Yamhill County residents have been seeing a lot of Sheriff Sam Elliott lately. He’s the face of a new Yamhill County Health and Human Services awareness campaign intended to curb driving under the ...
News & Features
County continues search for dog control solution
Yamhill County is in a Catch-22 situation with its dog control program. It needs to increase paltry license fee revenue collection, but to do so requires additional enforcement officers, which would be ...
A sobering message: Sheriff hopes public health campaign makes difference
Yamhill County residents have been seeing a lot of Sheriff Sam Elliott lately. He’s the face of a new Yamhill County Health and Human Services awareness campaign intended to curb driving under the ...
Muni court sees success with specialty programs
McMinnville Municipal Court has seen improvements to staffing and inmate access and introduced specialty courts in the last year, but staff needs more time for trials than the current four days per year, ...
School board position open as Towery announces resignation
The McMinnville School Board is accepting applications for a new member that will open following the resignation of Doris Towery on Sept. 30. Towery, who was elected in 2023, announced Monday night she ...
MacHabitat expands neighborhood beautification project to Lafayette
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, a group of volunteers arrived at a Bridge Street residence in Lafayette, where overproductive fruit trees littered the ground with a now-rotting harvest. Apples were rolled from ...
Marvin Bernards announces run for board of commissioners seat
Marvin Bernards on Thursday announced he is running for Yamhill County Board of Commissioners Position 1, now held by Kit Johnston. Bernards, a farmer and owner of the now-closed Bernards Farm fruit and ...
County block to be listed for $5.5; multiple offers received for health building
The Yamhill County property sell-off is underway, with three offers received for the $1.7 million former public health building and a block of buildings set to be publicly listed for $5.5 million. The ...
Carlton Crush returns after hiatus
The popular Carlton Crush harvest festival will return to Ladd Park from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, following a two-year hiatus. The festival involves a grape stomping competition for teams of ...
GFU students help help Carlton improve park during Serve Day
A dozen George Fox University students joined Carlton city workers to plant grass seed, remove non-native plants and improve wildlife habitat at a new park on South Seventh Street on Wednesday, the school’s ...
Lafayette man indicted on brandishing gun
A grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 4 charging a Lafayette man for allegedly brandishing a firearm at four McMinnville youths on Sept. 2, as they were on walking to school. Jessy James Feltus, ...
Concert offers chance to donate school supplies
A concert featuring hip-hop and other styles of music will raise money and bring in school supplies on Sunday, Sept. 14. Organized by musician Ryan “Rizzle” Adams, “Rizzle’s Giveback” ...
One of the Oregon’s leading economic observers says state’s growth is over
As Oregon’s political and business leaders prepared for a summit later this year, they asked John Tapogna, the former president of the consulting firm ECOnorthwest, to survey the state’s current condition and take a look at its future. What Tapogna found is sobering—more Oregonians are dying than being born, and those being born are entering an educational system where test scores have plummeted, despite new spending. In short, the boom days are over.
Memorial plaque to remain in place at Dayton High School
Dayton School Board members affirmed keeping a plaque honoring the late Ethan Kearns, a Dayton High athlete who died of cancer in June 2024. Several people spoke in favor of the memorial at the board’s ...
More emerald ash borers found in Yamhill County
A second emerald ash borer infestation has been detected in north Yamhill County, as the Oregon agencies continue to sound alarms over the spread of the invasive pest that has killed millions of ash trees ...
Arrests & Citations: Sept. 12, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Mathew Everett Maul, 37, Portland, Sept. 9, Washington County hold, Multnomah County hold, probation violation; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. Robert ...
Amity council approves city’s first EV pole charger
The Amity City Council approved a location for a Portland Pacific Electric Vehicle pole charger at its Sept. 3 regular meeting. EV pole chargers are cylindrical charging containers placed on power poles. ...
Amity man pleads guilty to sex crimes against six girls
William James Beam, 27, of Amity pleaded guilty to rape, sodomy and sexual abuse charges involving six minor victims over a four-year period on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Following ...
DEQ issues $1 million civil penalty against Sheridan wood treater
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Monday, Sept. 8, issued a $1 million civil penalty against the Sheridan wood treatment facility owned by Stella-Jones Corporation, a multinational Canadian ...
Quirk of the Week: Collection of county curiosities
Pasture boat, bear on a log, quizzical owl are stops on an imaginative route We start another around-the-county Quirk tour back where we left off last week, in Dayton. At the city’s dormant Palmer ...
Sports
Mac boys win league meet; girls grow stronger with young runners
Pure dedication and hard work separate the McMinnville girls and boys cross country teams from their competition in the eyes of head coach Matt Dressel. The teams began their season last Friday, Sept. ...
3A volleyball: Pirates, Warriors learning from experience in early season meeting
A long evening of volleyball on Wednesday night ended in quick fashion. The No. 5-ranked Dayton Pirates (5-1) varsity squad played host to PacWest league opponents No. 15 Blanchet Catholic (7-3) and No. ...
Grizzlies jolt to life in reverse sweep of Glencoe
Down 2-0, some teams would buckle to the pressure, but the Grizzlies were more composed than most on Tuesday. After securing their first win of the season against Beaverton at home on Thursday, Sept. ...
Mac Soccer: Girls draw; boys fall to Lakeridge
The No. 14-ranked McMinnville girl’s soccer team (2-0-1) played to a 2-2 draw with No. 44 Southridge (0-2-1) on the road on Tuesday. Both Grizzly goals came in the second half as they kept pace ...
Wildcat Roundup: Women's soccer victorious in first home stand; volleyball splits opener
The Wildcats’ women’s soccer team (2-0-2) completed their first home stand and final games of non-conference play in impressive form, defeating Warner Pacific University, 5-2, and the University ...
3A/2A volleyball: Amity unable to mount comeback against Taft in new gym christening
The smell of fresh hardwood resonated around the confines of Amity’s new high school gymnasium on Friday. For the Warriors varsity volleyball team and community members in the bleachers, it was difficult ...
Young 'Cats drop opener; start 0-1 for first time since 2018
Head coach Joe Smith anticipated a challenge in the Wildcats’ first game of the season. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh entered the year ranked just outside of the top 25 by D3football.com and ...
3A football: Bulldogs too much for Spartans in rivalry match
Sheridan High School and the grandstands at Bill Chrisman Memorial Field were filled with West Valley citizens on Friday as Sheridan and Willamina faced off in week one of the varsity football season. A ...
Mac Soccer: Boys draw; girls secure 'composed' victory in first games
Sophomore forward Izaiah Gavidia scored the Grizzlies’ lone goal Thursday, Sept. 4, as the McMinnville boys soccer team played to a 1-1 draw at South Salem. Gavidia scored when sophomore ...
Mac football unable to find momentum in shutout loss at Westview
After Westview scored an early touchdown Friday night, the McMinnville Grizzlies’ defense was able to keep the Wildcats out the endzone for most of the first half. However, head coach Ty Tomlin said, ...
3A/2A soccer: Pirates undefeated in first three matches
Following the success of an 11-3-3 season in 2024 and a trip to the 3A boys’ soccer quarterfinals, the Dayton Pirates varsity squad has impressed, going 3-0 in their first three matches. “It ...
Grizzlies drop non-league match to reigning champion Jesuit
The McMinnville varsity volleyball team (0-1) faced a tough task to open the season as they faced the reigning 6A champion Jesuit. The Grizzlies lost in three consecutive sets: 25-10, 25-5, 25-7. Jesuit ...
Gallery: Jam Sessions
McMinnville's boys and girls varsity soccer teams stretched their legs on Thursday, Aug. 28 at Wortman Stadium as each squad participated in a trio of jamboree matches.
3A/2A volleyball: Pirates topple Jefferson in league play
Jubilant cheers from the Dayton Pirates varsity volleyball team echoed out from the Dayton High School gymnasium on Tuesday. After losing their first match to non-league opponent Valley Catholic in straight ...
'Cats making adjustments ahead of week one rematch agasint UW-Oshkosh
There is reason to be excited about the Wildcats this season, but head coach Joseph Smith admits there is immense room for growth after seeing a few dozen players graduate in the spring. “The talent ...
Upon further review: Goodbye summer, a baseball lover's lament
The end of the summer season is slithering away, retreating to another side of the globe and leaving me in a new world in which my experience is nonexistent. The autumnal equinox is on Sept. 22, but the ...
Bizon adjusting to new role as Mac QB
From behind the dish, to the middle of the pocket; Drew Bizon’s field vision and leadership will be tested this year as the senior takes over as the McMinnville varsity football team’s man ...
Wildcat Roundup: Linfield soccer starts season; Monica Potter named women's lacrosse coach
Linfield’s men’s (0-2-0) and women’s (0-0-2) soccer teams began their respective seasons on the road last weekend. The men travelling to Minnesota and the women to California. The Wildcat ...
Warriors, Tigers battling for top spot in 3A girls soccer district 2
A rarity of sorts continues this season within the 3A/2A/1A girls soccer ranks as all of Yamhill County’s small town athletic programs will play in the same league, OSAA’s Special District ...
Dayton football shakes off the rust; Sheridan defeats Oakridge
Even when circumstances are ideal, there’s still aspects to be worked on through the eyes of Dayton’s varsity football coach, Jacob Peterson. The Pirates faced South Umpqua and Banks last ...
