##Brandon Harris

Along the Street: ER director selected as finalist for Mercy Award

Willamette Valley Medical Center’s Brandon Harris, RN, BSN, has been chosen to attend the Lifepoint company’s annual meeting in August in Nashville, Tennessee. He is being recognized for “demonstrating ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Trough deli owner Tanya Weaver said she is pleased with her restaurant’s new location in an old house across from the Linfield University Oak Grove. The deli sells sandwiches, wraps, sides and salads — including make-your-own combinations from a salad bar.

Deli settles in to new location

The Trough sandwich shop has been doing brisk business in its new location, 801 S.W. Baker St., the vintage house that once held Movietime Video and, more recently, an art gallery and wine tasting room. “We’ve ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Josh Gordon of Evasion Brewing, left, shares a laugh as he talks about the Yamhill County Beer Passport with Mark and Jennifer Angelus of McMinnville, at the Oregon Brews & BBQ.

Barrel Roll: Celebrating both high and low marks

High marks and low marks are among the news from McMinnville’s duo of gluten-free breweries. Evasion Brewing, located on Riverside Drive, received several pieces of good news in June. It earned ...

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 ...

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