Buel students, staff excited for break on last day of class
News & Features
ICE activity reported in county
As protests spread nationwide against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdowns, reports of ICE detainments of people in Yamhill County were made this week on social media and to the News-Register. The ...
Joy bubbles up as school lets out for summer
Buel students, staff excited for break on last day of class
Two 'No Kings' rallies scheduled in county
Local activists and their nationwide counterparts are calling for Saturday, June 14, to be a “national day of defiance” against Donald Trump, timed during his 79th birthday. Nonprofit ...
Departing Sheridan fire chief: ‘We are running out of options’
Sheridan Fire District’s future remains bleak as it appears $3 million in state funding from House Bill 3870 will not come to fruition. The bill would appropriate $40 million from the state’s ...
Stoller Wine acquires Elouan
Stoller Wine Group, founded by the late Bill Stoller, a Dayton native, has acquired the Elouan brand from California-based Copper Cane Wines & Provisions. Company officials said the acquisition will ...
City engineer thanks residents for their patience during road work
Project along Cypress will have ‘very large impact on traffic’
Citizens lament Mac budget decisions
Member of parks PAC relates proposed rec project to $49 million Redmond facility
YCSO seeks info in sexual assault case
Cory Ryan Williams, 36, of Sheridan was arraigned Friday on charges of first-degree rape and unlawful use of a weapon, a baseball. He is being held on $500,000 bond at the Yamhill County Jail. On ...
Board renews contracts, criticizes ODOT bill
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners approved an array of contract extensions and fee updates, met with fair ambassadors and discussed pending legislation during a brief meeting Thursday. Commissioner ...
Mac approves school budget
McMinnville School Board approved the district’s budget for 2025-26 Monday night, following a brief hearing at which no one spoke. As recommended by the staff and budget committee, the budget ...
Lafayette council 'not satisfied' with services from COG
Lafayette city councilors questioned the city’s reliance on the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments’ contractors on Wednesday when looking at increases to contracts. The city ...
Former meat shop in Dayton approved for lighter uses
The Yamhill County Planning Commission last week approved a zoning change for a former meat processor and slaughterhouse in Dayton, telling neighbors their concerns about water use is a topic outside ...
Street crime team traffic stop leads to drug charges
A June 5 traffic stop resulted in a drug bust by the new Yamhill County Street Crimes and Narcotics (SCAN) team in the area of Highway 18 and S.W. Harmony Road west of Sheridan. At about 4:39 p.m., a ...
Council gets down to the Third Street improvement plan details
McMinnville City Council reviewed final recommendations for the current phase of the Third Street Improvement project Tuesday, discussing details of the nine-block plan, funding targets and lack of public ...
Quirk of the Week: Where the sidewalk oddities begin
From arm-span vineyards to imbedded bricks, we return this week to sidewalk scenes, a seemingly-endless Quirk resource. Sidewalk surfaces, wherever you go, are themselves examples of Quirk, on several ...
‘Monopine’ Verizon tower activated north of Mac
Construction of a cell tower on Westside Road outside of McMinnville is complete, and the tower was turned on last week, improving service for local Verizon customers. The 25-foot tower on private property ...
A class with ‘charisma, kindness’: Dayton High School grads excited to take next step
As family members and other supporters filed into Dayton High School’s Memorial Stadium Saturday morning, a trio of soon-to-graduate seniors stood on the edge of Gubser Field, looking for familiar ...
Full of Tiger pride, Yamhill Carlton graduates class of '25
Yamhill Carlton’s community, families and, most importantly, its high school Class of 2025 were celebrated Saturday, as Laughlin Stadium’s recently renovated grandstands were full of smiling ...
Amity grads set out to reach lofty goals
Amity High School graduates have ambitious goals they want to make reality, and they expressed that sentiment in modern day terms Saturday. Several graduating seniors’ program announcements said ...
Sports
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 ...
King scores three tries, Panthers finish 15s in third
Try, try, try again was the theme on Saturday, May 17, for the Valley Panthers girls rugby club (3-2), who clobbered the joint Canby/Chinook squad 67-15. The Panthers had already secured third place for ...
Mac baseball triumphs in gritty extra-inning win over S. Medford
The McMinnville Grizzlies held off visiting South Medford in a thrilling 5-4 baseball playoff game Friday at their Patton Middle School home field. Tyler Brummitt ripped a two-out single down the third ...
Grizzlies top No. 1 Sunset, advance to semifinals
Often is the case in scholastic team sports when a strong core aids in the success of an entire team McMinnville’s varsity softball team exudes a quiet confidence from its leaders that has resonated ...
Tigers’ Bradfield pitches no-hitter to down Vale
Yamhill Carlton’s junior pitcher Taylor Bradfield struck out 13 of 21 batters, walked none and allowed one hit against the No. 6 Vale Vikings in a Friday quarterfinals 3-0 victory. “Taylor ...
Dayton comes from behind to beat Banks in quarterfinals
Down 2-0 after the first inning of a quarterfinal matchup Friday, the No. 2 Dayton Pirates softball team put their confidence and resilience on display in a come-from-behind 3-2 win at home against No. ...
’Cats make history but fall short of title
Linfield’s Wildcat sixth-ranked softball team was eliminated from the NCAA Division III Championship Finals on Sunday with a 10-9 loss to the Trine University Thunder in the quarterfinal game of ...
Dayton, Yamhill Carlton, McMinnville (x2) reach semifinals
Four Yamhill County baseball and softball teams advanced to the OSAA semifinals on Friday night. McMinnville softball knocked off No. 1 Sunset on the road, 5-3. It was the second time the Grizzlies ...
Dozens of local athletes head to Hayward
A plethora of young athletes from Yamhill County will test themselves against the best in the state this weekend during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Competition ...
Dayton and YC advance in softball playoffs
The Dayton Pirates led Brookings-Harbor early on in Wednesday’s 3A second round playoff game when freshmen Gabby Chupp doubled in the first for an RBI. Chupp was all over the diamond, going 3-for-3 ...
Mac baseball tames Tualatin, to host quarterfinal game Friday
Every so often the sun shines through the clouds, the breeze blows beautifully — just enough to cool you down — and the right group of ballplayers collectively agree on one thing, compete till ...
Grizzlies speed by Wolves, ready for Sunset in quarters softball showdown
McMinnville head softball coach Josh Terry says this season is as good as any for the Grizzlies to prove themselves against the 6A’s best, and his team plans to do just that Friday at No. 1 Sunset ...
Grizzlies erase first-round woes, shutout Westview
No. 8 McMinnville varsity softball team (20-7, 8-4) advanced Monday as they shutout No. 24 Westview (11-16, 4-8) 5-0 in the first round of the 6A State Championship tournament. Last season the Grizzlies ...
