Water & Light to meet April 30
The McMinnville Water & Light board of commissioners will hold a special meeting on June 18, for a workshop on the cost of providing electricity to customers. The meeting, which is open to the public, ...
Racial intimidation defendant goes to jail
Keysaun Goodyear and Emora Roberson, victims in the Amber Rocco racial intimidation case, were not in Yamhill County Circuit Court for the defendant’s plea and sentencing hearing Tuesday ...
Health educator to present 'last lecture'
Dawn Graff-Haight, professor of health education at Linfield College, will give her final public lecture on Wednesday, April 24. The free program will start at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall ...
Suspicious package investigated in McMinnville
A suspicious package was found Thursday afternoon in the 1600 block of Southwest Goucher Street in McMinnville. Officers were dispatched to the area shortly before 5 p.m. A postal employee found ...
Lecture to explore use of emojis
Kay Livesay, associate professor of psychology at Linfield College, will present “Emojis mean what?” on Wednesday, April 17. The lecture will start at 7 p.m. in Fred Meyer Lounge, located ...
Bonamici to hold town hall in McMinnville
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, will hold a town hall Saturday, April 13, in McMinnville. The public can attend and ask questions at the event, which will be held at 11 a.m. in Ice Auditorium in ...
McMinnville police make drug arrest
A convicted felon with a history of drug arrests faces drug and weapon charges after being arrested by McMinnville police. Seth Cole Jones, 34, of McMinnville, was charged with two counts of ...
Sip opens today
Thousands of wine and food lovers will visit McMinnville Friday through Sunday, March 8 to 10. The SIP! Wine & Food Classic opens this afternoon for a three-day run of sipping, dining, listening to ...
Overnight snow dusting closes area schools
Yamhill County residents awakened Monday to a blanket of white as snow hit the valley floor and stuck — on a school day, no less. Youngsters cheered as school was canceled; adults worried about their ...
Water task force holds first meeting of the year
Water storage and better information about regional groundwater emerged as two key priorities of both farmers and city leaders on Tuesday at a county Water Task Force meeting, led by county Commissioner ...
K-9 Tucker assists with McMinnville drug arrests
McMinnville police made two drug arrests Friday night thanks in part to the work of K-9 Tucker and partner Mike Maierhofer. Gary Alan Steele, 52, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled ...
McMinnville man struck, killed by pickup
The pedestrian killed Monday morning when he was struck by a pickup has been identified as Jody Steve Spencer, 47, of McMinnville. Spencer died after being struck by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven ...
City seeks input on housing needs
McMinnville planners are hosting an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, to open a dialogue with residents about the city’s housing needs. The event will be held at Kent Taylor Civic Hall, ...
Mac planners approve zone change, despite criticism
The McMinnville Planning Commission was presented with what appeared to be a simple request for zoning change, allowing MV Advancements to build its new offices on residential land adjacent to Linfield ...
Fraudulent, threatening emails sent
Numerous McMinnville businesses and schools received emails of a threatening nature Thursday morning with a demand for payment to a Bitcoin address, according to McMinnville police. Emails have ...
