After years of discussions and planning, the Oregon Department of Transportation is scheduled to install a roundabout and other improvements at the intersection of Highways 99W and 18 — known locally ...
News & Features
Housing laws leave city in ‘reactive role’
State legislation aimed at cutting red tape for housing has already impacted local projects and has the city of McMinnville scrambling to determine what oversight it still has on residential development. Over ...
Stopping By/Yard of the Month: Where connections bloom
McMinnville gardener’s flower- and vegetable-filled front yard a way to engage with neighbors
Former Florida administrator takes interim post in Dayton
New Dayton Interim City Manager Gretchen Cassini spent more than 20 years as an administrator for a county of nearly 2 million people and is transitioning to a city of less than 3,000. The longtime Broward ...
McDougall Corner safety improvements to begin in '27
After years of discussions and planning, the Oregon Department of Transportation is scheduled to install a roundabout and other improvements at the intersection of Highways 99W and 18 — known locally ...
Summer lunch in the park
Families line up for the arrival of the McMinnville School District Nutrition Services van — or this week at Chegwyn Park, for the district’s nutrition bus, its yellow paint covered with images ...
First McMinnville Art Festival to fill Third with creative work
More than 50 artists will show their work, and some will offer art demonstrations Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, during the first McMinnville Art Festival. The free event will coincide with the ...
Imagination with an impact
Not all are willing to answer the call for adventure. But every Sunday, warriors and wizards converge on the grounds of Discovery Meadows Community Park to defend their realm, Specter’s Gate. During ...
Derby Days: frogs, races and fun
Yamhill’s annual festival, Derby Days, will return Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, with all the usual fun and frogs. A frog jumping contest is one of the highlights of the festival, which is built ...
Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: July 10, 2026
10 Years Ago • Newberg residents are hoping that drowning in the Willamette River near Rogers Landing will never happen again now that they have erected a kiosk and stocked it with an array of life ...
Former employee sues McMinnville over termination
A former part-time McMinnville Police Department employee is suing the city for more than $500,000 on allegations she was wrongly dismissed nine days before going on pregnancy leave. Mikayla Hansen filed ...
County Parks prepared for ash borer threat
Yamhill County Parks Manager Travis Pease told the News-Register that the county has been preparing for the emerald ash borer since 2024, when the beetle was discovered near the northern county border. ...
Park brawlers scheduled in court
Several young McMinnville men charged with riot and assault stemming from an April 28 brawl at Joe Dancer Park have court proceedings continuing through the summer. On Thursday, July 2, three of the defendants ...
Arrests & Citations: July 10, 2026
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Jack Ray Eichhorn Jr, 45, Salem, July 3, Newberg Municipal Court hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. Josue Alejandro Cruz-Velasquez, 27, Newberg, ...
Lawmakers meet with transporation workgroup
Bipartisanship and earlier deliberations over transportation funding are a priority in the 2027 legislative session, a mostly Democratic group of lawmakers told the business and transportation experts tasked with vetting and recommending ideas to solve the Oregon Department of Transportation’s impending funding shortfall.
Yamhill Fire responds to clover field fire
In the late afternoon of Monday, July 6, the Yamhill Fire Protection District responded to a fire that burned approximately 1.5 acres of cut clover. “The fire is believed to have originated from ...
Lights, camera, comfort food
Willamina’s Coyote Joe’s featured on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’ YouTube show
John Desmarteau Sr. dies at 78
Longtime McMinnville businessman and community volunteer John Desmarteau died June 20 in Washington state. He was 78. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at St. Patrick Catholic ...
Quirk of the Week: North county whirl
Ankhs, horse rings and a thick pickin’ of ponderables in Yamhill, Carlton and Gaston The far north and south reaches of Yamhill County contain rich troves of Quirk. Greater Yamhill/Carlton/Gaston ...
Sheridan councilor may see charges dismissed
A Sheridan city councilor is expecting to have all misdemeanor charges dismissed once he renews his Oregon concealed carry permit. Ian Thomas Houston, 46, is facing a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession ...
Mac tool library seeks new digs
Following a successful first year of operations, the nonprofit McMinnville Tool Library is on the hunt for a new location that hopefully provides more space. The library opened March 1, 2025, at 1040 ...
Sports
Wes Gabrielsen helping to grow pickleball as a game for all ages
Listen closely while strolling along Park Drive in McMinnville, you might hear light pops and passionate grunts. Not to worry, it is just locals on the pickleball courts playing friendly games and working ...
Pirates' new play-caller prepared to carry on values of Dayton football
Dayton football will have a new head coach when the 2026 season begins, but the instilled traits that have made the Pirates successful are not lost on their new leader. Kiegan Schaan, the Pirates’ ...
Newberg teen qualifies for equine vaulting championship
Sarah-Anne House, a 17-year-old multifaceted gymnast and track athlete from Newberg, loves to perform pirouettes on the back of horses more than anything else. The incoming senior to Newberg High School ...
Mac's Findley claims links victory in Scotland
Mabel Findley, a soon-to-be senior and multi-sport athlete at McMinnville High School, took her golfing talents overseas June 20-28 to compete in the Scotland Junior Golf Invitational Coed Tour. The ...
Upon Further Review: Stepping through sneaker heaven
For my first job, I sat at the front desk of a gym in my oasis of a hometown. There, I spent my hours counting seconds as they passed, signing up new members and using Under Armour Icon services to make ...
Bears boys basketball inspiring leadership during summer play
McMinnville’s boys’ basketball team was hard at work over recent weeks. Between summer leagues, youth camps and an alumni game, Grizzly players soaked up as much as they could handle. Their ...
Mac's Duryee ready for next steps after varsity reps
Nerves rattled Jonah Duryee when he stepped onto the baseball diamond for his first varsity contest of 2026. The incoming sophomore received the call-up from JV on May 1 for a road bout versus Forest ...
Side-by-side short course racing makes Willamina Mud Drag debut
More than 70 vehicles competed in the Willamina Mud Drags on Saturday, June 27, as the city of Willamina raised funds for its Fourth of July celebration. Through spurts of heavy rain and sunshine, competitors ...
Top county softball teams recognized with all-state honors
The battle for the 3A softball crown ended in the semifinals for both of No. 4-ranked Yamhill Carlton and No. 3 Dayton, but each was awarded its fair share of All-State recognition. YC had five players ...
Lafayette Fourth of July feature special guests from POW Pro Wrestling
The Lafayette Fourth of July celebration is one of the oldest in the state and this year will feature special guests at the third annual hot dog eating contest. POW Pro Wrestling out of Eugene will have ...
Amity, Mac locals make their case at USATF Oregon Junior Olympics
The first rounds of the USATF Oregon Association Junior Olympics unfolded seamlessly from June 25-28, with a large contingent of Yamhill County athletes competing at Mt. Hood Community College. Along ...
Mac, YC seniors represent squads on all-state teams
All-State recognition graced just one player from McMinnville in 2026, senior designated hitter Cameron Hyder. The Lower Columbia College commit led the Grizzlies in batting average (.432), OBP (.544), ...
Amity boys basketball going back to basics during summer league
Based on record alone, the Amity boys’ basketball team of 2025-26 was the best the program had seen since 2019-20. The varsity Warriors went 16-10 overall and 12-4 in PacWest Conference play. Amity’s ...
Photo Gallery: Past versus present
McMinnville alumni took on current Grizzly varsity players on Wednesday for the first of what hopes to become an annual basketball game between the school’s past and future graduates. In front of ...
Upon Further Review: Covering history at Hayward
In my travels across the nation to view athletics for both work and pleasure, few cathedrals of sport have attracted my gaze more than historic Hayward Field. Growing up in a family whose lineage had ...
Grizzlies taking a page from Wildcats' playbook
Those in charge of McMinnville High School football are always trying to find ways to improve, and after losing more than a dozen seniors and all but one game in 2025, the Grizzlies are taking every opportunity ...
Mac's Carpenter, Amity's Howard reach record marks at Nike Outdoor Nationals
Two McMinnville school records and an overwhelming personal best marked some of the praiseworthy performances by Yamhill County athletes during the Nike Outdoor Nationals annual track and field invite ...
Youth softball players, coaches learn from Portland's professional team
Professional softball players and the youth athletes they’re inspiring met for the first time in Hillsboro last weekend. The newly-founded Portland Cascade of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League ...
Willamina Mud Drags offering new SXS class
This Saturday, June 27, the Willamina Mud Drags are returning to the West Valley with a new event for spectators to enjoy and racers to partake. Outside of the usual Super Modified, Modified, four and ...
Grizzlies baseball star praises family, community for strength to battle adversity
When Cameron Hyder entered the ranks of McMinnville High School baseball, he was not projected to become the player he was during the Grizzlies’ most recent spring season. Hyder shined as an athlete. ...
