Killgore out as Linfield A.D.

Linfield Athletic Director Garry Killgore has been reassigned to an administrative role following three months leave, the university announced Friday. Since August, Senior Associate Athletic Director ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Striking Yamhill County workers started forming a picked line early on the morning of Friday, Nov. 3 in front of the courthouse.

Yamhill County workers go on strike

Yamhill County Employee Association workers and the county could not come to a labor agreement during a mediation session on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 2, and as a result, an estimated 150 union workers ...

School board to consider construction excise tax

McMinnville School Board will discuss the construction excise tax rate when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in the district office, 800 N.E. Lafayette Avenue. The district considers raising ...

Lafayette working on replacement water bills

Lafayette city staff members are recalculating water bills for city residents following the city council’s Sept. 14 decision to roll back a recent increase and add two surcharges.  “This ...

Board changes psilocybin ordinance; requires centers to grow annual crop

People operating psilocybin service centers must produce at least one crop of the mushrooms a year, under amended rules approved unanimously by the county board of commissioners on Thursday. The ...

Mac remains eligible for rural loan program

McMinnville received some good news for a change on the subject of affordable housing, as the city will remain eligible to participate in a federal home loan program after review by the U.S. Department ...

Third Street Pizza fire suspect denied release

Megan Ray, arrested Friday, June 2, in connection with a May 24 fire in downtown McMinnville, was denied a request for release from the Yamhill County Jail by Presiding Circuit Court Judge Ladd Wiles at ...

City moves for tougher penalties, faster enforcement of nuisance properties

McMinnville is cracking down on habitual nuisance properties. City council approved four liens on trouble properties Tuesday and approved code changes that will allow the code compliance department ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Rock of Ages/Valley View offers residents several types of living spaces and a rural campus with walking trails and seating areas. Some live in independent cottages; others in apartments or memory care beds in a building that also holds a dining hall for the whole campus.

Rock of Ages sees change and growth over 75 years

The rural setting drew Louise Savage to Valley View/Rock of Ages retirement community in 1994. She and her husband, Kenneth, moved to their new home southwest of McMinnville from the Yamhill farm ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Isai Munoz Medina, right, and Eddie Munoz show off produce available at the Pablo Munoz Farms booth at the McMinnville Farmers Market. Their booth, and most others at the Thursday market, accepts EBT payments in exchange for fresh fruits and vegetables. The extra funds helps families eat a healthier diet, McMinnville Downtown Association Manager Doris Towery said. The market is held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through the summer at First and Cowls, and this week’s National Farmers Market Week observances included drawings for baskets of locally-grown produce.

Along the Street: Market sees double the SNAP

Food purchases are up at the McMinnville Farmers Market, especially those connected to two programs that help low-income families buy more fresh fruits and vegetables. “It’s a win-win for ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Evelyn Miller of Amity practices greeting customers in her Lemonade Day booth, which she named Cup Full of Kindness. She will offer four types of lemonade, and reward customers who donate by ringing a bell. Her stand will be set up in the Amity Community Center Saturday, August 19.

Amity event features young entrepreneurs

Amity will celebrate not only Lemonade Day, with youngsters’ offering refreshing drinks, but also encourage all creative young people to sell their wares on Saturday, Aug. 19. A “Youth Vendor ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Mac High junior Joel Ruden, center right, works with middle schoolers Carter Lewis, left, Owen Worden and Archer Carroll during the summer school jewelry making class. Joel took a fabrication course at Mac High last year and was one of several paid assistants in the summer program.

The summer groove: Young students learn new skills from Mac High mentors

As they cut copper pipe, pounded it flat, heated it and formed artistic bracelets, summer school students as well as instructors were learning new skills. The middle schoolers in a fabrication ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Caleb Johnson of McMinnville looks on Tuesday as artist M Lynn Suwinski works on the multi-image  TRANSIT  chalk mural at the Yamhill Transit plaza adjacent to First Street as part of Ridership Day.

Yamhill Transit observes Ridership Day

Celebrated yearly on the first Monday in August, Yamhill Transit’s Ridership Day is a week-long event in 2023. Held in part to honor the late Mark Schiffmacher, ReMARKable Rider Day is held ...

Fair will feature recycled art, objects

The annual McMinnville Recycled Arts and Sustainable Living Festival on Saturday, Aug. 19, will feature items made from recycled materials and information about sustainable practices. The event goes 10 ...

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