New Lafayette manager plans open house

Lafayette’s new city administrator, Branden Dross, will host a public coffee and listening session Saturday, March 4, in the Cafeyette, 392 Third St., Lafayette. Dross said he would like to meet ...

Lafayette to see water rate hike

Lafayette residents are likely to see their monthly water rates rise by about $10.50 per month starting July 1, if a rate hike discussed by the city council Thursday, Feb. 9, goes through. City Administrator ...

Donations organized for Lafayette fire victims

Victims of a fire that destroyed a manufactured home in Lafayette’s Pioneer Park Mobile Estates about 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, are in need of clothes and personal hygiene items. Jack and Rosy Logsdon ...

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The back of a manufactured home in Lafatette burned to the ground and the structure was
deemed a total loss. Wet conditions helped prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring
properties.

Fire guts Lafayette manufactured home

Betsey and Casey Ranger and their two children were home in Lafayette’s Pioneer Park Mobile Estates about 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26. “We heard a pop,” Betsey said. “And then some ...

Cities plan tree lightings, parades

Yamhill County cities are planning tree lightings, Christmas parades and other holiday events. Amity, Lafayette, Sheridan and Yamhill have events scheduled tonight. Amity’s Christmas parade will ...

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Lafayette Mayor candidates

Hilary Malcomson   Occupation: Community volunteer, homemaker Education: AAS Degree in Office Administration. Town of residence: Lafayette Length of time living in the jurisdiction to be served: ...

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Lafayette Council candidates

Three candidates submitted answers to NR questions

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Maria Quillen, left, and manager Daisy Quillen, center, stand behind the counter at Cafayette with employees Spencer Rook, rear left, and Brody Reyes. The new Lafayette coffee shop offers hot and cold beverages, ice cream and pastries.

Cafayette offers coffee, more

The name of Lafayette’s new coffee, ice cream and treats shop can be pronounced at least two ways. Cafayette, like the name of the town but starting with a C. Or “Cafe … yet?”, ...

National Night Out events planned in several cities

Several National Night Out events are planned in Yamhill County on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Hosted by local police departments and the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, they are being held in conjunction ...

Two local cemeteries receive grants

Two Yamhill County cemeteries will benefit from improvement grants from the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. A project to repair markers and add interpretive signs at Goodrich/Warren Cemetery ...

Driver arrested after teen killed in rural crash

A Lafayette teenager was killed and a Carlton man was arrested as the result of a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning about seven miles west of Carlton on Northwest Panther Creek Road. Zakery ...

Lafayette woman’s outburst nets jail sentence

An intoxicated Lafayette woman who slugged a bartender, roughed up some Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office deputies and bit a nurse was sentenced last Tuesday to 55 days in jail by Judge John Collins. Jessica ...

Bread, cheese and a grill

Annual Melt Down raises money for food bank

Firefighters respond to Lafayette blaze

Crews responded about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to a full-involved house fire at 745 E. Seventh Street Extension in Lafayette. Occupants of the residence evacuated safely, according to Yamhill Communications ...

Marcus Larson/News-Register##This crosswalk is the last piece of the City of Lafayette Hwy 99W reconstruction project.

Final crosswalk will get its light in Lafayette

Major highway projects at the north and south ends of McMinnville, and in the town of Lafayette, resulted in repeated traffic delays in 2021. The News-Register’s summary of the major stories of 2021 ...

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