Election 2020: Pierce focuses on racial equity, climate justice in bid for Mac council
McMinnville community organizer Tynan Pierce is focusing on racial equity, workers’ rights and climate justice in his challenge of incumbent Adam Garvin for a seat on the McMinnville city council. As ...
Mac city council candidate's husband blasts Peralta, who says criticism unfounded
City council candidate Brittany Ruiz’s husband, Javier Ruiz, used the public comment portion of Tuesday’s McMinnville city council meeting to lambast councilor Sal Peralta, criticizing his ...
Mac schools to receive $1.7 million state grant
McMinnville School District will receive just over $1.7 million from the state Student Success Act’s Student Investment Account — less than the district originally expected, but more than some ...
Comments due Thursday for Oak Ridge wetlands permit
Thursday is the deadline for public comment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality about wetland mitigation along Baker Creek. The 30-day comment period started ...
McMinnville City Council: Menke meets opposition in fifth run
The last time Kellie Menke faced opposition at the polls was 2004, a year in which Greyhound stopped service in McMinnville on its Portland to San Francisco bus route and George W. Bush trounced John Kerry ...
McMinnville City Council: Ruiz challenges status quo in election bid
Brittany Ruiz, a self-made citizen advocate for parental and religious rights, is challenging the status quo in a run for McMinnville City Council that focuses on fostering transparency and stronger connections ...
Business as Unusual: Ag sectors rebound in fits and starts
In the middle of the pandemic, agriculture customers are going green. Investments in trees, plants and forage are persisting during the economic downturn, despite a sluggish pace in early spring. During ...
Food box distribution canceled Friday at St. James Catholic Church
[Updates with Friday's distribution called off] The Knights of Columbus won't be able to distribute hundreds of free food boxes Friday in McMinnville as its shipment was canceled without explanation, ...
Nearly $1.5 million headed to McMinnville airport
The McMinnville Municipal Airport will receive a $1.46 million federal grant for apron reconstruction, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both D-Oregon, announced Thursday. The money will pay for ...
Sustainable growth is a priority for McCracken in council bid
In August 2008, Lisa McCracken had recently left the Navy and settled into her new role supporting disabled veterans searching for employment. The following month, the stock market crashed, and she suddenly ...
Chenoweth focuses on business, policing, housing in second bid for office
When Chris Chenoweth moved to McMinnville at age 12, it took him a while to adjust. It didn’t compare with his former home outside Seattle and other students picked on him. But fairly soon, he fell ...
NBA All-Star Damian Lillard buys share of Mac Toyota dealership
Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard announced Thursday his co-ownership of the McMinnville Toyota dealership. Lillard infused his style into the facility by overseeing the installation ...
Yamhill, Mac oppose Highway 47 reroute to move traffic out of downtown Carlton
Moving heavy trucks off Highway 47 and onto Westside Road would benefit Carlton, but turning it into a dedicated truck route would create headaches for Yamhill, McMinnville and rural residents along the ...
Bank ATM vandalized; money taken
McMinnville police are looking for two individuals who they said vandalized the exterior of an ATM and took an undisclosed amount of money from the McMinnville branch of Bank of America, 1650 N.E. ...
Film festival plans virtual weekend in October
The McMinnville Film Festival Foundation will offer a number of award winners from its first nine years at a virtual event Oct. 16 to 18. The show will include a sampling of short films dating back to ...
