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Bus route to Eugene opens with free service

Local residents can catch a free ride to Corvallis or Eugene, at least during the next six months of a pilot program. The new line, called 99 Vine, is a joint project of Yamhill and Benton counties using ...

Submitted photos##Joe Loiselle (far left in top photo; far right in bottom photo) enjoyed fishing trips and other gatherings with his many friends. His buddies were devastated by his death last week at age 41.

Sudden loss of a buddy

Joe Loiselle never hesitated to help anyone who needed assistance, said friends left devastated by his death at age 41 on Nov. 19. “He would drop anything to help,” said Gary Huggins, who took ...

Racheal Winter/News-Register##In McMinnville City Park, a large section of a 24-foot historic wall rests on the ground after a single-car accident destroyed it.

City determining how to rebuild historic wall

A historic wall on the edge of McMinnville’s City Park will be repaired following a traffic accident that destroyed a portion of it earlier this month. The approximately 24-foot-long brick wall ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register## Hundreds of Mac High students marched to downtown Monday morning and rallied near the library in protest of local immigration detainments, including the Friday arrest of a Mac High senior.

ICE arrests Mac High senior; protests follow

McMinnville High School students organized a walk-out and protest in response to one of their own being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday, Nov. 21.

 

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Donna Parkinson is among community members who will open their decorated houses for the Soroptimist Holiday Home Tour on Dec. 7.

Stopping By: A house of whimsy, memories

A Santa face — button nose, crinkly eyes, fluffy beard — smiles at visitors from a mirror in Donna Parkinson’s entranceway.  The simple but cheery paper face was created by one ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Ben Mackay of McMinnville High School, center, Chenoa Lopez of the Delphian School, left, and other students discuss the best way to handle a sudden crisis in their stand-up paddleboard manufacturing company. They confronted situations such as the loss of a key piece of equipment, new taxes and a recession.

All business: Students learn real-world skills with unique simulation game

Business was running smoothly at ULA SUP, a company that makes stand-up paddleboards. The Yew management team was working on keeping employees, ensuring supply chains were open and increasing production, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##The Glide and Gather skating rink, which is made up of panels of synthetic ice, is set up under the tail of the Spruce Goose in the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Visitors can skate every weekend through the holiday season. They also can choose to tour the museum’s Goose Lights attraction, in which planes and helicopters are outlined with colored bulbs.

Rink gets new home at Evergreen

Whatever the weather, McMinnville area residents can go ice skating during the holidays. The Glide and Gather skating rink will open Friday, Nov. 28, under the tail of the Spruce Goose in the Evergreen ...

Submitted photo##Everett Morris, 5, balances as he walks along a line of boulders in the new playground at A Family Place, located in the McMinnville First Baptist Church. He attended the Thursday dedication of the playground, which is designed with natural features and plenty of places for young children to climb, slide and hide.

A Family Place dedicates new playground

Adults of various ages climbed onto the boulders, walked across a series of tree-trunk stepping stones and even slipped down the slide at A Family Place’s new playground at the relief nursery’s ...

##(Nov. 24, 1965) A Bazaar it will be, Thursday, Dec. 2 at the McMinnville First Methodist Church. At Monday’s workshop in the home of Mrs. J.E. Howard are (left to right) Alice Davis, Juunita Howard, Trudy Hurl, Maude Youngman and Selma Russell. All are members of the church’s women’s society.

Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: Nov. 26, 2026

10 years ago -- In one sense, Presiding Judge John Collins predates the state’s 25th Judicial District, which includes the Yamhill County Circuit Court. Collins took the bench in 1992, when ...

Mac Fire District to use $3M on Hwy. 18 station

The McMinnville Fire District plans to use $3 million in state funding for upgrades to its Station 15 on Highway 18, rather than building a new station in the northern part of the district. The district ...

Mac PD shaves off for Juliette’s House

Residents can help decide which facial hair McMinnville Police officers will sport in December if they donate to Juliette’s House this month at participating locations. “We are really hoping ...

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Santa's on his way to Mac

Santa will take time out of his busy schedule Friday to ring in the holiday season in McMinnville. He will fly in from the North Pole in time to be the featured guest in McMinnville’s annual Santa ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Ax and blade no longer open the door to the bar of Grand Ronde’s Bonanza, but are a permanent fixture.

Quirk of the Week: Fun-sway, you could say, and the quirk of cork

With six weeks left in 2025, we are rounding out the second year of this column. As promised, a Thanksgiving smorgasbord of local Quirk awaits below. First, it feels like a good time for a sort of orientation: ...

YCCO issues notice of data breach

Personal information of Yamhill Community Care members was accidentally posted online on Aug. 29, the organization said Tuesday in a press release. “YCCO learned that two financial reports containing ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Dressed in full regalia, Nacoma Liebelt of Grand Ronde joins the circle during Saturday’s Grand Entry at the Grand Ronde Restoration Celebration Powwow at Spirit Mountain Casino. The event marked 42 years since the Tribe’s federal recognition was restored.

Photos: Restoration celebration

The Grand Ronde Restoration Celebration Powwow at Spirit Mountain Casino marked 42 years since the Tribe’s federal recognition was restored.

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