CPRD launches trail survey
The Chehalem Park and Recreation District has announced the launch of its Community Trails Survey, calling it “a significant initiative aimed at understanding the needs and preferences of ...
Peace walk, run planned
The Newberg Rotary Club will host its first run/walk for peace on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will start at 9 a.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center. A free peace fair, with games, music and speakers, ...
Illegal marijuana grow located in rural Newberg
Multiple law enforcement agencies, led by the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant Wednesday, Sept. 6, on a rural Newberg illegal marijuana grow operation in the 22000 ...
Dundee park receives major funding boost
Dundee City Administrator Steve Dahl predicts a “tremendous” growth spurt for the community in the coming years, and parks’ expansion will be a critical element in response. The ...
Commissioners narrowly approve Newberg urban reserve application
Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday voted two to one to approve a request to add 95.3 acres to the Newberg Urban Reserve area. The property is located northwest of the intersection of Corral ...
Newberg-Dundee Police focus on DUII enforcement
Newberg-Dundee Police are participating in a “Drive Sober” campaign through the Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Sept. 4. This is a focused enforcement effort to ...
Fires flare near Newberg on a hot, windy day
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews responded to a series of Newberg area fires on a windy Sunday afternoon as the temperature soared to 100 in Yamhill County. Units responded to the calls within ...
Former Newberg High rugby coach indicted
Former Newberg High School girls’ rugby coach John Gispert, who allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old member of the team, has been indicted by a Yamhill County Grand Jury on 12 charges. The 28-year-old ...
Former Newberg High girls rugby coach arrested
Former Newberg High School girls’ rugby coach John David Ali Gispert allegedly made video recordings of sexual encounters involving himself and a 17-year-old member of the team, according ...
Newberg fuel business employee maced, robbed
An employee at the Newberg Leathers Fuels, 203 E. First St., was maced in the face while being robbed Friday, July 21, of what he estimated at the time to be $2,600. The suspect, identified by ...
Newberg Old Fashioned Fest offers parade, fireworks, park activities
Newberg’s annual Old Fashioned Festival will start Thursday, July 27, with a carnival, vendors in the park and Memorial Park concerts, and continue through Sunday, July 30, concluding with the traditional ...
Work planned on Highway 219
Drivers on Highway 219 south of Newberg should expect delays during the two weeks following July 24. Oregon Department of Transportation crews will be doing a chip seal project on the stretch ...
Chehalem Park & Rec appeals county denial
The Chehalem Park and Recreation District has appealed a county decision denying a permit for a footbridge across Chehalem Creek in Ewing Young Park. The district sought the floodplain development ...
Newberg school district to see board change
Voters in the Newberg School District appear to have decisively selected a change in direction for the district’s school board on Tuesday, rejecting three incumbents and electing a far more ...
CPRD board sees changes; housing measure passing
In the Chehalem Parks and Recreation District, challengers Jason Fields and Peter Sederius appear to have defeated longtime incumbents Don Loving and Matthew Smith in early returns, although the gap between ...