County at 960 cases; state tightens mask rules
Yamhill County reached 960 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, while the state announced it was tightening the rules for face masks in an attempt to slow the spread of the disease. A new workplace outbreak, ...
Yamhill County COVID cases exceed 950
Yamhill County’s COVID-19 case count increased to 951 on Tuesday and McMinnville neared 500 cases. Cases have been recorded throughout the county, though than half of the cases are in the McMinnville ...
Oregon mask requirements expanded as COVID cases rise
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As the total number of COVID-19 cases in Oregon nears 40,000 people, health officials announced Monday that face-covering requirements ...
Oregon reports 418 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths as cases spike at 'alarming rate'
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The transmission rate of COVID-19 continues to increase as Oregon health officials announced an additional 418 new confirmed ...
Linfield takes steps to balance budget
Linfield University has ceased contributing to employee retirement funds as part of an effort to balance its budget during the coronavirus pandemic. The school, which employs more than 500 people on its ...
Harvest of Hope: Yamhill County winemakers navigate 2020's unique challenges
Joel Kiff always hoped that one year he could pick all the grapes from his 9-acre McMinnville vineyard himself, to say he had personally completed each step of the winemaking process. In a normal year, ...
Carlton family, neighbors planning Halloween fun
Carlton residents are planning a socially distanced Halloween event for children and adults. Kathy Park had the idea of setting up a haunted tunnel through which kids could walk one-by-one. It wouldn’t ...
Business as Unusual: Farmworkers face COVID, wildfire risks
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmworker Carlos Ramirez didn’t take the virus risk too seriously. He treated it like something of a joke, he said, until it started infecting people he ...
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 ...
New COVID-19 tests double capacity as state posts record case numbers
A shipment of new rapid tests for COVID-19 will nearly double Oregon’s testing capacity, as the state battles a post-Labor Day increase in the disease, Gov. Kate Brown announced this week. On Thursday, Oregon ...
$400,000 for childcare center gets county commissioners OK
A Newberg dental equipment maker struggling to hire new employees amid a childcare shortage obtained a $400,000 contribution from Yamhill County on Thursday for a new venture to address a problem ...
Yamhill County surpasses 800 COVID-19 cases
UPDATED with additional Linfield information. ------ After adding 21 new cases in three days, Yamhill County’s COVID-19 case total stood at 815 Monday, with 14 deaths, though none since ...
Food service program in Sheridan, Willamina is all about the kids
Good friends Richard Knighten and his 3-year-old son, Ronan, and Nichole Hillyer, along with her 4-year-old daughter, Elliot, walked up Northeast First Street toward the Willamina Library Wednesday afternoon. A ...
Yamhill County announces another COVID death
A 60-year-old woman who died in August at Salem Hospital is Yamhill County’s 14th death from COVID-19, public health officials announced this week. The woman, who tested positive on July 30, died ...
Health authorities: Be vigilant, COVID-19 cases increasing
Oregon reported its highest daily count of COVID-19 cases on Friday, as worldwide deaths near 1 million, and cases continue to spike nationwide. Nearly 205,000 people in the United States have died of ...
