Along the Street: Melt Down brings in nearly $25,000 for YCAP food bank

Area residents chowed down on 12,185 Melt Down specials, most of them grilled cheese sandwiches, during the annual fundraiser in February. All told, the fundraiser brought in $24,788 in 28 days for the ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Samm Johnson puts together a southwest salad using clean ingredients, including beans, olives, avocado and Mexican cheese. She makes the dressing in-house. Like other menu items at Good Food, the restaurant she’s opening with her husband, Rick, the dish is gluten-free and gut-friendly. The couple, below, moved to McMinnville from Las Vegas.

Third Street’s Good Food restaurant opens in April, with gluten-free, gut-friendly

When Samm Johnson and her husband, Rick, decided to call their new eatery Good Food, they were thinking about more than the tastiness of their salads, soups and other offerings. They also were thinking ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Ramsey McPhillips, local farmer and founder of Zero Waste McMinnville, talks about environmental and sustainability issues during the Sprout Summit last week at Linfield University. Beside him is Kathleen George of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

Ideas germinate at new Sprout Summit

Farmers, owners of environmental and sustainable-focused companies and members of other local organizations gathered Thursday to discuss the future of the environment and the economy. Problems ...

Along the Street: New group forms to support Sheridan Library

A new group has formed to support the Sheridan Library and provide more services for residents. The primary goal of “Friends of Sheridan Public Library” (FOLSP) is to raise money to provide ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Cascade Steel’s parent company, Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel), is being acquired by a Japanese firm, Toyota Tsusho Corporation. Radius representatives said no major changes area planned for their operating plants, including McMinnville’s electric arc furnace and rolling mill, which use recycle material to produce rebar, wire rod and other specialty products.

Cascade Steel parent firm sold to Japanese company

Radius Recycling of Portland, owner of McMinnville’s Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, has been sold to the Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) of Japan. Founded 119 years ago, Radius Recycling was long ...

News-Register file photo##Tommy’s has been a fixture for more than 40 years. In this 2011 photo, waitress Kim Greenleaf serves breakfast to hungry regulars David Root, Gerry Miller and Wally Mekkers. The trio of friends ate at Tommy’s every other Wednesday and talked about family, politics, etc.

Tommy’s, longtime local eatery, closing its doors; Colvin Ford to take over space

Chuck Colvin Ford is buying the Tommy’s Restaurant building, which will be vacated when owner Tommy Byers retires at the end of the week. Tommy’s is a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant ...

News-Register file photo##Hayward restaurant owner Kari Shaughnessy.

Along the Street: Hayward announces move to Carlton

Hayward restaurant owner Kari Shaughnessy has announced the restaurant will move this summer from McMinnville to the former Earth and Sea location on North Kutch Street in Carlton. The brick building is ...

Along the Street: What's going up March, 2025

- The new, two-story family dwelling at 218 N.E. Cowls St. in downtown McMinnville is nearing competition, with the exterior walls complete. Andy Wilder of Wilder Rental 2 LLC is building the new ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Matthew Perry and Kim Abrahams check on wine stored in their new business, Mac Wine Lockers. The business, located in the Boho Building on First Street near downtown, offers secure space for storing bottles and cases of wine. Lockers rent by the month.

New wine locker service offers climate-controlled storage

“Where do we put all our wine?” Matthew Perry and Kim Abrahams asked themselves, and realized they weren’t the only ones who had bottles taking up space at home. The solution, for themselves ...

Along the Street: Melt Down program runs through Feb. 28

Grilled cheese sandwich specials will be hot sellers this week as the Melt Down fundraiser continues. Forty-four businesses, most of them restaurants, are participating in the Feb. 1-28 fundraiser for ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Gills Point S Tire & Auto Service is open in its new location, 947 S.E. Baker St., moving from the north end of town. Open weekdays, it offers tires, batteries, brakes and other repairs and replacement items.

Along the Street: Tire, car care shop moves to S.E. Baker

Gill’s Point S Tires is open in its new location, 947 S.E. Baker, the former site of Wilson’s Carpet store. Point S offers full tire services, mobile repairs, alignments, shocks, struts, wipers, ...

Along the Street: Odd Moe’s open in new location

The McMinnville Odd Moe’s Pizza has moved from its longtime location on Baker Street to a storefront in the Albertsons shopping center on South Baker. The pizza shop now offers indoor seating and ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Bernards Farm’s century-old barn has been a landmark on Highway 18 since before the route was paved. The business, which has been a popular spot for passersby as well as locals, who’ve picked up fresh produce, flowers, jams and other products there over the years.

Bernards to close popular farmstand in March

Bernards Farm, which recently marked the 100th anniversary of the eye-catching big white barn that holds its produce stand, will close as of March 9, owners Marvin and Georgia Bernards said. They took ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Doreen Wright, seated, and her children, Allan Wright and Patti Jeanfaivre, have closed Alpine Dry Cleaners in McMinnville. Doreen and the late Jack Wright started the business in 1980. Alpine did business in the shopping center now occupied by Goodwill and other businesses until 1992, then moved into the 19th and Baker location.

Longtime dry cleaner closes doors

After 45 years in business, Alpine Dry Cleaners has closed. It was one of the last three dry cleaners in McMinnville, which had five when Jack and Doreen Wright opened the business in 1980. The number ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Yamhill s new gas station and convenience store is now open. Valley Market is located at Maple (Highway 47) and First Street in the middle of town.
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Along the Street: Yamhill gas station and more 'What's Going Up'

- Yamhill’s new gas station and convenience store, Valley Market, will be opening soon at the corner of Maple and First streets in the center of downtown. Birpal “Paul” Johal has opened ...

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