Rusty Rae/News-Register##Ilsa Perse, right, drapes one of her scarves around the neck of Phyllice Bradner, one of her partners in the Currents Gallery on Third Street. Bradner, Perse and five other artists own the gallery, which will mark its 20th anniversary this weekend.

Currents Gallery marks 20 years

Twenty years ago, several local artists collaborated on a new creation: a gallery that would show their work and that of others, while also allowing them to participate in the process of displaying and ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Workers continue to lay the groundwork for the new Thoroughbred Express Car Wash at 1170 S.W. Booth Bend Road, near Lowe’s Home Improvement store. The 2,729-square-foot car wash building is being built at a cost of $450,000.

Along the Street: Car wash, Tractor Supply, Jersey Mike’s and more in the works

- The Merri Artist has relocated from its longtime Third Street location to 895 N.E. Highway 99W, where it reopened today. The new building includes more space and a new sign by ES&A Sign Corp. ...

Banker Jon Johnson retires after enjoyable career

Citizens Bank Vice President and McMinnville Branch Manager Jon Johnson has enjoyed his career in banking and the opportunities he’s had while working in McMinnville. Johnson retired at the end ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Brendan and Haley Byer are the chef and baker, as well as the owners, of Alea Bakery & Cafe, which opens Wednesday in Mac Market. The couple serves breads, pastries and breakfast items made with locally grown, organic ingredients. Before starting Alea, the Byers worked at Okta.

Along the Street: New bakery, other changes at Mac Market

Mac Market, 11th and Alpine, is changing its layout to reflect a new collection of businesses. An interior partition has been removed, making it possible to see everything from the central seating area, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Dayton residents and people who worked on the inn project gather on the patio in back to celebrate its grand opening. Escape Lodging will operate the 12-room boutique hotel, which was constructed in a vintage building that once held a bank. Retail businesses are planned for the ground floor facing Ferry Street.

Vintage bank building turned into boutique lodging

A large photo of the late Bill Stoller, standing in a vineyard and looking happy, was on display Wednesday at the grand opening of the Inn at Dayton, one of his pet projects. “This is his home, ...

Along the Street: Amity chef wins James Beard Award

The 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northwest and Pacific region went to Timothy Wastell of Antica Terra Winery in Amity. Wastell was honored last week at the James Beard Association’s ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Jenny and Lance Morrison of Yamhill visit the site where they will build their new coffee shop. A grant will help with the project, which includes taking down an old building and construction of new spaces. Jenny Morrison said they want to make it a community gathering spot.

Grant will support expansion of Yamhill couple’s roasting business

The Yamhill Downtown Association has received a $161,548 Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant on behalf of Table Top Coffee Roasters, a local business that plans to build a coffee shop in Yamhill. With ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Willamette Valley Vineyards’ tasting room has been a popular spot on Third Street for 15 years. It will close Friday, June 27, but WVV’s Domaine Willamette winery and tasting room near Dayton will remain open.

Willamette Valley Vineyards tasting room to close

Willamette Valley Vineyards will close its McMinnville tasting room, one of the longest-tenured wine attractions on Third Street. Spence Fogarty, estate general manager with the Turner-based winery, said ...

News-Register file photo##Friday is the opening day of MacFresco, which closes Third Street to car traffic on summer weekends to make way for outdoor shopping and dining.

Along the Street: MacFresco returns with Make Music

Third Street will welcome summer this weekend as MacFresco gets underway. To accommodate dining and shopping outside, the street will be closed to vehicles from 3 p.m. Fridays through Sunday nights. Instead ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Steve Wilson and Maureen OCallaghan have moved their fine dining restaurant, the Bay House, to Dayton from Salishan resort south of Lincoln City. A fraction of the restaurant’s collection of 14,000 bottles of wine are displayed in the dining area.

Popular coast restaurant moves to Dayton location

The Bay House, long a destination restaurant on the Oregon Coast, has reopened in Dayton. Owners Steve Wilson and Maureen OCallaghan expect to draw many longtime customers to its new city, in addition ...

Stoller Wine acquires Elouan

Stoller Wine Group, founded by the late Bill Stoller, a Dayton native, has acquired the Elouan brand from California-based Copper Cane Wines & Provisions. Company officials said the acquisition will ...

Rite-Aid store closing

Rite Aid will close its entire McMinnville store at the end of June, in addition to closing its pharmacy Monday, June 16. Last week, the store manager said only the pharmacy would close at this ...

Along the Street: WVMC designated trauma center

Willamette Valley Medical Center has been designated a Level III Trauma Center by the Oregon Health Authority Emergency Medical Services Program. It is the only hospital with this designation in Yamhill, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Rite Aid will close its McMinnville pharmacy, although the manager says the store itself will remain open for now. Customers should come in to the store to transfer their prescriptions to another pharmacy by June 16.

Rite Aid pharmacy closing June 16

The Rite Aid store in McMinnville is closing its pharmacy as of June 16. Prescription holders have until then to transfer their information to another pharmacy of their choice. If they don’t come ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##The Evergreen Event Center features big windows that look over the vineyard on the north side of the campus. Fifty acres are planted in grapes, with another 50 planned this year.

Evergreen opens new event center; hotel is next

The new Evergreen Event Center is unassuming in front, which faces Highway 18 from its position west of the museum buildings and beside the log cabin called The Lodge. The one-story structure is faced ...

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