Incumbent Potter ahead in Yamhill mayor race

Update: A new count of ballots from the clerk's office Wednesday night shows the same candidates winning.  Yvette Potter is being re-elected, with 187 votes, or 65.2%, compared to Olen Pairin's 100, ...

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Yamhill sees three-way mayor race

Incumbent Yvette Potter faces Olen Pairan and Todd Oliveira

Highway 47 meeting Wednesday

Carlton residents will meet Wednesday, Oct. 19, to continue their discussion of ODOT’s planned realignment of Highway 47 through town. The public meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Carlton fire ...

Debate planned in Yamhill

“Citizens for a Better Yamhill” is hosting a debate between candidates for mayor and city council at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Yamhill Fire Department. Candidates for the same office ...

Activities mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Henderson House is marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month with numerous activities, including a candlelight vigil on Thursday, Oct. 13, and its annual Illuminating Hope fundraiser throughout October. Henderson ...

Carlton favors downtown bypass, with safety measures

Citizens favor a bypass around downtown Carlton, rather than a one-way grid that would continue to route big trucks through the downtown area, community members agreed at a meeting Wednesday night. It ...

Citizens learn about YCSO option; Yamhill plans to keep PD

Yamhill residents heard Tuesday about the services their city could receive, as well as the potential costs, if they contracted for law enforcement coverage from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office ...

Meeting looks at Highway 47 realignment

Oregon Department of Transportation representatives will answer questions at a public meeting about the Carlton Highway 47 realignment project on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Carlton City Council will host the ...

Carlton continues DUII patrols

Carlton police officers are continuing extra patrols aimed at finding impaired drivers and deterring people from driving after drinking alcohol or using marijuana or other substances. The Carlton department ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Yamhill-Carlton defensive backs Max Armstrong (in air) and Spencer Stiff launch themselves at Dayton running back Zack Smith in an attempt to slow the powerful Pirate. Smith finished with 209 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Dayton powers through Y-C

It’s no secret Dayton’s Pirate football team has its eyes on a deep run in the state football playoffs. Their talent was on full display Friday against Yamhill-Carlton, as was their ability ...

Yamhill police service fee continues

The Yamhill City Council on Sept. 1 considered changing an ordinance to encourage more residents to pay their required police service fee. They made no changes, and every household is still required to ...

Carlton Crush will celebrate harvest

Teams from businesses and organizations, as well as groups of friends, will stomp the juice out of grapes Saturday, Sept. 10, during the Carlton Crush Harvest Festival, the city’s annual festival ...

Students returning to school; look at those smiling faces

Smiling children and adults will return to classes in most Yamhill County school districts Tuesday, Sept. 6. By then, Willamina students will have already been back to school for a week, as their ...

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Jessica Thomas, retail manager, stocks the freezer in the Carlton Farms store with pork and beef products. Meats, including Carlton Farms  popular sausages and bacon, are available in the store Monday through Saturday.

Carlton Farms has new owners, same operations

Popular meat producer Carlton Farms has a new owner, but operations won’t be changing, according to Zach Wilson of Wilson Farms/Beef NW Feeders in northeast Oregon. The Wilson family raises ...

Commissioners uphold winery approval

Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday upheld the Planning Commission’s approval of a site design for a new winery and tasting room on Gerrish Valley Road, outside of Yamhill, for applicant Adam ...