Party and revelation: Gallery to put on 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'

George and Martha host an intimate get-together with a younger couple following a faculty party. The couple, a college professor and his wife, the daughter of the school’s president, seem like gracious ...

Commentary

Time for an autumn grab bag. Quirk this week includes a bit of new, a revisit or two and something seen in the rear-view … also, something obvious. Since it’s October and that means basketball ...

By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR Jesus told his followers: “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except ...

It is a running joke in our house that while I’m great at protecting national security, I’m not exactly a vault when it comes to keeping family secrets.

I gave public comment at the Sept. 25 meeting of the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners. I was prompted by the outright dismissive bullying and condescension that I witnessed from Commissioners Mary Starrett and Kit Johnston toward Commissioner Bubba King, both after Marvin Bernards’ public comment and on multiple occasions prior.

A federal government shutdown this week comes complete with public confusion, heated rhetoric, misleading claims, maximum partisanship, political demonization and all the related anxieties. Heading into ...

Editorials

Until Sept. 29, Oregon hadn’t enacted a major new transportation funding package since 2017. In the world of politics and public policy, that’s a veritable eon ago. Over the course of the ...

Big box shock? Pardon us, but we don’t find it shocking at all that national chain discounters, operating on a high-volume, low-margin basis, would be looking for McMinnville Landing building spaces ...

This isn’t your father’s Oregon anymore. And that isn’t a good thing, not by any stretch. During the last 25 years of the 20th century, plentiful stores of land and energy, a superior ...

Sometimes it seems as though we’ve tumbled down Alice’s Wonderland rabbit hole and joined her at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, where nothing is as it seems. At least it has in the eight ...

Late last month, one of North America’s largest treated-wood producers pleaded guilty in Yamhill County Circuit Court to 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful water pollution, based on a legacy of toxic ...

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 ...

Destroying democracy Thank you, Mayor Kim Morris, for putting a stop to the intellectual lynching of Sal Peralta. But sadly, this is not over. It didn’t take long for Season 2 of the Trump Show. ...

Just keeping pace I am not a landlord, but found it amusing reading the article about how rent prices have risen 54% from 2014 to 2024. The article stated the median apartment rent in 2014 was $847, ...

Parks for all Thank you for your July 25 editorial, “County takes first step in making parks a priority.” The Yamhill County Parks Advisory Board deeply appreciates your recognition of how ...

Oregon, not Ohio Thank you for highlighting in your Sept. 3 edition the quirk found in Dayton. When one sees these things every day, they can be taken for granted. Regarding the sign: When you Google ...

News & Features

PAC to host town hall on rec bond

The community Political Action Committee supporting a $98.5 million bond measure to build a new rec center and update city facilities will hold a town hall forum on the measure at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6. The ...

Law enforcement agencies use technology and tips to track down online sexual predators

There are many common threads among online child predators. “A suspect will most likely connect with a child who appears to be unconcerned about their safety,” said McMinnville Police Department ...

County moves to eliminate trail from transportation projects list

A late agenda addition concerning the future of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail drew backlash from residents at Thursday’s Yamhill County Board of Commissioners hearing. The board voted 2-1 (with Commissioner ...

Prairie restoration program shuttered after failed contract negotiations

Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District’s oak and prairie restoration program has been shelved after its board recently declined an agreement with the federal government on a $6.6 million ...

LoveLikeMikalynn plans sunrise event

Thursday, Oct. 9, will be the first Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day, established this year through House Bill 3643 that was sponsored by State Rep. Lucetta Elmer sponsored and unanimously approved in ...

Volunteers, supporters celebrate Dayton Food Pantry

Many people will benefit from Dayton Food Pantry’s new building, which includes the nonprofit’s free clothing program, board members said Saturday, Sept. 27, at a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ...

Lucetta Elmer elected to lead House Republican Caucus

Oregon Republican caucuses in both the House and Senate will be led by Yamhill County representatives in the upcoming session. Rep. Lucetta Elmer of McMinnville was elected Wednesday evening to lead the ...

Pink Toast kicks off month of breast cancer awareness events

Several dozen supporters of the With Courage organization raised glasses of rose wine Wednesday evening to celebrate the start of Breast Cancer Awareness month. With Courage helps people with breast cancer ...

Mac fire to be reimbursed $144k for Palisades wildfire assistance

The McMinnville Fire District will receive approximately $144,000 in reimbursement for its assistance with the Palisades wildfires earlier this year, Chief Reed Godfrey reported at Thursday’s board ...

Stopping by: Reuse, recycled, create

Recology artist-in-residence turns scraps into works of art; ready for Art Harvest Studio Tour showing

Quirk of the Week: Nailing down a grab bag of oddities, from the obscure to the obvious

Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: Oct. 3, 2025

10 years ago -- The grand opening of a small-town business doesn’t normally draw a documentary film crew, but it did this week at Chalice Farms in Dundee. As a line of more than two-dozen formed ...

Judge denies continuance in former Yamhill fire chief case

The criminal trial for a former Yamhill fire chief will remain as scheduled, Oct. 14-16, after Judge Ladd Wiles yesterday denied a motion for continuance filed by the defense. Trampas Shane Bergstrom, ...

Party and revelation: Gallery to put on 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'

Music of his heritage: McMinnville man plays, organizes music at Scottish Festival

Jeremy Moldovan-Trujillo loves music of all genres — rock, country, pop. He became intrigued with Celtic music a few years ago. That interest inspired him and his wife, Gail, to visit Ireland, where ...

Dayton man faces additional porn charges

Charlie Gail Coy, 40, of Dayton, who was originally indicted on two counts of encouraging first-degree child abuse, has been indicted on 20 additional charges. On Sept. 18, an amended grand jury indictment ...

McMinnville man indicted on sexual charges against minor

Angel Alonso Espinoza Acevedo, 28, of McMinnville was indicted on four counts related to sex crime against a minor on Sept. 18 in the Yamhill County Circuit Court. The charges include third-degree sodomy, ...

MFD debuts command center for air show

Supervision of the Oregon International Air Show went smoothly last weekend, thanks in part to a new centralized command center for first responders and event staff. McMinnville Fire District entered ...

Release denied, Mac woman faces commercial drug charges

Pre-trial release was denied on Tuesday, Sept. 30, for a McMinnville woman accused of commercial drug charges and endangering the welfare of minors. Sarah Tiffany Ramirez, 34, and Shane Willaim Cooper, ...

Newberg council to vote on extending manager contract

Newberg city councilors next week will vote on an employment agreement with City Manager Will Worthey that would be in effect until June 2034. They will also consider a review process and succession plan ...

Sports

3A/2A/1A Soccer: Miersma's hat trick leads Amity to 9-1 victory

No. 3-ranked Amity Warriors girls soccer led 5-0 in the first 12 minutes of a home league match Tuesday against No. 21 Western Christian. Senior Haley Miersma scored a trio of goals and led the Warriors. “We’re ...

High speed zone: Fall rugby 7s showcases quick side of international game

The Valley Panthers 7s Rugby Club went 1-2 on Saturday, Sept. 27 during their only home tournament of the fall season at Wortman Stadium. The Panthers steamrolled Summitt’s B team, 32-0, ...

Mac Soccer: Grizzly girls suffer heartbreaking loss to end non-league schedule; boys extend win streak behind Isiai hat trick

Despite the rain falling over Wortman Stadium on Tuesday evening, it was tears that streamed down the faces of the Grizzlies after a tightly contested match against undefeated 6A No. 3 David Douglas Scots ...

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