News-Register File Photo##Anna Baumholtz was one of six Pirates with a hit in Dayton’s 6-4 loss to Valley Catholic.

Dayton bounced in Beaverton

BEAVERTON -- Dayton’s softball season came to an end on Wednesday, as the No. 9 Pirates fell to the No. 8 Valley Catholic Valiants 6-4 in Beaverton. The Valiants jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the ...

Warriors, Tigers, Pirates send several track athletes to state

The Amity Warriors, Dayton Pirates and Yamhill-Carlton Pirates will each send several runners to the 3A state championship meet in Eugene later this week. The Warriors also took home multiple season long ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Kenneth Laufman laughs as he talks about how a flying saucer ended up in his driveway in Dayton. He and his little green friend will be featured Saturday in McMinnville’s UFO parade, which starts at 3:30 p.m. downtown.

DIY UFO: Dayton man debuts handmade saucer in Saturday parade

Airplanes soar over Dayton as they descend toward the McMinnville Airport. So it’s conceivable that a flying saucer chose the same flight path and landed a bit short of the runways, on the ...

Sweeney leads for Dayton School Board seat

Pieper Sweeney is leading a three-way race for Position 5 on the Dayton School Board, according to results of Tuesday’s election issued by the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office. Sweeney has 291 ...

Updated numbers show McMinnville fire district measures passing; school board races being decided

Incumbents Vollmer and Partida leading in McMinnville School District races, along with Towery and Anderson for open seats

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Vietnam veteran Jim Connelly of Dayton receives his Daughters of the American Revolution commemorative pin from Dawnette Bowlin, who organized the DAR ceremony, and a certificate from Yamhill Chapter Regent Eleanor Fuhrer.

DAR thanks Vietnam veterans

Daughters of the American Revolution, Yamhill Chapter, honored Vietnam veterans May 4 with two words they hadn’t heard when the service members returned from the war in the 1960s and early ...

##Brandon Hawthorne

Nursery restitution amount settled in pursuit case

A Clackamas County man has been ordered to pay a Dayton-area nursery $41.826.70 for tearing up trees and equipment with his pickup. Brandon Hawthorne, 25, is serving time in prison in connection ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Dave Rucklos said has enjoyed getting to know the community through his role as McMinnville Downtown Association director. He will leave the MDA at the end of May to take a job as tourism and economic development director in Dayton.

MDA manager enjoyed serving Mac, moves on to Dayton

Dave Rucklos was looking forward to getting to know people when he started his job as McMinnville Downtown Association manager in early March 2020. But he hadn’t managed to meet everyone ...

Rucklos: Dayton has ‘intriguing’ plans

Dayton is planning big things, said Dave Rucklos, the city’s new tourism and economic development director. Now manager of the McMinnville Downtown Association, Rucklos will officially take ...

##Heather Crawford Giraud

Three vie for Dayton School Board seat

Heather Bissonette, Heather Crawford Giraud and Pieper Sweeney are running for Position 5 on the Dayton School Board. The seat currently is held by Jeff Crapper, who is not running. The winner of the ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Miguel Santoyo of Wings & Waves Waterpark talks about potential summer employment with Dayton High juniors, from left, Eddy Munoz, Jonathan Islas and Camilo Medina during the career fair.

Students gain broader sense of future at Dayton career fair

Camilo Medina visited numerous information booths at the Dayton Junior High/High School career fair Friday, including those hosted by Chemeketa Community College and the Wings & Waves Water Park. “They ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Dayton School Board Chairman Larry Ringnalda signs a contract with Amy Fast, Dayton’s new school superintendent, in a ceremony Monday. Fast, now principal of McMinnville High School, will replace Dayton’s Steve Sugg, who is retiring in June.

Mac High's Fast to lead Dayton district

Amy Fast, who has been high school principal for four of her 22 years with the McMinnville School District, will become superintendent of Dayton schools in 2023-24. The Dayton School Board made ...

News-Register file photo##Amy Fast is the Dayton School Board s top choice for superintendent.

Dayton negotiating with Mac High principal

McMinnville High School Principal Amy Fast may become superintendent of the 900-student Dayton School District. Dayton School Board members on Tuesday directed their chairman, Larry Ringnalda, to ...

In brief: Dayton school board to discuss finalists

Dayton School Board will meet in executive session Tuesday (closed to the public) to discuss who will become the district’s next superintendent. The board hopes to offer one of three finalists a ...

Dayton superintendent finalists to appear in community forum

Dayton School District board members and staff will greet three finalists for the superintendent position as they spend a day in the district on Wednesday, March 15. The public can meet them at a community ...