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 ...
