City pursuing $180k mistakenly paid to Fackler
The city of McMinnville may seek legal action against its former Navigation Center contractor Fackler Construction after a city clerical error led to the company receiving and depositing over $180,000 ...
Stopping By: Frosty the art man
Longtime gallery owner, artist selling off stock of wooden sculptures, other works, materials
Council talks parks bond, interim manager
On Tuesday, the McMinnville City Council held a work session with the city’s bond counsel and legal advisor to review the details of general obligation bonds, as the city prepares a measure that ...
Schlotfeldt celebrates work of MV Advancements
MV Advancements Executive Director Kathy Schlotfeldt doesn’t like to be the center of attention, so she considered her Wednesday retirement party a celebration of the nonprofit’s work, rather ...
Scott Law leaving Mac to become next chief of Dayton Fire District
Former McMinnville Fire District Division Chief Scott Law has been hired as the new chief of the Dayton Fire District and will begin his tenure July 1. Law spent 26 years with Mac Fire (including 20 as ...
Music maker to play hometown set as part of Carlton Fun Days
Caden Livingston has been making a name for himself as a performer at a variety of venues in Yamhill County for several years. The singer-songwriter, who graduated from Yamhill Carlton High School this ...
Amity man, youth sports coach and referee charged with sexual abuse
The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office sent out a media release Wednesday saying it is concerned there may be additional victims of an Amity man arrested for allegedly abusing a teenager in 2011-12. Jeremy ...
Council adopts largely unchanged budget
McMinnville City Council stayed the course with budget committee decisions Tuesday, opting to adopt the previously approved budget for fiscal year 2025-26 with only one minor accounting change. Tuesday’s ...
Offbeat Oregon: ‘King of moonshiners’ was an old-time music legend
Among musicians and fans of old-time string-band music, Benjamin Franklin Jarrell is basically royalty. As a member of one of the most influential bands from the golden age of old-time music — DaCosta ...
Arrests & Citations: June 27, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Travis Douglas Mottram, 36, Newberg, June 23, second-degree theft, failure to appear; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $5,000 bail. Levi Eric Weinstein, 30, ...
School districts’ insurance costs set to rise
McMinnville and other school districts likely will pay more for insurance next year to cover the cost of potential sexual abuse and misconduct cases. The state’s common insurance fund for schools, ...
Photos: Puzzle Palooza
Friends and families put their puzzle skills to work during Summer Fun series event. “Every table had a different mix—families, friends, all ages,” said Courtney Terry, McMinnville ...
Friends of killed pedestrian request safety enhancements
Friends of the McMinnville woman who was killed last month while crossing the street at Old Sheridan Road and Cypress Lane addressed city council Tuesday to request changes to the dangerous intersection. During ...
Fun comes to Carlton this weekend
Carlton will be filled with fun Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, during the city’s annual summer festival, Carlton Fun Days. Most activities will be centralized in Ladd Park downtown, next to the ...
Quirk of the Week: Taking a sidelong glance at odd sights, some fortunately fleeting
Quirk has always been about some things gone sideways, in good ways. Yet, at a year-and-a-half into the chronicling of Quirk in this publication, this is a good time to examine sideways as … not ...
