2025: The year in review
Yamhill County’s 2025 was a time of surprises and disappointments, many distinct from those of other years. In 2025, public projects were both buffeted and boosted, and national issues also found ...
Clerk gives trail petitions green light
Two initiative petitions aimed at preserving a 15-mile trail corridor for public use were approved last week to proceed by the Yamhill County Clerk. Trails PAC member Matt Dolphin submitted ...
Landscape committee weighs tree preservation, property rights
Preservation, property rights and staff time were all considerations of McMinnville’s Landscape Review Committee Monday during a second look at proposed protections for significant and landmark ...
Stopping By: Maisie looks forward
Maisie Staebler is looking forward to starting kindergarten in 2026, like other children who turned 5 just a little too late for the 2025 deadline. She’s looking forward to playing with her ...
Man accused of stabbing father
A Newberg man remains in custody at the Yamhill County Correctional Facility after allegedly stabbing his father at their home on Dec. 22. Authorities allege that Vasiliy Vasilyvich Barbiyeru ...
Release revoked for Bachand
Release had been revoked for Paul Bachand, a McMinnville businessman indicted on 11 counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse, one count of encouraging the sexual abuse of an animal ...
Some of those we lost in 2025
Yamhill County lost many people in 2025 – veterans, city officials, educators, relatives, friends. People we remember from high school, from service clubs, from passing on the street. Community members. Every ...
Arrests & Citations: Dec. 31, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Gary Steven Ward, 70, Carlton, Dec. 23, second-degree criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person/two counts; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on ...
Special Delivery: BC Harleys group rolls Christmas joy into hospital
Members of the BC Harleys drag-racing group roared up to the Willamette Valley Medical Center wearing Santa hats, their parade accompanied by the lights from McMinnville Police Department and Yamhill County ...
PAC awaits ruling on trail ballot petition
Yamhill County trail advocates will find out Christmas Eve if they are getting what they want — petitions designed to preserve the Yamhelas Westsider trail approved by County Clerk Keri Hinton. Trails ...
Heavy rains lead to sewer overflows
High rain levels caused sewer overflows and mechanical failures in several cities across Yamhill County including McMinnville, Amity and Willamina. McMinnville had a sewer overflow from 3:10 a.m. to 10:10 ...
Stopping By: Enjoying the experiences
A native of Tunisia, Raghad Ben Ameur, known as Rae, is experiencing her first Christmas celebrations this year as an exchange student at McMinnville High School.
Planners give green light to McMinnville Landing overlay
The table is set for development on 190 acres of land off Highway 18, following the Planning Commission’s unanimous adoption of a development overlay for the planned McMinnville Landing. “This ...
Along the Street: Park & Main changing owners
Park & Main founders Dustin and Maryfrances Wyant are selling their restaurant in downtown Carlton to The Ground, which operates The Pub and Grounded Table in McMinnville, along with Stillwater Event ...
About one-tenth of total McMinnville UGB represented in study area
McMinnville City Council and Planning Commission gave feedback last week on three concept plans for a 640-acre area of unincorporated land that could be annexed into the city in the coming years. The ...
