program discontinued at two McMinnville elementary schools
After-school care provider Camp Fire Columbia abruptly closed operations at two McMinnville elementary schools this week and told district and city leaders the program needs an additional $42,000 to staff ...
Flying home: Oregon native describes the details that go into the International Air Show
The Oregon International Air Show soars into town this weekend and the event will be a homecoming for one member of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds team. Technical Sgt. Chad Gordon was born and ...
More schools open after Labor Day
Students in several Yamhill County school districts will see new programs, and in one case nearly completed new facilities, when they return to classes Tuesday, Sept. 3. Amity, Dayton, Sheridan and Yamhill ...
Stopping By: Here’s to hue
Gardens around the world inspire the colorful instincts of McMinnville’s Nancy Schick
Ruben Bernt, who stole from dozens of clients, remained elusive right up to trial date
Adele Wiejaczka of Winter Park, Colorado, still believes Ruben Bernt intended to build her custom flat-bad mini trailer. “I think he truly believes he was going to build these campers and spoke ...
Juliette’s House celebrates completion of new addition
Juliette’s House on Friday celebrated the opening of its new addition, which increased the size of its child abuse intervention center by more than one-third. The 2,200-square-foot, two-story addition ...
Barrel Roll: Xicha expands and celebrates
Xicha Brewery holds its seventh annual Xicha Fest Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7 at Xicha Norte, 2195 Hyacinth Street N.E., Salem. Xicha was founded in 2017 by Richardo Antunez, who owns McMinnville’s ...
'24 Hours: 2 to 3 a.m. at Muchas Gracias
At a ‘chill’ 24-hour appetite oasis, DoorDashers, partyers and night owls
McMinnvile man charged in bike accident
A fatal collision on Wallace Road last year that was initially ruled an accident may now see a McMinnville man stand trial for negligent homicide. On June 10, 2023, Robert Weeks, 47, of McMinnville was ...
Arrests & Citations: Aug. 30, 2024
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Dennis Daniel Russell Jr., 35, McMinnville, Aug. 26, failure to appear; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Michelle Suzanne Spittles, Willamina, 34, ...
Cook given 90 days, probation for shots fired
Anthony Scott Cook was granted leniency this week from the court with a mostly probationary sentence that avoids any time in prison, so long as he follows the rules going forward. Cook pleaded guilty ...
RV dealer Ruben Bernt gets 20-year sentence for thefts
Former Mac RV Sales owner Ruben Bernt spent a year or two scamming customers — most of them elderly. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 20 years with the Department of Corrections. After hearing statements ...
Post-verdict comment brought into question
The sentencing of Ruben Bernt Tuesday morning was delayed about 40 minutes while the defense, prosecutors and Judge Jennifer Chapman met in chambers. [See Also: RV dealer Ruben Bernt gets 20-year sentence ...
Land-use groups file objections to planning analyses
Appeals of state-mandated planning analyses could impact deadlines for the city of McMinnville as it continues work to determine if another Urban Growth Boundary expansion is needed. The city has a sequential ...
Council discusses municipal court, preliminary plans for bond measure
In an annual update to the McMinnville City Council on Tuesday, Municipal Court Judge Arnold Poole said the court remains busy but conditions are improving with the help of local agencies. The municipal ...
Yamhill Fire board postpones meeting
Yamhill Fire District board of directors met Tuesday as scheduled — for three minutes. About 50 people attended the meeting at the fire hall, moved to the ground-floor vehicle bays, but the district ...
S. Yamhill will turn red, briefly, on Thursday
A section of the South Yamhill River will be dyed red Thursday as part of a city of McMinnville project. Public Works Director Geoff Hunsaker said the dye isn’t harmful and the project is part of ...
McMinnville School Board interviews three applicants
McMinnville School Board’s six remaining members interviewed three applicants Monday night for the open seat vacated by the resignation of Carson Benner. Benner, who was re-elected in 2021, resigned ...
Air show back in Mac this weekend
The Oregon International Air Show at McMinnville is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday, Aug. 30 through Sept. 2, at the McMinnville Municipal Airport The Thunderbirds will perform six-plane ...
Sports
Orndorff II relishes first demo derby
The demolition derby has come and gone and there’s a convert to the activity. Jason Orndorff II of Oregon City went into the derby for the first time with the help of his uncle Jeff McKinney ...
Amity's Jaxson Howard earns All-American status at Nationals
Amity’s strong throwing showings continued into the summer. Amity’s Jaxson Howard and Kiyan Vrell competed in College Station, Texas at Texas A&M at the USATF National Junior Olympic ...
Yamhill County football landscapes change
There will be several changes to the leagues of Yamhill County’s football programs this season. At 6A, McMinnville finds itself in a smaller Pacific Conference. Glencoe football will join ...
Memory Lane Sports 08/09/24
10 years ago First through eighth-grade boys and girls are invited to attend a special clinic entitled “Linfield Football: The Next Generation,” Sunday, Aug. 24 at Maxwell Field. Participants ...
Mac JBO wins state title
For the first time in 20 years, McMinnville JBO Junior Federal brought home a state championship. The baseball team, made up of fifth and sixth graders, won the state championship on Sunday, July ...
Willamina’s new boys basketball coach seeks to build culture
Willamina’s new boys basketball coach is returning home, sort of. Joey Chapman will take the reins on the Bulldogs boys basketball program from the briefly retired Cliff Toney, who has taken ...
New Dayton AD Baumholtz embraces busy summer
On July 1, Dayton High School got a new athletic director, but it was a familiar face. Dayton softball coach and teacher at the high school Frank Baumholtz stepped in for Jeff Taylor, who took ...
Yamhill Carlton trap shooting team earns national champions
Yamhill Carlton’s trap shooting team brought back its second title of the year. The Tigers won the state championship earlier this year, and on July 14 they claimed the national championship ...
Mac camp emphasizes wrestling technique, life skills
The sport of wrestling continues to be on the rise for McMinnville. The Mac Mat Club held a summer camp from July 15-17 with morning and afternoon sessions with roughly 70 campers in attendance. While ...
Sports Memory Lane 07/19/24
10 years ago Amity Middle School rising seventh grader Benjamin Hayes and McMinnville High School graduate Tim Tatton have spent all summer preparing themselves for the biggest stages in youth track and ...
Marlee Terbush assumes the reins of Willamina
When Marlee Terbush learned last year that longtime girls basketball coach Tom Anderson was retiring, she made her pitch to Athletic Director Jerry Buczynski. “I told him that I was very interested, ...
OSAA Cup results: Mac finishes 21st in 6A standings
By TANNER RUSS Of the News-Register On July 9, the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) released its final standings for the 2023-2024 OSAA Cup, and a handful of Yamhill County teams finished ...
Sports Memory Lane 07/26/24
10 years ago McMinnville High School graduate Tim Tatton can add one more accomplishment to his lengthy throwing resume. National champion. Tatton, representing McMinnville Track Club, won the men’s ...
Sheridan track coach and former Olympian David Johnson offers perspective on Paris Games
The 2024 Paris Olympic games are underway. Thousands of athletes from hundreds of different nations have made their way to the north of France to represent their countries in the quest for Olympic ...
Local tennis association aims to grow game in Mac
Necessity might be the mother of invention, but other children include community organization. When the McMinnville Parks and Rec discontinued its tennis lesson program, Lisa Macy-Baker knew that ...
Wes Gabrielsen returns from Australia with medals, friends
Former McMinnville and Linfield tennis coach and pickleball Hall of Famer Wes Gabrielsen has returned from southern hemisphere excursion. In Oceania, Gabrielsen played for Major League Pickleball ...
Sports Memory Lane 06/28/24
10 years ago -Two races will take place Saturday along the trails around Miller Woods: a 1-mile kids’ race, and a 4-mile all-comers race. The event is cast as a fundraiser for Miller Woods and the ...
Bobby Walker takes over as Amity football boss
There will be a new face at the helm of Amity football in the autumn of 2024. Bobby Walker replaces outgoing coach Baltazar Campuzano after serving as an assistant coach the previous two years. ...
Valley Panthers strong spring finish to season bodes well for fall season
The Valley Panthers girls rugby club had a strong finish to their season, beating Canby 49-12 on May 18 at Western Oregon University to finish third in the state. Waverly Phillips scored the Panthers’ ...
Timbers to host community event in Newberg
The Portland Timbers will host the community event “Rose City Road Trip’ presented by Providence in Newberg, on Aug. 2. Rose City Road Trip returns for its 10th annual edition and will include ...
