Berschauer suggests redirecting ARPA funds to Mac after-school program

Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday discussed redirecting $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from George Fox University to the McMinnville after-school program Last December, commissioners ...

Domestic violence incident leads to shootings

A hand-pump pellet gun was fired during a domestic violence incident Wednesday night west of McMinnville, which resulted in two individuals transported to hospitals and one arrest, so far. Yamhill County ...

Unanimously, but skeptically, city tightens camping rules

The McMinnville City Council unanimously passed three ordinance changes Tuesday that will significantly impact public camping rules in the city starting next month. Following several discussions on implementing ...

Planning director concludes dam allowed outright

The county has canceled a public hearing over a controversial proposal for a dam on vineyard property. Yamhill County Planning Director Ken Friday has concluded the dam is allowed outright, under the ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Homeward Bound shelter manager Amanda Golden and staff member Marcus Golden enter Tater Tot’s kennel with a toy to play tug of war, an activity that has helped socialize the stray. Impounded animals find hope at the no-kill nonprofit shelter, but the county is uncertain how it will pay for kennel services with Homeward Bound beyond the 2024-25 budget year.

County nearing tail end of Dog Control funding

As budget season begins, county leaders will be thinking in terms of dog years. Dog Control, that is. The county will spend the last of a long-relied-on trust fund in the next fiscal year to pay for kenneling ...

U.S. Supreme Court weighing complex homelessness case

WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S Supreme Court justices Monday seemed inclined to side with an Oregon town’s law that bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, in a case that could have broad implications for local ordinances related to homelessness across the country.

 

Affordable Housing Committee tackles need and obstacles with transitional housing

McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee continued work on the establishment of regulations for transitional housing Wednesday. The panel discussed a range of topics including permitted structures ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Round dance couples — including Deena and Don Myatt, center, Jennie and Nate Ramer, front left, and Kevin Steward and Carol Roos, front right — circle the floor at the McMinnville Grange Hall, where the Braids and Braves Square Dance Club hosts events on the third Saturday of each month. Round dances alternate with square dances, which involve four couples moving in a square formation.

'24 hours: 7 to 8 p.m. at the grange

The McMinnville Grange Hall was nearly empty at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. It’s seems to be just a big room with wooden floors, benches along each wall and a stage at the east end.

YES student orchestra performs Saturday

An honors orchestra made up of players from the JOY program, other Yamhill County public school students and those taking private music lessons. will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Scott and Elizabeth Hinchcliff enjoy riding in their 1938 Ford pickup. Scott, a master mechanic at Scott’s Automotive in McMinnville, said he believes vehicles are meant to be driven, so he uses the vintage truck on a regular basis.

Stopping By: Cruising duo

Love of cars and community drive McMinnville DSA winners Scott and Elizabeth Hinchcliff

Lions plan 'Roaring Night of Giving'

The McMinnville Lions Club will raise funds for Henderson House as well as Lions charitable initiatives at a “Lions Roaring Night of Giving” gala on Saturday, May 11. The Roaring ’20s-style ...

National Day of Prayer event May 2

The McMinnville Ministerial Association will host a National Day of Prayer event from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Yamhill County Courthouse. Ministers and members of the public will meet on ...

Barrell Roll: Barrel Roll Xicha and Rogue announce first collaboration

Tamarind and Pineapple Blonde Ale will be the first collaboration between Xicha Brewing, a Salem brewery with McMinnville roots, and Newport-based Rogue Ales and Spirits. The ale begins a lineup of beers ...

Library will be closed April 29 to May 3

McMinnville Public Library will be closed from Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3, for duct cleaning and expansion of its Library of Things. The library will reopen for Teen Gaming Night from 6:30 ...

Musical offers audition opportunity

The director of an upcoming play in Salem will hold open auditions in McMinnville on April 27 and 28 and May 4 and 5. Traci Ward of McMinnville will direct “Metropolis the Musical,” which ...

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