Park bathrooms to remain closed
McMinnville park restrooms will remain closed indefinitely following a “high volume of negative behaviors” in the facilities, including vandalism, property damage, camping and at least one ...

Newspaper offices move from downtown to Oregon Lithoprint
The News-Register’s front office reception area, editors, photographers and writers vacated the Northeast Third Street downtown location and moved operations to the Oregon Lithoprint Inc. facility, ...
McMinnville man charged with assault
A McMinnville man was arrested on charges alleging he first slapped his girlfriend’s two-year-old son and then slapped the woman before punching her in the face. Tyler Alfred Kenneth Radke, 26, was ...
Letter to readers Mayor's Ball
For more than 25 years, the first Saturday in February meant attending the McMinnville Mayor’s Charity Ball. The event gave local people a chance to wear their fanciest outfits, or costumes related ...
Along the Street: Chance to try Alt Coworking
On Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14, Alt Coworking will offer a chance for people to try out the alternative work space. Independent business people can get a one-day pass to try the space ...
Gardening box workshop offered
Edible Landscapes of Yamhill County is preparing for its third season of garden boxes along Alpine Avenue in McMinnville. The nonprofit organization is seeking volunteers to help plant and care for each ...

GOAT offers sports, vintage clothing
Always a fan of both sports and retro, one-of-a kind clothing, Grant Blodgette combined his interests by opening a retail business that sells collectible and wearable items. His brick-and-mortar store, ...

Art exhibit blooms at Linfield
“Bloom,” an exhibition by Belle Bezdicek, opens with a 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. reception on Wednesday, Feb. 8, in the Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian Bull Music Center at Linfield University. “Bloom” ...

Swingin' on a Star raises funds for music programs
McMinnville High School singers and instrumentalists were joined by adult musicians and students from Patton and Duniway middle schools Saturday night for Swingin' On a Star. The annual event -- back ...
Band of Brothers meets Thursday
Tyson Weinert, president and CEO of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museums, will speak Thursday, Feb. 2, at a meeting of the McMinnville Band of Brothers veterans’ organization. The group meets ...
Gwendolyn project denied by HLC
Gwendolyn developers told restoration remains reasonable option; appeal could come March 2
Candidates can file for local school boards
Starting Feb. 4, candidates can file for election to school board positions in Yamhill County districts. Candidates need to file at the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office, 414 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, ...

Stopping by Three decades of volunteering at the hospital
Jere Boundy and other volunteers raise funds for scholarships in the WVMC gift shop
Restaurants fire up grills for Melt Down
Cheese starting to melt Although the ground may stay frozen, cheese will be melting all over Yamhill County starting Wednesday as the annual Melt Down fundraiser for YCAP gets underway. Forty-one ...