Amity High School students lined up Tuesday to greet Career-Technical Education teacher John Stearns with a little of the caring he’s been showing to them over the years. They applauded ...
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Rent crisis lands Mac on state watch list
Housing prices in McMinnville continue to escalate, but high costs for renters have landed the city on a statewide watch list of “severely rent burdened” areas. 2018’s HB 4006 uses census ...
Residents raise concerns over off-leash dogs
A group of 43 McMinnville residents submitted comment to the city council Tuesday over safety concerns with unleashed dogs in city parks. Resident Erin Lawler addressed the dais, saying she has increasing ...
McMinnville School Board to review book challenge policy in meeting
Following a challenge asking that seven books be removed from the McMinnville High School library, the school board is reviewing the process that was used to recommend the titles be left in place. The ...
Tight FEMA deadline on floodplains, transitional housing discussed at session
The city of McMinnville may have to further restrict development in floodplain areas to meet federal requirements related to the Endangered Species Act. City Council held a work session Tuesday to discuss ...
Stopping By: Art Harvest participant keeps finding new painting ideas and materials
Painter Christa Brandenburg starts each morning with a cup of coffee, a sketchbook and a pen. “I do my morning drawings after the coffee and before breakfast,” said Brandenburg, whose sketches ...
Sheridan library reopens after meth found
The Sheridan Public Library is open under regular schedule again after a nearly weeklong emergency closure following discovery of drugs inside a book. Initially, one packet of what was determined to be ...
Teacher with reach: Amity’s Stearns presented $50,000 prize for career education, tech guidance
Amity High School students lined up Tuesday to greet Career-Technical Education teacher John Stearns with a little of the caring he’s been showing to them over the years. They applauded ...
K9 unit tracks down eluder, alleged car thief
A man with an arrest record in many states was arrested last weekend after he fled the scene of a routine traffic stop, from what officers learned was a stolen vehicle. Yamhill County Sheriff’s ...
Holloman wins first Crown of Yamhill County honor
Elise Yarnell Hollamon of Newberg adopted an aquatic persona in winning the first Crown of Yamhill County contest on Friday, Oct. 4. The fundraiser for Henderson House was part of Domestic Violence Awareness ...
District offers support after student’s suicide
McMinnville School District students and staff, along with community members, are reeling from the death by suicide of a female sophomore who died Wednesday in her home. Mikalynn Jayde Morris was a sophomore ...
Dayton manager finalists to meet community
Dayton residents can meet the three city manager finalists at a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Palmer Creek Lodge Community Center, 606 Fourth St. City council members discussed ...
Chemeketa seeks $140M bond measure
Chemeketa Community College, which serves Yamhill County in addition to Marion and Polk counties, is seeking a $140 million bond measure to improve its career technical education center, health and wellness ...
Offbeat Oregon: The summer Buster Keaton made Cottage Grove a mini-Hollywood
If a Cottage Grove logger had been bonked on the head in January 1926, and woke up six months later, he would have scarcely recognized his home town. There was a whole new Main Street built way out east ...
Arrests & Citations: Oct. 11, 2024
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Travis Douglas Mottram, 36, Salem, Oct. 7, third-degree theft, harassment; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Laura Francis Benedict, 32, Salem, Oct. ...
Council discusses parks bond details, path forward
If the city of McMinnville proceeds with a municipal bond proposal for facility and park upgrades, residents in May will vote on a $152.5 million 20-year bond that will cost the average homeowner approximately ...
County agrees on broadband contract to improve access for rural residents
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to use $3 million in state and federal funding to improve internet access for residents in Unionvale, Hopewell and Wheatland, communities in the ...
Sheridan mayor to host State of the City address
Sheridan Mayor Cale George will present a State of the City address during his first community town hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Sheridan High School cafeteria. George said he will ...
County board OKs HHS request to apply for $5M in funding
Yamhill County Health and Human Services could soon have an additional $5 million in state funding to address substance abuse and the money might be used on a much-needed detox or rehabilitation facility. The ...
Newberg School District hires familiar face as interim
Newberg School Board on Tuesday approved hiring Dave Parker, former assistant superintendent, as its long-term interim. Board Chair Deb Bridges is continuing to negotiate a contract with Parker, but expects ...
Family Place plans fall festival
A Family Place will host a free fall festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in the Evergreen Space Museum. The event will feature games for those 12 and older, activities for younger kids, ...
Sports
Amity football falls to Santiam Christian 28-20
Amity came into Friday night’s matchup against Santiam Christian red-hot and rolling. The Warriors were 3-0 with blowouts of 2A Jefferson and Scio in their past two wins. The Eagles presented ...
Valley Panthers A team splits contests in Bend
The Valley Panthers girls rugby team migrated over the Cascade Range into new climes, getting the chance to see other rugby squads in a new habitat. Both of the A team’s games were close: ...
Football: Yamhill Carlton downs Kennedy 12-7
Yamhill Carlton picked up what is unquestionably its biggest win of the year so far on Thursday night. The Tigers went to Kennedy High School in Mount Angel on Sept. 26 and walked out with a 12-7 ...
Pirates sunk by Taft
Dayton’s up and down start to the season continues. After winning big the previous weekend against Newport, the Pirates came into homecoming weekend looking for another win over a rival ...
Mac volleyball downs Newberg, Forest Grove
McMinnville volleyball finds itself in a position it hasn’t since the COVID-shortened Spring 2021 season: 5-0 against league foes to start the season. This week McMinnville swept Newberg ...
Dayton falls half-game back of Santiam Christian in league
Dayton’s unbeaten streak stops at 11 games. The Pirates came up short in a road clash with Santiam Christian 3-1 (25-18, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23) on Tuesday, Sept. 24, falling to 11-1. While ...
Alexander Chitty bows out at Drive, Chip & Putt regionals
For the third year in a row, McMinnville’s Alexander Chitty came within millimeters of making it to the Drive, Chip & Putt national finals at Augusta National. Instead, he’ll have ...
Mac boys soccer falls to Franklin 2-1
McMinnville boys soccer finds itself on the wrong end of 2-1 game once again. The Grizzlies fell to No. 1 Beaverton 2-1 on Thursday, Sept. 19 in a road contest, their first setback of the season. ...
Memory Lane sports 09/27/24
10 years ago For the black and red partisans at Wortman Stadium, Friday night was an opportunity for the McMinnville football team to claim its first victory of 2014. Friday night was a shot at inserting ...
Football: Returning Wilson shines in Mac loss
In McMinnville football’s first road trip of the season, the Grizzlies came up just short 38-28 against Central Valley Conference denizen West Salem. McMinnville fell behind early 12-0, ...
Yamhill Carlton football overcomes Rainier 35-8
Junior tight end Gus Brunner found himself in familiar and unusual territory on Friday, Sept. 20 in Yamhill Carlton’s 35-8 home win over Rainier. The bruising back found himself sharing ...
Valley Panthers field two teams at recent 7s competition
With their roster ballooning to 27 players, the Valley Panthers fielded an A and a B squad for the first official rugby sevens game day of the season on Saturday at Laurin Middle School in Vancouver, ...
Linfield smokes Redlands 45-0
Linfield (2-1) bounced back from a tough loss to Wisconsin-Oshkosh last week with a comprehensive 45-0 win over the SCIAC’s Redlands on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Wildcats scored all 45 points ...
Schedules: Dayton soccer teams stay unbeaten in league
Both of Dayton’s soccer teams started the league campaign off avoiding defeat at the hands of Gervais. The Dayton girls beat the Gervais/Kennedy cooperative team 2-0 on Thursday, Sept. 19; ...
No. 1 Dayton volleyball downs wily Willamina
Dayton volleyball entered its league clash against Willamina on Tuesday, Sept. 17 the No. 1 3A volleyball squad in the state. Ultimately, the Pirates swept the Bulldogs 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-7), ...
Linfield looks to rebound against Redlands
Linfield University’s football team (1-1, 0-0) will attempt on Saturday, Sept. 21, to wash the sour taste of an overtime 28-21 loss to University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) team last Saturday ...
Sports Memory Lane 09/20/24
10 years ago Devon Wilson and Whitney Rich picked up individual victories as the McMinnville cross country teams battled McKay and McNary at Keizer Rapids Park. Wilson edged out McNary’s Angel Goemaere ...
XC: Mac boys harriers take fifth at Meriwether
McMinnville’s cross country teams took to the road to compete at the Meriwether CC Classic at the Meriwether National Golf Club in Hillsboro. The boys varsity team took fifth place with 205 ...
Valley Panthers get started at jamboree
The Valley Panthers girls rugby club participated in the Rugby Oregon Fall 7s pre-season jamboree on Saturday in Salem’s Claggett Creek Park. The jamboree results won’t count towards ...
Willamina to have Teddy Bear toss again
The high school will have a donation at the Willamina-Dayton volleyball game Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Attendees to the game are asked to bring a new teddy bear 18 inches or smaller for the ...
