Where the money's coming from
A combination of voter-approved bond money, district reserve funds and state grants, including grants targeting seismic safety and Internet connectivity, paid for the construction and remodeling work the ...
Open house to show off school upgrades
For the first time, teachers at Patton Middle School can open their classroom windows to admit fresh air. The new windows, installed over the summer as part of remodeling and construction throughout the ...
Scavenger hunt seeks banned books
The titles of banned books — such as "Eleanor and Park" or Sherman Alexie's "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian" — are on display in downtown businesses. McMinnville Public ...
Legal help offered for 'Dreamers'
Representatives from Lutheran Community Services plan to attend back-to-school night at McMinnville High School to offer information on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program. The session is ...
Library hosts DACA talk
With all the recent controversy surrounding immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, Unidos Bridging Community of McMinnville is hosting what it’s billing as a community conversation ...
Water & Light reviews manager candidates
A Water & Light Commission subcommittee met in executive session Friday to interview candidates for general manager. Current Manager Kem Carr has resigned effective at the end of October, ...
Mac PD fills its vacant captain's post
Rhonda Sandoval, a 24-year veteran of the McMinnville Police Department, has been promoted to captain by Chief Matt Scales. Sandoval will replace 25-year veteran Dennis Marks, who retired. She ...
Parking study to be unveiled
McMinnville residents and officials are scheduled to get their first peek at a local parking study from 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon at the Kent Taylor Civic Hall, 200 N.E. Second St. The city ...
City may alter vacation rental process
Neighborhood meetings may be required before people are allowed to turn local residences into vacation rentals. The proposal is headed for McMinnville Planning Commission review at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Enough ...
No conclusions yet in Mac death, fires
Separate investigations are taking place in connection with a 47-year-old woman found dead at a fire scene at 2433 N.E. Baker St., and the car fire that led police and fire personnel to her ...
Open house set for school district
The McMinnville School District will show off some of the projects completed this summer at an open house set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Nine open houses, actually, as nine sites underwent major ...
New pastor takes over at Co-Op
McMinnville Cooperative Ministries, which found itself at the epicenter of local drama swirling around the homeless issue, when it began letting homeless people camp on the grounds three years ...
Linfield lauded on lists
For the second year in a row, Linfield College has tied for top honors among Northwest liberal arts colleges for fostering diversity, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey released last ...
McPeak opens museum exhibit
Beneath an F-100F Vietnam-era fighter jet inscribed with his name, Air Force Gen. Merrill “Tony” McPeak told Evergreen Aviation Museum supporters about his long run as a pilot and officer Friday ...
