Dollar General takes step toward opening Amity store

Amid controversy, planning commission approves site plan

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Amity fire victim Chris Brown and his partner, Jackie Anderson, are staying temporarily at the McMinnville Motel 6 after flames engulfed their manufactured home last week.

Amity fire victims lost everything, even beloved pets

Chris Brown knows all too well the impact a tragic occurrence can have on one’s life. “My cousin was the second one shot at Umpqua Community College,” he said, recalling the morning ...

Amity administrator receives favorable review

The city council gave Amity City Administrator Michael Thomas a favorable review and lifted his six-month probationary status at the Wednesday, Feb. 5, regular meeting. Mayor Michael Cape initiated the ...

Amity Elementary returns to school

Amity Elementary School students and teachers were back in their classrooms Wednesday after missing Monday and Tuesday because of a boiler malfunction. An actuator failed, according to Superintendent ...

Rusty Rae / News-Register##The early morning fire burned several vehicles, as well as two mobile homes.

Amity blaze destroys two manufactured homes, vehicles

A pair of fires that might have started in a wood stove destroyed two homes Wednesday in a blaze northeast of Amity that created a smoke plume that was visible for miles.  Crews and equipment from ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Wednesday morning s fire off Highway 233 resulted in a massive amount of damage.

Amity blaze destroys two manufactured homes, vehicles

Crews and equipment from multiple agencies responded shortly after midnight Wednesday to a pair of residential fires northeast of Amity. About a half dozen people escaped the structures unharmed. An ...

Amity Elementary returns to school

Amity Elementary School students returned Wednesday after missing Monday and Tuesday because of a boiler malfunction. An actuator failed, according to Superintendent Jeff Clark. A new part arrived Tuesday. ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##McMinnville firefighters use a ladder truck to hang the huge holiday banner across Highway 99W in south McMinnville Sunday morning. Banners on each end of town will greet travelers throughout the season. Below: Comcast lineman Mitch Evans of Independence places a Christmas wreath on a pole near Bi-Mart. Comcast has been helping with the installation of McMinnville’s holiday displays for more than two decades.

Local communities ring in the holidays

Santa’s Parade and the Upper City Park tree lighting ceremony that follows will help families jump start their holly, jolly holiday season in downtown McMinnville Friday afternoon. The parade starts ...

Amity residents will pay more for water

AMITY - Beginning Jan. 1, the base residential water rate will rise by $5 each year for the next three years. The Amity City Council approved a resolution at this month's meeting that OKs the rate hike. Amity ...

Leppin wins Amity board race

AMITY - Jennifer Leppin led Steve Vanderzanden for Position 3 on the Amity School Board in Tuesday’s special district election balloting. Leppin received 294 votes, 53.3 percent, to 258, 46.7 percent, ...

Reach the Beach goes through Yamhill County Saturday

Three segments of the American Lung Association’s annual Reach the Beach “Cycle for Air” fundraising bike ride will start in Yamhill County Saturday morning. About 3,000 riders are expected ...

Michael Thomas

Amity hires city administrator

AMITY - The Amity City Council approved hiring Michael Thomas as city manager at Wednesday night's monthly meeting. Robert Andrade, Ryan Lehman and Caralyn Miller voted in favor of naming Thomas. Joshua ...

Fire extinguished at Eola Hills Charter School

AMITY - Multiple agencies responded about 10 a.m. Tuesday to a reported two-alarm fire at the Eola Hills Charter School, 9015 Community Club Road. Less than a half hour later, a "good knockdown" on the ...

Incident forces lockout at Amity schools

AMITY — Amity Elementary, Middle and High schools were locked out for a short time Wednesday because of law enforcement activity in the community, specifically on Rice Lane, where the elementary ...

Sheriff's office searches for hit-and-run motorist

AMITY - The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office is searching for a hit-and-run vehicle after a pedestrian was struck Monday, Dec. 10 while walking along Fifth Street across from Amity City Park. The sheriff's ...

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