Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Martin Skegg, co-founder Sunday School Wine and the Alt Wine Fest, cues 
up a vinyl set as DJ Party Marty during Saturday’s Alt Wine Remixed.

‘Alley Galley’ premieres with celebration of non-Pinot wine

Art Alley had a new vibe about it on Saturday, July 12, when about 180 people attended the Alt Wine Fest Remixed event. It was the first official gathering in the passageway since a September reception ...

Alpine Ave. redevelopment, parks bond make progress

Two major city of McMinnville projects are moving forward. The city has named members of a negotiating committee tasked with striking a deal on the Alpine Avenue project with development group Palindrome; ...

McMinnville Water & Light to raise electric rates

The McMinnville Water & Light commission supported a 4.5% rate increase for electric service across all rate classes in each of the next three years, but continued its public hearing on the issue until ...

Mac school district will improve JV softball facility; Title program funds uncertain

McMinnville School District will build a new facility for JV softball on Baker Field, partly in response to a Title 9 complaint about unequal sports facilities. School board members Monday night approved ...

Love INC works with churches to find help for people in need

Love In the Name of Christ, or Love INC, now has a second office in Yamhill County, ensuring that people all over the county can find “transformational help,” according to Pastor John Schmidt, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Departing City Manager Jeff Towery wraps up some work at his desk at McMinnville City Hall. Towery is frequently sporting Green Bay Packers gear, a team he has been a fan of since they won the Super Bowl in 1967. Towery’s father banned rooting for “big city” teams like his native state’s Chicago Bears, so Towery chose Green Bay. “I picked a winning team, and then the Packers went 28 years without being in the playoffs and I stuck with them,” he said. “So I don’t feel like a bandwagon fan because there was a lot of lean time between the time Bart Starr left and the time Brett Favre came.”

Towery reflects on time as Mac's fourth city manager

During his tenure as McMinnville City Manager, Jeff Towery dealt with issues both familiar and incredibly unique. He’s proud of how the city addressed common issues like growth, housing affordability ...

Planners approve West Wind extension

A subdivision just outside McMinnville city limits was approved to add 14 lots by the Yamhill County Planning Commission last week, despite opinions from the Department of Land Conservation and Development ...

Council to review parks bond elements

McMinnville City Council will discuss the elements of a proposed $98.5 million Culture, Parks and Recreation bond, and begin drafting required ballot documents at a work session Wednesday night. The original ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Bec Hasel as Mrs. Savage causes a stir by picking up the newspaper, much to the dismay of Beth Moore (Florence), Lisa Lindman (Fairy), Obie Williams (Hannibal), Kevin Folgate (Jeff) and Cathy Willoughby (Mrs. Paddy) in Gallery Theater’s “The Curious Savage.”

Gallery asks who’s ‘Savage’

Gallery Theater will contemplate who the real savages are when the classic comedy “The Curious Savage” opens Friday, July 18. Shows will play at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Rich Pruitt enjoys making his yard a place for wildlife, especially birds – and the birds help out by planting things such as the large sunflowers that are a focal point in front of his home. Pruitt is retired from Patton Middle School, where he taught sixth grade. The McMinnville Garden Club chose his front garden at 927 N.E. 18th St. as its Yard of the Month for July. The yard features a variety of flowers and foliage, most of which are perennials.

Stopping By/Yard of the Month: Working with nature

Gardener Rich Pruitt works with nature to create a beautiful display in his front yard, which was named Yard of the Month for July by the McMinnville Garden Club. Pruitt, who enjoys spending most of the ...

City of McMinnville graphic##The preferred scenario for “McMinnville Landing,” the new name for the innovation campus plans west of the airport on Highway 18,  includes 44 acres of commercial land, 101 acres for employment and 36 acres of open space and parks.

'McMinnville Landing' development plans feature retail center, hub for jobs

The city of McMinnville and property owners have agreed on a preferred scenario for a planned retail center and employment campus on nearly 200 acres of land off Highway 18. Plans for an innovation campus, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Potcake Aviation’s Wes Cryderman guides a PC-12 plane to the runway of McMinnville Municipal Airport. Projects in the airport master plan address an increase in private jet traffic. The city wants to establish a business plan to accommodate the growth.

Airport buckles up for impact of leadership change

Leadership changes are coming to the McMinnville Municipal Airport, as the city plans to hire a full-time airport manager to take over for currently contracted Potcake Aviation. Potcake oversees daily ...

Mac school board to meet Monday

The McMinnville School Board will hear reports on programs and finances, and take action on proposed student fees, substitute rates and admission of out-of-district students at its meeting Monday at 6:30 ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Nolan Ewing, 7, smiles as his brother Colton, 4, places a square on the community paint-by-sticker masterpiece with help from their mom, Jennifer, at the McMinnville Community Center on Thursday.

Community effort will reveal masterpiece one square at a time

Working together, local residents can replicate a masterpiece by placing colorful stickers on a grid at the McMinnville Community Center. The project is similar to a paint-by-number picture, but uses ...

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HR Director Hedges to step in during interim manager search

McMinnville City Manager Jeff Towery’s tenure will end next week and Human Resources Director Vicki Hedges will become the “acting in capacity” manager, following votes by city council ...

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