Local officers learn school resource skills
Law enforcement officers from 15 agencies spent a week in Carlton training to work with students in a course offered by the National Association of School Resource Officers. “If we’re trying ...
Students grow vegetables, and skills, in Duniway garden
The best thing about Duniway Middle School’s new gardening class is getting to plant vegetables, watch them grow and getting to eat them, eighth-grader Jayden Vargas said. He likes the classroom ...
Chemeketa makes case for bond measure
Chemeketa Community College leadership has made the rounds in an effort to promote its proposed $140 million bond issue on the May 20 ballot, addressing McMinnville City Council and the Yamhill Board of ...
Dayton culinary team third in state
Dayton’s first-ever ProStart culinary team took third place, competing against more seasoned schools, Monday in the statewide cooking competition. Ivan Duarte, Sydney Hall, Grace Goularte ...
Stopping By: Bard Influence
Mac’s state Shakespeare champion uses comic, musical talents to explore the new language of iambic pentameter
Board member’s school visits severely limited
McMinnville School Board member Larry Vollmer has been banned from visiting schools without a specific invitation. Superintendent Debbie Brockett sent an email Feb. 24 to Vollmer, a board member since ...
McMinnville schools to start ’25-’26 year after Labor Day
Classes for the 2025-26 school year will begin Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, the McMinnville School Board decided Monday. The after-Labor Day start was the choice of about 76% of families and staff ...
Linfield University hosts physicist Schekman for Nobel Symposium
The Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium returns to Linfield University’s McMinnville and Portland campuses April 10-11. The two-day program includes several events featuring Dr. Randy W. Schekman, ...
'Yes, Chef!': Dayton students prep for first culinary competition
Dayton High School will enter the statewide ProStart cooking competition Monday for the first time ever. “Yes, Chef!” students told teacher Krista Carpino when she told them DHS would take ...
Students learn about welding and other fields in ‘Blue Collar’ tour
Students interested in the trades – welding, fabrication, mechanical work, construction, electrical installation, etc. – crowded into McMinnville High School’s Career Technical Center ...
Photo Gallery: Science Fest expands, electrifies
Plasma ball entertains and educates at Saturday’s Science Fest, hosted by Carlton Observatory at Evergreen Aviation Museum. Participants placed lightbulbs, foil, coins, and other conductors against the glass, filled with gases and a high-voltage electrode. This affects the current’s flow through filament, creating colorful tendrils of light.
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 ...
Stopping by: Good day, every day
Inspiring kids by example, first-year teacher sees results are often ‘mágico’
Mac school board to meet March 10
McMinnville School Board members will consider approving a calendar for the 2025-26 school year when they meet Monday, March 10, in the district office at 800 N.E. Lafayette Avenue. A Zoom link is available ...
This weekend’s annual wine and food extravaganza benefits St. James students
In the preschool room at St. James School, Cade Coussens and Fernanda Curiel build things with rectangles and triangles made from translucent plastic atop a light table. “We made smoothies,” ...
