School board members dine with students, support kitchen staff during National School Lunch Week


Commentary

 
Quirk of the Week: Switching back to Mac

Folks living west of Hill Road might beg to differ, but McMinnville is essentially a flat town. Walkers and bikers are almost always on the level. Yet, head out Northwest Wallace Road to where, in this ...

 
John Olson: Parks and recreation bond an investment in community

Imagine a McMinnville where families, young professionals and businesses all thrive — a city with modern recreational facilities, vibrant community connections and strong economic growth. That vision is within reach, but it requires action.

 

Jeb Bladine: Shutdown crisis reports spawn more questions

Every crisis-related news report about our 9-day-old federal government shutdown seems to raise as many questions as it answers. Warnings of air transportation gridlock cite understaffing because so many ...

 
Quirk of the Week: Curiosities mark time-tested YCHS ballpark in Yamhill

There’s life in the Yamhill Carlton High School softball park, but the place looks a bit bedraggled. For years now, the vinyl sponsor banners on the north side of the field house have steadily deteriorated. ...

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

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 ...

Editorials

 
Local government doesn't get the credit it actually deserves

If you limited your local government exposure in these parts to online forums and social media channels, you would find yourself subjected, in large measure, to a torrent of highly charged and sharply ...

 
Transportation bill serves as starting point on rough road

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 ...

 
City needs to remember it's not paying the piper

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 ...

 
State faces big challenges; we need to step up locally

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 ...

 
Nothing's what it seems with edicts descending from D.C.

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 ...

Letters

News-Register Letters Policy

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 ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 10, 2025

Chance to be heard Attention Yamhill County citizens: Please attend upcoming hearings to let Commissioners Mary Starrett and Kit Johnston know they aren’t fooling anyone with their Oct. 2 attempt ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 3, 2025

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. ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 26, 2025

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, ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 19, 2025

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 ...

News & Features

Councilors reject revised standards for landscape applicants

McMinnville landscaping rules are in a “bit of a risky gray area” following council’s decision not to proceed with the second phase of code amendments guiding the landscape review process. On ...

 
Quirk of the Week: Switching back to Mac

Folks living west of Hill Road might beg to differ, but McMinnville is essentially a flat town. Walkers and bikers are almost always on the level. Yet, head out Northwest Wallace Road to where, in this ...

McMinnville Day of Service city cleanup Saturday

Volunteers will clean parks and areas of downtown McMinnville on Saturday, Oct. 18, in what the city and Visit McMinnville hope will become an annual event. The “McMinnville Day of Service” ...

Mac School Board appoints new member

The six McMinnville School Board’s members on Monday appointed a seventh — Jasmin Juarez was chosen to fill the seat vacated by Doris Towery. Juarez was sworn in immediately and joined the ...

Lafayette to allow sidewalk seating

The Lafayette City Council unanimously approved new temporary permits to allow outdoor seating within the city right-of-way at the Thursday, Oct. 9, meeting. During the summer, The Vault Cider House, ...

 
Barrel Roll: Xicha collab wins gold at Great American Beer Fest

One of a dozen winning Oregon breweries at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver last weekend was Xicha Brewing of Salem. Xicha won Gold for its collaboration with Eugene’s Alesong Brewing ...

 
Deputy Paul Baker receives highway marker dedication

Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliott never met Deputy Paul Emerson Baker, but he said he learned much about him while working to have a highway memorial placed in recognition of Baker’s service 43 ...

 
Photos: Pressing matters

RAW Cider Co. gives inside look to fermentation process during harvest festival.

Dayton City Council reviews transportation system plan

Dayton City Council reviewed a 20-year Transportation System Plan last week that addresses needs for all types of uses and lays out capital projects to reach city goals. Council held a joint work session ...

 
Working lunch

School board members dine with students, support kitchen staff during National School Lunch Week

Lafayette receives Housing Planning Assistance Grant

The city of Lafayette has been awarded a Housing Planning Assistance Grant from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development for the 2025-2027 biennium. The grant will support the city’s ...

Court Records: Oct. 15, 2025

CIVIL FILINGS Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs. Debra Lamme, McMinnville: Renewal of $1,457.65 judgment. Ray Klein Inc vs. Douglas R. Mansfield Jr., McMinnville: Renewal of $67,581.23 judgment. Velocity ...

Ballots arriving in the mail soon for Mac, Amity residents

Voters in the city of McMinnville and in the Amity Fire Districts will receive ballots later this week for the Nov. 4 election. McMinnville voters will consider the city’s Measure 36-7, which would ...

 
Tribe to acquire parcel near Mac in ‘conservation corridor’

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will soon add to its conservation land holdings when it receives the title for a 75.3-acre parcel between McMinnville and Sheridan. The purchase is funded by the ...

Along the Street: Virginia Garcia celebrates new clinic, 50 years in operation

The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Clinic, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will host a grand opening of its new clinic in Sheridan from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at 222 S.E. Jefferson ...

Release denied for man accused of threatening government officials

Judge Ladd Wiles’s courtroom was packed on Wednesday, Oct. 8, waiting to see if a McMinnville man accused of threatening court officials and community members would be released. James Jay Bemrose ...

 
Recently hired airport leader discusses upcoming changes, possibilities for facility

New McMinnville Municipal Airport Administrator John Paskell met with the city’s economic think tank committee Wednesday to discuss ongoing transition at the facility and future plans to improve ...

Changes proposed for dangerous intersection

McMinnville city staff will present 10 recommended changes to an intersection where a pedestrian was struck and killed earlier this year when city council convenes for its regular meeting Tuesday. Staff ...

 
'Tomorrow needs you': Community vigil marks youth suicide awareness day

Light shines out of the darkness, and that was proven Thursday morning at Discovery Meadows Park in McMinnville. About 150 people, including many McMinnville High School students, awoke early to gather ...

 
Dayton's Coach Connelly dies

Longtime Dayton coach, musician and American Legion member Jim “Coach” Connelly died Wednesday, Oct. 8, at his home in Dayton. He was 80. A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, ...

Sports

 
3A/2A Football: Pirates continue winning ways with Homecoming plundering; Warriors look for answers after last-minute loss

Classic cars and royalty circled the field at Dayton High School Thursday night, and the rain could not dampen the Homecoming fun had by Pirates of the past and present. On soaking turf, the Pirates varsity ...

 
Injury-riddled Grizzlies fall to Newberg

Street clothes were nearly as abundant as jerseys on the sideline at a wet Wortman Stadium Thursday night, as a hobbled McMinnville varsity football team (1-5, 0-2) took on county and Pacific Conference ...

 
Linfield beats Pacific, 26-6, behind strong defensive showing

Linfield University’s football team (3-1, 2-0) remains a mystery. Wildcat coaches are working feverishly to solve this season’s puzzle. It does not take a Holmes and Watson to determine the ...

Panthers go 2-1, head into finals seeded 4th

The Valley Panthers continue to improve as the fall rugby sevens season wrapped up league play, going 2-1 at Portland’s Northgate Park on Saturday. The Panthers started their day by beating Summit’s ...

Steady progress shown in lead-up to 2nd Annual Grant Robison Invite

Local cross country teams filtered to one of two races on Friday. McMinnville participated in the 5th Annual Rose City Championship Invite at Rose City Golf Course, while runners from Amity, Dayton and ...

 
Grizzlies get rowdy in comeback win over Glencoe, draw with Newberg

Energy was the name of the game, and the Grizzlies brought it on Monday. Disappointment was all that categorized two consecutive losses for the McMinnville girls varsity soccer team (6-2-2, 1-0-1), the ...

3A/2A/1A soccer: Amity alone atop league with 2-0 victory

A battle of 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 undefeateds commenced Tuesday in Salem as the No. 3-ranked Amity’s girls soccer team (9-1, 5-0) traveled to take on No. 13 Blanchet Catholic (7-2-1, ...

McMinnville Basketball Association holding annual tryouts, clinics

The McMinnville Basketball Association will hold its annual youth basketball tryouts for girls in grades 4-8 Oct. 12-13, and for boys in grades 4-8 on Oct. 19-20. All information, registration and payment ...

 
Mac boys soccer hushes Newberg after uncharacteristic shutout to Glencoe

The first week of league play featured two opposing results, but many lessons for the McMinnville boys varsity soccer team (6-2-2, 1-1). Ranked No. 5 in 6A, the Grizzlies began the week at Glencoe where ...

 
Delegate Assembly votes in boys volleyball as sanctioned activity to begin Spring '26

The Delegate Assembly of the Oregon School Activities Association voted in boys volleyball as an OSAA-sanctioned activity at the assembly’s Monday, Oct. 6, meeting. Boys volleyball will begin its ...

 
3A football: Tigers fleece Bulldogs for first win of season

Yamhill Carlton varsity football picked up from where they left off in 2019, defeating Williamina 49-20 in the two schools’ first meeting in five years. YC won the last meeting 48-8 at YCHS. The ...

 
Grizzly football no match for high-flying Falcons

The McMinnville varsity football dropped to 1-4 Friday after falling to the No. 15-ranked Liberty Falcons, 52-26, in their first crack at league play. Unlike the Grizzlies first three losses in non-league ...

 
Valley Panthers encouraged by rugby 7s play in Bend

The Valley Panthers continued their fall rugby 7s season in Bend on Saturday. The Panthers narrowly beat Salem, 22-20, were tied with the Portland Grackles 12-12 at halftime but gave up two tries in the ...

 
'Cats gain traction in 35-15 comeback victory over George Fox

If you dropped into the Stoffer Family Stadium Saturday afternoon as the first quarter of the Linfield (2-1,1-0) versus George Fox University (0-4, 0-1) football game, you might have thought you’d ...

Results from 2nd Mud Drag of 2025

The Willamina Mud Drags had a second run in 2025, this time on Saturday, Sept. 27. A total of 63 trucks raced in the main events, 11 of which returned to race in the new Pit Crew Racing Classes. There ...

 
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 ...

Cross Country: Mac runners combine for four top-ten team finishes; YC sees new personal records

All of McMinnville’s junior varsity and varsity runners competed at the Three-Rivers/Pacific Conference crossover at Clackamas Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with each JV and varsity squad ...

 
'Cats preview: QB-turned-defensive back Deacon Edgar embodies Linfield culture with position shift

In Linfield University’s 47-7 victory over George Fox University last season in Newberg, the Wildcats’ backup quarterback Deacon Edgar came close to leading the team to a score in mop-up duties. ...

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