Work to close section of Mac bypass two weekends in July
Oregon Department of Transportation maintenance on the OR 18 Yamhill Overflow Bridge in McMinnville will require road closures for two consecutive weekends in July and is expected to cause traffic delays ...
McMinnville hires city attorney
The city of McMinnville has hired Amanda Guile-Hinman, an assistant city attorney in Wilsonville, as its new in-house legal counsel. She starts Aug. 3. She replaces interim city attorney Walt Gowell, ...
Mac mayor files for re-election
McMinnville Mayor Scott Hill is seeking re-election to the post he won handily in 2016, saying he wants to build on the city’s “heritage and legacy” while promoting more diversity as ...
Mac man a 'lucky, lucky' American
Forty years after immigrating to the U.S., George Stastny still reminds himself daily how glad he is to be here. “I’m a lucky man,” said Stastny, who fled communist Czechoslovakia in ...
McMinnville bicyclist hit by pickup
A pickup struck and injured an eight-year-old McMinnville girl who was riding her bicycle Tuesday afternoon. The girl, who was not wearing a helmet, was riding southbound on Northeast Galloway Street. ...
City approves $117 million budget
The McMinnville City Council approved a $117 million 2020-21 budget that received a couple of last-minute tweaks, but didn’t address police department funding, which scores of residents had criticized ...
County Dems elect youngest chair and vice-chair in Oregon
Dayton native Omar Sandoval wasn’t predicting a career in politics or government when he applied for a fellowship with immigrant rights’ group Movimiento Cosecha in 2018, yet it started his ...
‘U’ turn ahead: Linfield set to graduate ‘college’
After almost a century as Linfield College, McMinnville’s private school will be renamed Linfield University on July 1. “With the new name, we are not just staying the course, nor simply changing ...
COVID-19 grounds Oregon International Air Show
COVID-19 has grounded the Oregon International Air Show originally scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at the McMinnville Municipal Airport. Safety considerations and government restrictions related to the coronavirus ...
Water & Light reviews disconnection, fee policies
McMinnville Water & Light has waived more than $126,000 in fees for late payments, reconnections and credit card transactions through early June, as it joined utilities across the nation in suspending ...
In McMinnville, students can play, practice while keeping apart
Students may be practicing football or soccer, taking part in cheerleading or engaging in other activities on McMinnville school campuses starting in July. There won’t be any tackling, though, ...
Third Street dining moves into the street on July 3
Most of McMinnville’s Historic Third Street restaurants and bars will extend into the street for al fresco dining starting Friday, July 3, exchanging cars for canopies each weekend through Labor ...
Lafayette to buy Mac water
A new water transmission line between McMinnville and Lafayette, a project decades in the making, is expected to be operational by the end of the month. Water & Light’s board of directors, led ...
Yamhill County manufacturing takes a hit
Marcus Straw, CEO of Applied Physics Technologies in McMinnville, knew the coronavirus pandemic would change his company both financially and organizationally. Fortunately, his group of employees, which ...
Transient allegedly tried to set fire at auto dealership
A McMinnville transient allegedly attempted to set fire to wood pallets stacked next to the Jim Doran Auto Center building Tuesday night, according to Police Chief Matt Scales. An employee called 911 ...
