Despite concerns, planners approve downtown development and rezone NE land to R-4
Members of the McMinnville Planning Commission sympathized with opposition arguments regarding two land use approvals but had the same message for both: Nothing we can do about it. The commission unanimously ...
New Third Street shop features work by emerging artists
Yūgen Art Dig, a new type of art shop in McMinnville, opened last week in time for the McMinnville Art Festival. Yūgen is based on a Japanese style of art shop in which customers browse through a selection ...
Along the Street: Open-air vintage market features 100-plus vendors
Downtown McMinnville will be filled with vintage items of all varieties Saturday, July 25, during the first Vintage in the Valley festival. More than 100 dealers, both local and from places as far away ...
Sheridan to buy Blackwell property to settle lawsuit
The city of Sheridan plans to purchase property owned by Brad and Madonna Blackwell to settle current litigation and potential future liability issues related to flood damage. City councilors are scheduled ...
Federal judge to decide future of Oregon's new recycling law
A federal judge will determine by the end of August the future of Oregon’s nascent statewide recycling modernization law, meant to require product manufacturers and distributors to cover some of the packaging disposal costs Oregonians currently pay via municipal and specialty waste fees.
Specialty hot dogs on the menu at El Jefe’s
A new set of dogs is on the menu at El Jefe’s Dogs, a food stand now open in the Lowe’s parking lot, 1250 S.W. Booth Bend Road, McMinnville. Amador Hernandez and his wife, Nikole Lefkowitz, ...
Acuff gets 48 months for weapons charges
Jess Bradley Acuff, 53, of Sheridan was sentenced last week to 48 months with the Department of Corrections related to an arsenal of illegal weapons recovered at Acuff Storage. On April 13, 2025, Yamhill ...
Lucky Duck features Hayward team
Revel Meat Company’s Jimmy Serlin cooked up the name “Lucky Duck” for the new shop he, his wife, Hayward chef Kari Shaughnessy, and Hayward hospitality director Jules Bandy just opened ...
What in the Yamhill: The ABCs of McMinnville
To the observant eye or longtime local, the fact that McMinnville’s main north-to-south running streets in the city’s oldest section are in alphabetical order may not come as a shock. The ...
Willamina and DEQ discuss sewer system
During its July 14 meeting, the Willamina City Council held an open discussion with the Department of Environmental Quality on past sewer overflows and ways to limit civil penalties and repair the systems. In ...
Dayton plans reunions, chicken barbecue
Although there won’t be a parade or coronation of a senior court, elements of the traditional Dayton Old Timers Festival are still planned for Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26. Local and former residents ...
New art festival draws crowd
McMinnville Art Festival founders Holly and Phil Juttelstad said they were thrilled by the turnout and the reception for the first festival, held Saturday and Sunday. “It exceeded our dreams,” ...
‘The worst three days’
Friends’ pleasant hike turns into wilderness search, which found McMinnville man safe
