The new do's and don'ts of curbside recycling
A crowd of recycling enthusiasts were mostly pleased with the news delivered during a Feb. 2 Zero Waste Bubble Rap Speaker series presentation. “Congratulations, you can recycle your nursery pots ...
Trail removal gets first reading
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners held the first reading of an ordinance that will officially remove the Yamhelas Westsider trail from county planning documents at its meeting Thursday. The board ...
Gallery to stage 'Bye Bye Birdie'
A teenager in Sweet Apple, Ohio, wins a chance to give famous singer Conrad Birdie one last kiss before he joins the military in “Bye Bye Birdie,” which will open Friday, March 6, at Gallery ...
Wastewater plan likely to carry rate, SDC hikes
The city of McMinnville is close to finalizing a 20-year wastewater master plan that will require rate and development charge increases to pay for a litany of capital projects. Similar to the Parks, Recreation ...
Koester sentenced to 50 years for crimes
Robert Arnold Koester, 59, a professional photographer formerly of Yamhill County has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for drugging and sexual assaulting seven models and filming the incidents in his ...
Linfield briefs employees on upcoming cuts
Linfield University still needs to reduce costs by approximately $1.7 million to reach a balanced budget by June, employees were told during a meeting Tuesday to discuss the school’s direction. President ...
Mac council looks to quickly fill vacancy
Ward 3 McMinnville residents can now apply for the vacant seat on city council, following the passage of a resolution Tuesday night. Former councilor Jessica Payne resigned on Feb. 9. The city charter ...
Vintage N-R/Memory Lane: Feb. 27, 2026
10 Years Ago -- There will come a time, and perhaps it has already arrived, when people will tell their grandchildren how they used to shop at special stores to rent movies. Such nostalgic tales might ...
Amity switches to new water plant, bringing online more efficient processing, monitoring
Amity water users can take a deep gulp of water now that the city is running on its new water treatment plant as on Thursday, Feb 19. “We switched over to the new clear well and process last week ...
Concert will feature work by women composers
Second Winds Community Band will perform works by female composers on March 8 as part of Women’s History Month. The free concert will start at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in the McMinnville Community ...
Sheridan to seek change in state block grant use
Sheridan city councilors last week unanimously approved petitioning the state to allow a change in use of Community Block Grant funding for sewer pipe slipping instead of a replacement project. The million-dollar ...
Lafayette council continues food cart hearing to April
The Lafayette City Council halted a Feb. 12 public hearing mobile food units amid uncertainty about how proposed space rules in draft ordinance would affect businesses Lafayette’s current city ordinance ...
Native plant sale on Friday, Saturday
The Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District will host its annual native plant sale Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, at the Yamhill County History Museum (also called the Heritage Center), 11275 ...
Quirk of the Week: Let’s take a drive down punny lane
Snowplows and boats have famously been subject to citizen-nominated naming contests in recent years, most famously “Boaty McBoatface” for a British polar research vessel a few years ago. Portland ...
