Both entrances to Joe Dancer Park were barricaded Tuesday, April 28, as McMinnville Police investigated a reported shooting inside the park.

Mac PD says 16 arrested, including shooter, connected to Joe Dancer Park incident

Sixteen males between the ages of 15 and 20 have been arrested in connection with a melee and shooting on Tuesday, April 28, at Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville Police reported over the weekend.

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Workers are preparing to raze several small, old buildings to make room for a new, large U-Haul facility on Highway 99W in north McMinnville. The complex will include space for parking rental trucks, offices and indoor self-storage areas, as well.

Along the Street: What’s going up: U-Haul expansion underway

Construction fences are up around a site in the 3100 block of Northeast Highway 99W, south of Kraemer’s Garden shop. A variety of construction equipment has been moved there, as well. The site will ...

County transit committee to meet Thursday

The Yamhill County Transit Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the Mt. Hood room of the Government Services Building, 400 N.E. Baker St., McMinnville. The meeting ...

Affordable housing committee discusses upcoming grant work

McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee last week discussed upcoming grant-funded endeavors and brainstormed ideas for a second meeting regarding the city’s rent burdened status. The city ...

County to settle over foreclosure proceeds

Commissioner Mary Starrett’s past concerns about Yamhill County keeping proceeds from tax foreclosed property sales have come to fruition, as the Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday to settle ...

News-Register file photo##In this 2017 photo, a couple cast their lines at Vern Huddleston Memorial Pond in Willamina. Huddleston created the city’s original fish pond on the old high school campus. When that was turned into a wastewater lagoon, the pond at Hampton Park was rededicated to honor Huddleston.

What in the Yamhill: Vern Huddleston Memorial Pond

For this week’s What in the Yamhill, we turn to Timber Town, USA. Located next to the convergence of Willamina Creek and South Yamhill River is the Vern Huddleston Memorial Fishing Pond at Hampton ...

Submitted photo##Daniel Pollack-Pelzner presents the keynote address during the 2026 Terroir Creative Writing Fetival.

Letter to Readers: The energy of writing

What happens when over 125 creatively minded people gather for a day of inspirational and informative discussions? They share laughter, connection and collaboration, all while hoping to channel that energy ...

Four commissioner hopefuls share their visions for the county

Four commissioner hopefuls discuss their visions for Yamhill County as they vie for two seats in May 19 election POSITION 1 Johnston seeks to continue making connections Yamhill County Board of Commissioners ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Freya and Hunter Kimbrough of Otis, walk among blooming camas near the Cozine Creek Friday during the Camas Festival on Friday, May 1, at Linfield University. Highlights of the festival included guided tours of the natural area, speakers, an Indigenous Creators’ Market, an art exhibit and children’s activities.

Photos: Culture in bloom

Locals explore fields of camas during annual festival at Linfield

School budget committee to meet

McMinnville School Superintendent Kourtney Ferrua will deliver her budget message Wednesday, May 6, at the first formal meeting of the district’s budget committee. The public session will start ...

Flamingos support service trip

McMinnville Youth Collective, a Christian community service organization for young, is using flocks of flamingoes to raise money for its 2026 service learning trip. For $40, the group will plant plastic ...

Trial continued for sexual abuse case

The trial for Travis Michael Lake, 35, of Toledo was scheduled to open May 12 but is now set for August following a continuance request. Lake was indicted in February on two counts each of first-degree ...

Emily Bonsant/News-Register##Former Gov. Barbara Roberts poses for a photo April 24 with an emblem of the planned Career Technical Education Center in Sheridan that will bear her name. Roberts, who served from 1991 to 1995 as Oregon’s first woman governor, graduated from Sheridan High School in 1955.

Barbara Roberts center in Sheridan to offer vocational courses before construction

Rural Yamhill and Polk County school districts are joining forces to bring career technical education to students sooner rather than later. The Barbara Roberts Career Technical Education Center, a vocational ...

County approves status quo budget

Despite an approximately $10 million bigger budget, Yamhill County passed a “status quo” budget last week that kept property tax rates steady, retained all positions and slightly lowered fund ...

Amity working on master plan funding

The Amity City Council will discuss grant opportunities and councilor laptops during its 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6. The city previously received a Department of Land Conservation and Development grant for ...

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