Residents can weigh in on SW Area Plan
The city of McMinnville is hosting a community open house on the Southwest Area Plan from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Kent Taylor Civic Hall, 200 N.E. Second St. The city is developing an ...
Mac city council meetings will move to Wednesdays starting in March
McMinnville City Council plans to move its regular meetings to Wednesdays starting March 1. Interim City Manager Adam Garvin recommended the change last week as part of continuing operational changes. ...
Kotek eyes McMinnville project
Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has offered support and potential funding for McMinnville’s major projects through its Regional Solutions program. Program Coordinator Beth Wytoski, who lives in Dayton, ...
Chamber to move to its own building
The McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce will move into its own building at 12th and Baker streets this spring — the first time in the organization’s 111 year history it has owned, rather than ...
Fundraiser will help school programs
Tickets are still available for the third-annual “A Work of Heart” wine pairing dinner and auction to benefit McMinnville school programs. The nonprofit McMinnville Education Foundation sponsors ...
EMPWR sign application draws skepticism
EMPWR Nutrition Group wants to place a 300-square-foot digital sign on its expanded headquarters on Booth Bend Road, but the McMinnville Planning Commission was skeptical at last week’s hearing, ...
City plans another rec bond measure
The city of McMinnville plans to take another shot at a parks and recreation municipal bond measure in either the May or November election. A majority of city council favored a further stripped-down version ...
Students call on city leaders to act
The youth turned out at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Five McMinnville High School students addressed the dais during public comment asking for a state of emergency and a sixth submitted ...
Council debates response to immigration enforcement
McMinnville City Council’s proposed steps to address immigration enforcement fell short of expectations for the sometimes raucous crowd that filled Kent Taylor Civic Hall on Tuesday. After ...
Grange hall offers dancing
McMinnville Grange 31, 1700 S.W. Old Sheridan Road, is offering dancing and a potluck from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Fridays and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The dances are family friendly, according ...
Reservations due Saturday for music fundraiser
Reservations are required by Saturday, Jan. 17, for “Swingin’ On a Star,” the annual fundraiser for McMinnville school music programs that features student bands, choirs, soloists and ...
Alpine project gets back on track
McMinnville City Council unanimously approved a new “zone” for the planned McMinnville Landing and agreed to enter negotiations with development team Guardian for the redevelopment ...
Mac school board makes superintendent contract official
McMinnville School Board finalized its contract Monday night with the new superintendent, Kourtney Ferrua, who has been serving as interim leader since July 1. Ferrua will be paid a $243,500 annual salary ...
Continued declines expected in McMinnville school enrollment
Enrollment is declining not just in the McMinnville School District, but statewide, a representative of the firm Flo Analytics told McMinnville School Board members Monday night. The planning ...
