County planning commission to hold hearings Thursday
Yamhill County planning commissioners will hold two public hearings Thursday: one for a new winery on Worden Hill Road and the second for a change in farm use on Gopher Valley Road near Sheridan. Jared ...
Burglary targets food truck pod
Andrew Wegman arrived at his Newberg food truck, Hunnybeez, last Tuesday to find the windows smashed, the truck’s contents strewn about the floor, and the empty cash register destroyed. All six carts ...
Heroin user sentenced in building crash
A Corvallis man was under the influence of heroin when he drove into and heavily damaged Newberg’s ETS Laboratories building in early August, Circuit Court Judge Ladd Wiles said. Landre Andrews, ...
Newberg man indicted on sex abuse charges
Walter Eli Elston’s alleged victim said she was sexually abused by him over a period of years, dating from when she was 8. Elston, 49, of Newberg, has been indicted by a grand jury on two ...
Affordable housing to be discussed in Newberg sessions
The city of Newberg is holding two online discussions next week related to affordable housing in Newberg. The first, a public forum on “middle housing,” will be held from 6 to 8 o’clock ...
Miles of lights: Educator pours skill and creativity into Christmas display
Matt Ross has lost count how many LED bulbs are now part of his impressive Christmas display. He knows, though, how many feet of extension cords it takes to power all those lights and moving displays, ...
Outcomes the same after council recounts for Newberg, Lafayette
On Friday, the Yamhill County Clerk’s office finished its third recount of the November election results, but the figures did not change outcomes of close council races in Lafayette and Newberg. County ...
County approves bond for major Friendsview expansion
Yamhill County commissioners last week unanimously approved issuing a $7 million bond on behalf of Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, to finance an expansion. Friendsview is a not-for-profit, ...
Along the Street: 'Gentleman Logger' named Outstanding Tree Farmer
LeLand Payne, who farms 111 acres in the Kutch Creek Drainage near Yamhill, is being honored as Yamhill County’s Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. A third-generation land owner, Payne was ...
Another drug conviction returns Newberg man to prison
Adam Snedden of Newberg is returning to prison after being arrested with more than one pound of meth. Snedden, who has been in and out of jail and prison since 2014 and was on post-prison supervision, ...
Parkway to ODOT: Keep the fishhook
The massive “fishhook” connection at the south end of the Newberg-Dundee Bypass was meant to be temporary. But the Yamhill County Parkway Committee wants to retain it if possible. The ...
Commissioners hear proposal from Friendsview Manor
Yamhill County Commissioners last week heard a presentation from Friendsview Manor about a revenue bond request, intended to fund an expansion of the retirement center, something it also asked four years ...
Willamina, Newberg races remains close
The race for Willamina City Council in the general election remains close after the Polk and Yamhill County Clerk’s Office released another set of results last week. Incumbent Craig Johnson leads ...
Newberg lays new sidewalks as part of improvement project
A project to lay sidewalks around Memorial Park in Newberg is scheduled for completion by Thanksgiving weekend. The city began the work late last month. The project is part of a renewed effort to ...
Newberg presents tax break for downtown mixed-use development
The city of Newberg hopes to increase both commercial space and residential dwellings in its downtown area by giving developers a tax break for putting up multi-story, mixed-use buildings. Last Thursday, ...
