Peterson keeps chasing big score
Paul Peterson — one of two prominent local businessmen being sued by The Falls Event Center, an Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum landlord — is a busy man. Too busy, apparently, to appear ...
Veterans, first responders will be honored
A parade is being planned for Veterans Day — Saturday, Nov. 11 — to honor military veterans and first responders. It will assemble at Third and Irvine streets, then move west on Third to Cowls. ...
Goal-setting on tap
DAYTON — The Dayton School Board plans to adopt goals for the year when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the district office at 780 Ferry St. The board also plans to discuss an agreement ...
Family politics
Eileen Givens has vivid memories of Douglas McKay. Of course, so do a lot of other people who were in Oregon in the ’40s and ’50s. McKay was a major player in politics, both statewide and ...
Utility interviews pair of finalists
The McMinnville Water & Light Commission spent more than six hours Thursday interviewing two general manager finalists in executive session. It took no action upon returning to open session. Its next ...
Resident appeals to council
Richard Anderson, a resident in the 900 block of Southwest Edmunston Street, has been trying for two years to get the city to grant him right of way through an undeveloped portion of the street. But he’s ...
City launches its Hill Road makeover
The city began work Wednesday on straightening, widening and other improvements along its Northwest Hill Road corridor. Project Manager Larry Sherwood, a member of the city’s community development ...
MEDP honors community partners
Several local businesses and business leaders were honored Tuesday by the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership at its annual awards ceremony. MEDP’s Manufacturer of the Year honors went ...
Along the Street: Realtor honored
Principal broker Beth Caster of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate in downtown McMinnville was honored Wednesday with the Oregon Association of Realtors’ Distinguished Service ...
DA: Woman set fires, then took her own life
Kimberly Nelson, found dead at the scene of a Sept. 13 house and car fire, died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, Yamhill County District Attorney Brad Berry has concluded. She set the house and ...
Pair to discuss equality, speech
Civil rights educator Cheryl Harris and political commentator Jonathan Rauch will discuss equality and speech Thursday, Oct. 12, at Linfield College. The presentation is set for 4:30 p.m. in Melrose Hall’s ...
House-crashing motorist granted DUII diversion
A McMinnville man who was high on booze and pot when he crashed his speeding car through a house last month has qualified for diversionary treatment on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Mario ...
Bell rings for Las Vegas victims
The big brass bell at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church has a deep, sonorous tone. Each “Bong!” resonates with emotion. Sharon Hunt loves the sound. But she didn’t want to ring the bell ...
Local men indicted on sex charges
A Carlton resident has been charged in an 18-count Yamhill County grand jury indictment with engaging in inappropriate sexual relationships with a number of young girls over a four-year period. McMinnville ...
Warden to speak
Rich Ives, warden of the Sheridan Federal Corrections Complex in California, will address the McMinnville City Club set for 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the McMinnville Grand Ballroom. Ives said his ...
