Photo by Joshua Rice##The Moonlight Theater experienced most of the damage in Wednesday’s fire that also caused smoke damage to the kitchen-restaurant area of the building.

Police, fire marshal continue inquiry into Third Street fire

5/31/23 update McMinnville Police are investigating the Wednesday, May 24, fire that gutted the rear of the downtown Moonlight Theater and caused fire damage to the connected Third Street Pizza and smoke ...

Along the Street: Wineries host special events for Memorial Day

Many area wineries are planning special events over Memorial Day weekend. Music, food and activities are planned, along with tastings. Some places will debut new vintages or bring out wines that aren’t ...

Along the Street: New Energy moves to employee ownership

New Energy Works & Pioneer Millworks, which has a plant in McMinnville, is now 100% employee-owned. The company is based in Farmington, New York. It has a site in Portland in addition to the Pioneer ...

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County hires Chamber director for new economic development post

Yamhill County has hired its first in-house economic development director. Gioia Goodrum, who has been president of the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce since 2016, has been selected for the ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Organic Valley company officers Mark Pfeiffer and CEO Jeff Frank look at the huge storage tanks saved from the fire and new ones added in the reconstruction of the McMinnville plant. The company ordered additional tanks soon after the April 2021 blaze, which helped expedite rebuilding, allowing it to return to dry milk powder processing a year ago.

Organic Valley, operating again in Mac, looks toward the future of dairy

Day in and day out, tanker trucks pull into Organic Valley Creamery’s newly enclosed loading bays to deliver milk from organic dairies in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Often they pass trucks ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##“We are now officially naming our first beer release Gold Dot,” said Kevin Davey, right, as he and Lisa Allen of Heater Allen Brewery introduce their new brand at The Bitter Monk taproom on May 10. Davey described it as “not as bitter, not as alcoholic, or malty as the pils,” Heater Allen’s flagship beer. “Gold Dot as a brand is both of us, a combination of both of us. I’m really excited. I think everyone in McMinnville is pretty proud of Heater Allen for its amazing beer,” said Davey, formerly of Wayfinder in Portland. Gold Dot is an unfiltered version, cold-finished and lagered for over eight weeks, Davey said. “We want to try different things and see where this beer ends up. We want to make the perfect beer, Helles is a lager that is very complicated, it’s a hard beer to make,” The brewers used a specific barley from Germany, Steffi, named for tennis great Steffi Graf. “It is a low alcohol, 4.9 percent beer, a very dry beer, but it has so much malt flavor for being such a small beer. Drinkability is the focus of Helles.”

Along the Street: Gold Dot debuts; UFO fest brings out beer options

McMinnville’s newest beer label, Gold Dot, part of Heater Allen Brewery, debuted its first beer, a Helles, on May 10 at The Bitter Monk tap room at Third and Cowls streets. Gold Dot is the new in-house ...

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 ...

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 ...

News-Register file photo##McMinnville’s Thursday Farmers Market reopens next week — rain or shine — along Cowls Street between First and Second. A record 85 vendors are scheduled to participate over the course of the season, which runs this year through Oct. 12.

Along the Street: Farmers Market opens Thursday

Summer really is coming – that’s proven by the return of one of McMinnville’s most popular activities, the Thursday Farmers Market. Offering seasonal produce, ready-to-eat food and more, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Jack Maxwell of American Family Insurance in McMinnville was honored by the company for his community service and support for numerous nonprofits and organizations.

Insurance agent honored for community service, support

Jack Maxwell III remembers all the help his family received from others when he was growing up. Now that he’s an adult and a successful businessman, he devotes much of his time to helping ...

Along the Street: Sheridan HS ballfield sees big score, and more business news

Local businesses and service clubs helped Sheridan High School obtain a new baseball scoreboard in a project led by SHS senior Jacob Giddings. The new board replaced an old one that dated from 1995 and ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Michelle Grannis accepts a freshly cooked entree from Chef Henry Kibit in the new Cypress restaurant in the Atticus Hotel. Chef Travis Bird also helps lead the restaurant, which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner Thursday through Monday.

Mediterranean-style restaurant opens in Atticus Hotel

Cypress, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, is now open in the Atticus Hotel in downtown McMinnville. Open Thursday through Monday, the restaurant is a collaboration among the Atticus team and ...

Along the Street: Indian restaurant announced for former Community Plate

A new Indian restaurant will open later this year at 315 N.E. Third St., the former home of Community Plate. Community Plate was a popular breakfast and lunch spot that closed in December. It had been ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Yoga instructor Danae Kelley videotapes herself as she leads a class for “All Bodies Yoga,” an online program that’s accessible to people who want to do the movements in their own homes. Kelley said yoga is good for the mind and emotions, as well as for the body.

Online yoga aims to make classes accessible to all

All Bodies Yoga is for everyone, just as the name implies, said Danae Kelley, who founded and runs the online yoga classes. “I want to make yoga and somatics accessible to anyone,” ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Haley and Tamy Rogers talk about discovering the flood inside their store, Real Deals on Home Decor. They plan to reopen in May after losing about one-third of their merchandise.

McMinnville home decor shop plans return after extensive water damage

McMinnville Real Deals owners are repairing damage caused by a leaking water heater and plan to reopen their store at 125 N.E. Highway 99W in early May. Members of the Rogers family, who run the ...

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