Annual camellia show blooms in Newberg

Camellias will be blooming Saturday, April 13, for the Oregon Camellia Society’s annual show. A fun run and walk also is planned, although the annual Camellia Festival will be offered on a smaller ...

Winery neighbors want proposed dam blocked

There is still time to turn in testimony on a proposed dam on the headwaters of Little Hells Canyon and Cedar creeks in Newberg, after a manager for Stoller Vineyards asked to have the record left open ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##New owner Richard Mason built a broadcasting studio in a vintage home on Evans Street before returning KLYC-1260 to the air in March.

Along the Street: Mac radio station KLYC back on air

McMinnville radio station KLYC returned to the airwaves in March after being off for most of a year. Yamhill County listeners can hear the music and news broadcasts at 1260 AM. It also can be heard on ...

Missing Newberg woman found dead

A Newberg woman who was missing since Sunday was found deceased in a creek near her residence Wednesday, police say. Carolyn Duncan, 43, was found during a search by the Newberg-Dundee Police Department ...

Commissioners give George Fox $500,000 for childcare

Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday agreed to release $500,000 to George Fox University, for the design and architectural renderings of a new childcare center, intended to double as a training center ...

DEQ fines Newberg company $8,800

The state Department of Environmental Quality has fined PPM Technologies Holdings $8,800 for failing to comply with the monitoring requirements of its stormwater discharge permit. PPM manufactures equipment ...

Neighbors object to vineyard plan for impounding water

Neighbors of a 26-acre vineyard property on Quarry Road outside Newberg object to a plan by Red Hills LLC to build a dam to impound water for summer irrigation. The Planning Commission will meet ...

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A.J. Custer and Sadie Best of McMinnville High School’s Leo Club fill plastic eggs with candy for the annual Lions Easter egg hunt. Leos is a junior version of the McMinnville Lions Club, which will sponsor the event for children at 10 a.m. sharp Saturday, March 30, in Discovery Meadows Park. It’s one of many Easter egg hunts planned in cities around Yamhill County this weekend. The Easter bunny should have good weather for hiding eggs — Saturday is forecast to be sunny with highs in the 60s. But kids should wear sturdy shoes for the egg hunts anyway, as the grass still may be damp Saturday morning.

Weekend hopping with egg hunts

Easter egg hunts are planned Saturday — with a handful scheduled Sunday — in various venues around Yamhill County. Unless indicated, they are free. They include: McMinnville: The McMinnville ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Bill Willis stands with wood from many sources he transforms into art pieces, in the new Earth & Wood studio in Amity. The roll-down door separates the woodworking area and that of the ceramics space used by his son and co-owner, Dan Willis.

Along the Street: Amity wood and ceramics gallery debuts new studio

Earth & Wood’s new studio building will get its debut Saturday, March 30, during Amity Daffodil Festival. Earth & Wood is located at 412 S. Trade St. Gallery co-owner Bill Willis said the ...

Easter egg hunts planned around county

Hippity-hop, the Easter Bunny is on its way to Yamhill County. It will visit numerous egg hunts, including the McMinnville Lions Club’s venerable event, mostly on Saturday, March 30. Additional ...

Parkway Committee gives ODOT an earful

Members of the county Parkway Committee got straightforward over a roundabout. The committee gave an earful to attending officials from Oregon Department of Transportation on Thursday. The committee was ...

LUBA remands decision on agritourism permit

The state Land Use Board of Appeals has remanded a county decision to award an agritourism permit to a local cattle rancher. In June of 2023, farmer Scott Picker told the county commissioners that he ...

ODOT seeking input on potential bike-pedestrian improvements in Newberg

The state Department of Transportation is asking for public comments on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety in downtown Newberg.The department is conducting a study, but it is not yet funded for ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Bloodworks Northwest phlebotomist David Slavens uses a cotton swab to demonstrate where the needle will go into Kirsten Wells’ arm. For many people, the pinch is the worst of it. Wells dropped in when she was driving by and saw the bus at the Embold Credit Union parking lot.

Amid shortage, blood drives spring up

With blood donation needs running high throughout the region, plenty of late winter/early spring donation opportunities have come to Yamhill County. Bloodworks Northwest, from Beaverton, travels in a ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Makalea Napoleon kneels for a kiss from Nalu, who just successfully sniffed out the “truffle” as an appreciative audience looked on. A small tin containing a cotton swab infused with truffle oil was hidden under one of several agility cones, placed there by a volunteer from the crowd. “Dogs can really pinpoint when a truffle is ripe,” said Napoleon. “Any dog can do truffle hunting.” Nalu, age 4, is a rescue dog from Texas. Truffle Dog Company, based in Seattle, offers truffle dog training, native truffle sales, harvesting for orchards, and consultation services.

Phenomenal fungus: Taste of Truffle event inaugurated to highlight culinary treasures

Underneath the Willamette Valley’s forests in the dead of winter, there is a world teeming with life and an underground home to one of Oregon’s prized delicacies: the wild Oregon truffle. In ...

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