Rusty Rae/News-Register##Parents want the city to declare school safe zones, arguing they will improve safety for students traveling on foot back and forth to campus, including Patton Middle School.

City council 'safe school zones' was hot topic Tuesday

Frustration was evident at Tuesday’s McMinnville City Council meeting, both from residents over the dangers of homeless camps near schools and from the dais over the inability to change the situation. Prior ...

Following Monday storm, temps to drop into the 20s – or lower

High winds and heavy rains Monday night left some 20,000 people without power by morning, according to Portland General Electric spokeswoman Allison Dobscha. There were at least six outages in Yamhill ...

County to decide whether Rvs should be allowed as housing

Coming up later this month, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners will decide whether to allow residential recreational vehicles in rural residential zones. County Planning Director Ken Friday said ...

Mac applies for early literacy money

The McMinnville School District will apply for $800,000 from the state over two years to improve early learning programs. The school board Monday night approved a plan for spending the funds. Grants ...

Amity School Board will now meet Jan. 17

The Amity School board will meet Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m., in the district office, and not a scheduled earlier date. The board will discuss and, in all likelihood, vote on a 2024-25 student calendar ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##The quarry pond on Fox Ridge is one of the many privately owned parcels in the area. Despite the planning commission recommending approval of an area plan, development is dependent on landowners annexing property into the city.

Fox Ridge plan nears adoption

The McMinnville Planning Commission last week recommended adoption of the Fox Ridge area plan, but there is confusion among residents over what the plan entails. Area plans are part of a multi-step city ...

YC board to meet Thursday

The Yamhill Carlton School District board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in the district office, 120 N. Larch Place, Yamhill. The meeting will be available by Zoom, as well as in person; call the ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##The poetry board on Fifth Street in McMinnville has been empty for a while.  The Sacred  by Stephen Dunn graces it here.

Calendar of Quirk: From ‘elfin’ to stolen

Calendar of Quirk began Jan. 3 and continues with a couple of beacons shining red and orange, in McMinnville and Amity: Jan. 8. -- Vintage on Third, 228 N.E. Third, removed the awning from its storefront ...

Sewer main breaks in Carlton

Carlton Public Works staff are working to stop the flow of sewage from a main line that broke Thursday, Dec. 7, on East Main Street near the 600 block. The break has allowed sewage to spill. The city ...

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 ...

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