Wine & Food Classic canceled
For the first time since it started in 1994, the McMinnville Wine & Food Classic has been canceled. Organizers of the event, also known as Sip!, canceled the festival Wednesday night, less than two ...
Schools cancel activities
McMinnville, Amity and other school districts are canceling assemblies, field trips and staff trainings -- all non-essential school-based activities — due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus. ...
Mac approves plans for spending new school funds
New state funding to go toward counselors, teachers
Churches: no touching in a time of coronavirus
Amid growing coronavirus concerns, most area churches are advising members of their congregations not to hug or shake hands. At the McMinnville Presbyterian Church on Sunday, people will rub their hands ...
Yamhill County gardening event canceled
Yamhill County Master Gardeners has canceled its March 21 “Spring into Gardening” event over concerns about the potential spread of coronavirus at public gatherings. “It’s probably ...
Hospitals, clinics taking extra care
Yamhill County’s hospitals and clinics are taking extra precautions in anticipation of patients needing care for coronavirus, but not all are forthcoming about what those are. Gov. Kate Brown on ...
Care centers express calm in the face of virus
The coronavirus is scary, but when you’re a medically frail resident of a care center, all viruses are scary, said Del Zook, CEO of Rock of Ages Mennonite Home near McMinnville. Flu season brings ...
Unsheltered and unprotected
Homeless face particular risk of illness without access to hygiene measures
Wine & Food Classic: the show goes on
Organizers of the Wine & Food Classic are monitoring news about the coronavirus as they prepare to welcome thousands to McMinnville for a weekend of wine tasting and snack noshing. The Sip! festival ...
Pedaling forward
Growing up in McMinnville, Ron Baker rode his bicycle just about anywhere he could find a pile of dirt. Adults rarely appreciated his need for speed and daredevil stunts, he said. “I remember getting ...
Title IX complaint pushes district review of practice build
The McMinnville School District is taking another look at its hitting and pitching facilities for baseball and softball in the wake of a Title IX complaint. Federal civil rights law forbids discrimination ...
'Happy' Bruce Huffman dies at 95
Bruce Huffman, known nationally as half of the “Happy Huffmans,” an internet sensation that started with a web cam, died March 5 in McMinnville. He was 95. “I try to be a happy person,” ...
Chinese Linfield students learning online from home
Five Linfield College students went home to China during the Christmas break and January Term. Unable to return for the spring semester because of concerns about coronavirus, they’re continuing their ...
Wine & Food Classic will feature about 170 vendors
Thousands will sip wine, snack on oysters and other delicacies, peruse booths filled with arts and crafts, and listen to music during the 27th annual McMinnville Wine & Food Classic opening Friday ...
Driver faces multiple manslaughter charges
A Salem woman had a “high blood alcohol content” last November when the car she was driving crossed the center line and crashed into another car about nine miles south of Dayton, killing three ...
