SKB photo##Initial concept art for a new hotel planned for downtown Dundee.

New hotel proposed for Dundee

A new hotel could be coming to Dundee. Developer SKB of Portland plans a 90-room luxury hotel along Highway 99W next to The Dundee hotel. With hopes to open in April 2027, SKB envisions 10,000-square ...

Vendor market gets new name

The event once known as the “Antique, Flea, and Vintage Extravaganza,” now called “Mac Marketplace,” will take place Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23. The event has taken place ...

Along the Street: Shops, restaurants, tasting rooms take part in Mac Fresco

Downtown McMinnville will be filled with diners and shoppers each weekend during Mac Fresco, the new version of the popular Dine Out(side) program. Mac Fresco starts June 21 to 23, running weekends through ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Painter Juan Melchor prepares to repaint one of the murals outside the Mazatlan restaurant on Highway 99W in north McMinnville. Melchor completed several new scenes of coastal Mexico on the building last week.

Along the Street: What's going up murals, remodels and renovations

- Mazatlan Restaurant is redoing the painted murals on the exterior of its building at 2714 Highway 99W, McMinnville. The paintings by Juan Melchor depict scenes of coastal Mexico. - Yamhill ...

Second hazelnut processor closing; Firestone responds about liens

A second hazelnut processor is closing its doors in Oregon, leaving four companies still operating, two of them by the George family of Yamhill County. Wilco Farmers’ Cooperative announced this ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Remodeling work will reface the Hagan Hamilton Insurance Solutions site on South Baker Street with wood and brick and add two small towers to give the boxy building more shape, COO Jason John said. The company also will remodel the interior of the building it has occupied for 45 years.

Along the Street: Hagan Hamilton remodels building inside and out

Hagan Hamilton Insurance Solutions is remodeling its building at 448 S.E, Baker St, McMinnville. It’s the first major update since the company moved to the location 45 years ago, said Jason John, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Morgan Brown, founder of McMinnville Contractors, checks in with crew member Trenten Black during a remodeling project at their new office, 1800 N.E. Highway 99W. Brown’s firm handles all sorts of residential and commercial work, from interior renovations to adding rooms to installing solar panels.

Mac Contractors takes on residential, commercial jobs

Although she doesn’t saw or hammer or build herself, Morgan Brown uses her background in project management, sales and business in her own contracting business. She started Mac Contractors in September ...

First Federal offers scam info

First Federal will host a free public seminar designed to educate people about scams. Sessions are scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, and, in Spanish, on Wednesday, June 5. Sessions will ...

‘Shred day’ scheduled June 1

A free shred day is offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Oregon Mutual Insurance, Northeast Fifth and Baker streets. Anyone may bring documents for shredding as a security measure. The ...

Two more liens filed against Firestone Processing LLC

Two more farms, one from Tangent and one from St. Paul, have filed liens against Firestone Processing LLC, owned by county Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer and her husband, Michael Firestone. Six farms ...

Two more farms file liens against Firestone Processing

Two more farms have filed liens against Firestone Processing LLC, owned by Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer and her husband, Michael Firestone, over their payments for the 2023 hazelnut crop. The ...

Scott Unger/News-Register##EMPWR USA President Stefan Hoonhoud discusses expansion plans with, left to right, MEDP Deputy Director Heather Hadley Blank, EMPWR Maintenance Manager Zach Pittman and Belgian Consul General Sophie Hottat.

Local officials, Belgium’s consul general help EMPWR snack producer celebrate expansion

Dignitaries from Belgium joined local and state leaders last week for a tour of the EMPWR manufacturing facilities and an update on the company’s expansion plans. The Belgium-based snack bar company ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Common Cup owner Jeannie Coelho, right, helps customer Stacy Peairs of Tigard, who owns property outside Amity and enjoys coming to the Marketplace while on a break from yardwork.

Common Cup adds ‘on the go’ Marketplace option in Amity

More and more is happening in the Amity Commons businesses. Common Cup waffle and coffee bar, 516 S. Trade St., has expanded to Common Cup Marketplace, in the space that was formerly Fred’s Bistro, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Mark and Pattie Bjornson are opening a new tasting room in McMinnville for the wines they make at their winery near Amity. The Bjornsons wanted to own a vineyard, so they studied winemaking at Chemeketa Community College. They grow several unusual varieties, as well as Pinot noir and Chardonnay, at two vineyards, one near Amity and the other in the Van Duzer Corridor.

Along the Street: Bjornson tasting room to open downtown

Bjornson Wines will open a new tasting room on Davis Street just north of Third this weekend. After the soft opening, the tasting room at 323 N.E. Davis St. will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. ...

Innovation Campus moves forward

What exactly is an Innovation Campus? The city of McMinnville will answer that question through a proposed feasibility study on nearly 200 acres of land slated to be a commercial and industrial hub. A ...

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