Willamette Valley Vineyards will close its McMinnville tasting room, one of the longest-tenured wine attractions on Third Street. Spence Fogarty, estate general manager with the Turner-based winery, said ...
News & Features
Summer event season underway
MacFresco, the popular outdoor dining and shopping program, and Make Music McMinnville will return this weekend, sure signs that it’s summer in McMinnville – even if the National Weather Service ...
Local leadership split over proposed lodging tax changes
Local elected officials differ on proposed legislative changes to Transient Lodging Tax usage. Mayor Kim Morris supports a bill that would change the division of the funds, while Rep. Lucetta Elmer and ...
ICE detainee taken to Arizona facility
Newberg resident and vineyard services business owner Moises Sotelo-Casas has been transported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from a detention center in Tacoma, Washington, to one in Florence, Arizona, according to ICE’s online detainee locator search.
McMinnville's tree plan growing roots
The city of McMinnville is getting serious about tree preservation. Staff presented an updated plan to city council and the Planning Commission during a Wednesday work session. Proposed rules would add ...
Lack of indictment leads to sex charges dismissed
A felony charge of first-degree encouraging child sex abuse was dismissed from a case, as the prosecution missed the 30-day window to obtain a grand jury indictment. Joshua Storm, 32, of rural Carlton, ...
Council reviews airport master plan
In a work session Wednesday, city council reviewed the draft master plan for the McMinnville Municipal Airport. The plan looks at needs for the airport over the next 20 years and establishes a layout ...
Peace pole planted in Carlton's Ladd Park
“May Peace Prevail on Earth” says the new peace pole planted in Carlton’s Ladd Park next to Main Street. The sentiment appears four times, in fact, once on each face of the pole, in ...
Willamette Valley Vineyards tasting room to close
Willamette Valley Vineyards will close its McMinnville tasting room, one of the longest-tenured wine attractions on Third Street. Spence Fogarty, estate general manager with the Turner-based winery, said ...
Ferrua looks forward to leading McMinnville schools
Less than two weeks before she was selected to lead the McMinnville School District in 2025-26, Kourtney Ferrua watched the last group of students she taught in kindergarten cross the graduation stage ...
Make Music marks start of summer
Dozens of musicians, from amateur to professional and from vocal soloists to instrumental groups, will perform at venues throughout McMinnville on Saturday, June 21, during the annual Make Music McMinnville ...
Heritage Center’s Hay Day/Play Day features old-fashioned fun, learning
Hay Day/Play Day will transport visitors to the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center back more than 150 years into the area’s agricultural past. It also will explore leisure activities the county’s ...
Hometown Days fest starts Friday in Sheridan
Sheridan Hometown Days begins Friday, June 20, with activities at the Sheridan Museum of History at 11 a.m. Activities scheduled across town will kick off Friday at 2 p.m. with a bed turning featuring ...
Along the Street: MacFresco returns with Make Music
Third Street will welcome summer this weekend as MacFresco gets underway. To accommodate dining and shopping outside, the street will be closed to vehicles from 3 p.m. Fridays through Sunday nights. Instead ...
Arrests & Citations: June 20, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Raymond Matthew Bonaventura, 52, Newberg, June 16, probation violation, booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Levi Ryan Parsons, 34, Sheridan, June 16, ...
Ferrua will lead McMinnville School District in 2025-26
Kourtney Ferrua, an 18-year employee of the McMinnville School District, will lead McMinnville schools as interim superintendent in 2025-26. The school board made her hiring official at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday ...
Taste of Mac brings in visitors, funds for Lions
The McMinnville Lions Club’s third-annual Taste of Mac event generated more than $6,000 for Lions’ charitable efforts, including scholarships, medical equipment loans, sight and hearing programs. Held ...
Another house lost to fire near Carlton
Local firefighter crews battled another large residential blaze in rural Carlton early Wednesday morning. Carlton Fire personnel were dispatched about 3 a.m. to a fire at the Summers Hill Wine Country ...
State assistance offered for new heat pumps
The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) is accepting applications for its new Heat Pump Purchase Program that provides $2,000 incentives for installation of new heat pumps. ODOE will have two rounds of ...
Dayton adopts budget with lower reserves
Dayton City Council formally adopted the fiscal year 2025-26 budget Monday with approximately half its reserve goals, following updated projections and the departure of the city’s finance director. City ...
Sheridan Hometown Days starts Friday
Sheridan Hometown Days is primed to be a two-day event for the whole family. Activities scheduled across town will kickoff Friday at 2 p.m. with a bed turning featuring historic quilts at the Sheridan ...
Sports
Bulldog wrestling duo signs with SWOCC
Recent Willamina High School graduates Zoe Brewer and Devin Huston have committed to wrestle for Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay and will be Lakers this fall. Brewer was a trailblazer ...
Mac baseball resumes winning ways in summer ball
Some would say there is no better place on a beautiful summer day than at the field with a handful of sunflower seeds. The seeds are optional. Perhaps you prefer something more substantial, a cold ...
Enjoying every moment: Dinger departs Mac, prepares for next steps at Cal Poly, Humboldt
All-state 6A Player of the Year, Pacific Conference Player of the Year, all-star game MVP and first-team all-conference infielder; the accolades came in bunches for the recent McMinnville High School graduate ...
Dayton lineman Wofford named to team Willamette in Les Schwab Bowl
Within the trenches, fighting tooth and nail for an inch at a time; in the game of American football, that is where some of the strongest players — physically and mentally — find themselves. On ...
Mac High School summer youth golf camps
The McMinnville High School golf programs (boys and girls) will host a youth golf camp at McMinnville High School, June 24-26. Wortman Stadium will house the camp. Participants are asked to enter through ...
Calling all 'cranks': Vintage Baseball is back in Yamhill County
America’s pastime, in all its original glory, returns to Yamhill County this Friday with the 10th season of vintage baseball. The McMinnville Gristmillers Vintage Baseball Club of the Yamhill ...
Dinger named Player of the Year, all-star MVP
A cherry on the top of accomplishments Grizzly softball players received this season, Kaylee Dinger was named the 6A All-State Player of the Year for her contributions to Mac’s winning season ...
Wildcats find new head coach in former Whitworth assistant
Linfield University announced the hiring of a new head basketball coach last month with a goal to reset the team on a course of excellence. Over the past two seasons, the Wildcats have won 15 of ...
Mac baseball, softball combine for 10 all-league nods, seven honorable mentions
McMinnville High produced two Pacific Conference Players of the Year this spring sports season.Mac softball had four players named to all-league teams and four received honorable mentions after the Grizzlies ...
Dayton’s Upmeyer named Pitcher of the Year, heads list of 3A league awards
The race for the top of the PacWest, special division 3 conference, in 3A softball was tight in 2025. OSSA ranked No. 1 Scio won the division and finished with a state title and 28-1 record. But ...
Amity sends four to Linfield in joint signing day
Community support can go a long way for the youth who spend time in the world of sports. Athletics builds character, according to numerous coaches and quotes, but character development can only go so far ...
Mac youth baseball player selected to play in prestigious international competition
At home, sitting around computer screen, patiently waiting with family to learn if he was going to be selected to play in one of the highest levels of youth baseball competition in the Americas; this was ...
Pirates embrace second place after tough title game
Amongst a sea of green on the campus of the University of Oregon, two teams, bright in color and spirit, battled each other for the right to be crowned 3A high school softball state champion. The No. ...
YC boys volleyball finishes inaugural season
The Yamhill Carlton boys volleyball team succeeded in their team goal of making it to the playoffs in their inaugural season. “For a first-year team to do that is great,” YC Assistant Coach ...
Dayton’s Garrison, Rosenberg commit for college hoops
In a busy week for Dayton High School athletics, two senior team captains announced their commitments to play college basketball. Clyde Rosenberg, the 3A PacWest Player of the Year, is furthering his ...
Ric Rac combines traditional barbecue with international inspiration
McMinnville native Shelby Wilcox has enjoyed traveling to different regions of the U.S. and other countries — Israel, the Mediterranean, Belize and other parts of Central America. In each location, ...
Winners, surprises at the state track and field championships
The best athletes on the biggest stage. Yamhill County’s finest found themselves at historic Hayward Field in Eugene for the three-day event last weekend that was the OSAA Track and Field Championships, ...
Mac baseball loses 5-1 to Sunset in semifinals
A four-run fifth inning by Sunset was the deciding factor Tuesday, as the McMinnville Grizzlies came up short in its bid for a first state title game appearance in the program’s history. Facing ...
Grizzlies softball ends season short of title game
Only so many reach the pinnacle of success. There are indeed varied levels to how much one can win and definitions vary. For some, there are small victories in the development of a program or player ...
Pirates best Tigers 5-4, advance to first final since 2019
Tuesday’s semifinal game between the No. 2 Dayton softball squad and No. 3 Yamhill Carlton had it all. Unstoppable forces, immovable objects and at the end a championship appearance for one Yamhill ...
