
Amity School District waives all student fees
Metal shop? Art class? No charge. Play on a sports team? No fee. Amity School District has eliminated all classroom, activities and athletic fees for the next four years. In a move to alleviate financial ...

Construction projects transform Amity schools
At Amity School District, the theory of school construction is giving way to the practical realities. The school’s north parking lot has become a work zone as the first of two floors of a new middle ...

Photo Gallery: Amity's May Day tradition
The 99th annual May Day celebration, held Friday, May 3, combined pageantry and frivolity in the Amity High School spring tradition.

Blaze destroys century-old barn
Twenty-nine Amity Fire District firefighters responded, among 80 total personnel, to a fire that destroyed a barn in Perrydale on Friday night. Amity fire chief Ian Yocum said the 8:30 p.m. fire was phoned ...
County fire departments get wildfire grants
Seven Yamhill County fire departments received grant funding from the Oregon State Fire Marshal last week aimed at providing additional staffing during wildfire season. Departments were eligible to receive ...
Commissioners approve Amity zone change
Yamhill County Commissioners approved a zoning amendment in order to keep a small business from moving out of Amity. On Thursday the board unanimously upheld a planning commission recommendation to approve ...

Photo Gallery: Amity's Aura
Daffodil Festival turns town a sunny shade with flower show, art, plant sale and activities
Amity council to consider purchase of downtown building
At its Wednesday, April 3 meeting, the Amity City Council will consider a request from City Manager Nathan Frarck to begin negotiations for the purchase of the property at 412 S. Trade St., at the corner ...

Weekend hopping with egg hunts
Easter egg hunts are planned Saturday — with a handful scheduled Sunday — in various venues around Yamhill County. Unless indicated, they are free. They include: McMinnville: The McMinnville ...
Drugs, rape top long list of charges against local man
A local man with an extensive criminal record is facing an array of felony charges related to separate cases, including selling fentanyl, dumping the dead body of a woman who overdosed on drugs, ...

Floral arrangements: Amity prepares for annual Daffodil Festival
Amity’s annual Daffodil Festival will feature all kinds of plants as well as the bright yellow blooms themselves. The festival will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 30, in the Amity Community ...

Along the Street: Amity wood and ceramics gallery debuts new studio
Earth & Wood’s new studio building will get its debut Saturday, March 30, during Amity Daffodil Festival. Earth & Wood is located at 412 S. Trade St. Gallery co-owner Bill Willis said the ...
Easter egg hunts planned around county
Hippity-hop, the Easter Bunny is on its way to Yamhill County. It will visit numerous egg hunts, including the McMinnville Lions Club’s venerable event, mostly on Saturday, March 30. Additional ...
Mac, Amity set to benefit from Elmer’s workforce housing bill
State Rep. Lucetta Elmer’s Housing Oregon’s Workforce bill passed the House of Representatives Tuesday with near unanimous support, 54-2. However, funding for projects in Sheridan, Carlton ...