Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Judie Folgate, whose volunteer job with the Friends of the Library is overseeing the memorial and celebration book program, checks on new volumes purchased with donations in honor of local residents. Folgate also oversaw the program when she worked at the library before retiring in 2006.

Stopping By: Information for all

Books themselves, and the libraries that contain them, mean a great deal to Judie Folgate, a McMinnville woman who has been associated with libraries since she was in second grade. “Our ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##Development firms tour the inside of the main building of the former Ultimate RB property in August 2024. The city selected three applicants and their conceptual plans, and is expected to select one next month.

Ultimate RB property: How best to measure return on investment?

As the deadline nears for concept proposals for the redevelopment of the former Ultimate RB property, it is unknown how much of the $4.25 million the city of McMinnville paid for the property will ...

Navigation Center houses first clients

Following repairs, shelter will phase in more beds

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##New parents Hailey Smith and Jose Coria cuddle their new daughter, Weslie Ray Coria, who was the first baby born in 2025 at Willamette Valley Medical Center. Weslie arrived at 8:25 a.m. Saturday, much to her parents’ delight. They received a basket of stuffed animals and baby items in honor of her status as the first baby of the year.

2025 First Baby: Little girl, big impact

Weslie Ray Coria became one of Yamhill County’s newest residents at 8:25 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4. She was the first baby born this year in Willamette Valley Medical Center, McMinnville, and the first ...

Defense files motion for suppression of evidence in drug case

On Nov. 1, James Shannon Moss, 56, of McMinnville was arrested on a probation violation detainer during a traffic stop, and McMinnville Police recovered nearly six ounces of methamphetamine at ...

McMinnville woman charged with child abuse

A McMinnville woman faces five Class C Felony charges stemming from allegations that she hit her 8-year-old son with an extension cord. Kassondra Lauren Rossi, 37, was arrested on Dec. 30 on one ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Erin Bowman arranges cheese samples at her new retail shop, Mack & Cheese, 410 N.E. Third St. Bowman, also a yoga teacher, started the business as a subscription service in which members of the “Culture Club” receive an allotment of hard-to-find cheese each month. The new retail shop does not yet have set hours, but is open whenever the sandwich board sign is out on Third Street.

New business poses the blend of cheese and yoga

When Erin Bowman was trying to think of a name for her new business offering a wide variety of cheese not usually found in McMinnville stores, she considered and rejected a variety of words. Then ...

Two accused in Christmas burglary

Charles Anthony Jones, 53, and Andrew Wayne Gregg, 36, are charged with burglary in the first degree and attempted theft in the second degree from an incident at 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Day in the ...

‘Noon Year’s Eve’ planned at Mac community center

McMinnville families will celebrate “Noon Year’s Eve” starting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, in the McMinnville Community Center. Admission is free. A variety of crafts and activities ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Sunrise Rotary Club members Denise Murphy, left, and Connie Keyes unbox linens as they make up beds in the new navigation center, which will offer lodging and other services to people who are homeless or otherwise in need. The AnyDoor Place low-barrier navigation center is scheduled to open later this month at 327 and 329 S.W. Adams St. in McMinnville.

Rotarians help prepare new shelter as opening plans hit another snag

Members of the Sunrise Rotary Club spent the morning of Friday, Dec. 20, putting together furniture and spreading sheets and blankets on beds in the new AnyDoor Place low-barrier navigation center ...

No ordinary hole in the wall: 'Humble' restaurants will meet in in downtown McMinnville

A crew cut through two 16-inch brick walls in the venerable Union Block building this week in order to connect what was previously known as The Oak bar to the Humble Spirit restaurant. The new ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##In September, McMinnville Police Chief Matt Scales points out the camera apparatus on the department’s new Commander 3400 mobile surveillance trailer. Scales called the equipment a force multiplier that will allow for coverage of large events with fewer officers deployed in the crowd.

Retiring McMinnville chief reflects on rewards, challenges, rapid changes in policing

Retiring Police Chief Matt Scales repeatedly called McMinnville a “special place” during an interview with the News-Register reflecting on his 30-plus years with the department. He’ll ...

Calderon indicted on more sex crime charges

A McMinnville man has been indicted on additional felony charges of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree on Dec. 19. Ivan Becerra Calderon, 23, of ...

Submitted photos##Metal detecting hobbyist Gregg Spiegelman of Carlton, left, returns a 1981 McMinnville High School ring to Kevin Bales, who lost the ring in the spring of 1982 while working at Linfield College, now university. Spiegelman and a friend, David Nonnemaker, found the ring in late November and Nonnemaker’s wife, Dori, tracked Bales down. The Nonnemakers are pictured below.

His precious ring: Metal detecter hobbyists return class ring

In May 1982, Kevin Bales was at work at Linfield University, operating a riding mower. On an uneven piece of ground, the mower bounced. Bales’ 1981 McMinnville High School class ring flew off, loose ...

Starla Pointer/News-Register##Willamette Elementary School instructional assistant Rhonda DeHart discusses “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” with Mark Ullrich, who flew to his hometown from Thailand to return the book to the school library. They agreed that Roald Dahl’s story is “the best book ever.” DeHart said the long-lost copy will be displayed in the library; the school also has copies on the shelves.

Mac High grad brings back book due 52 years ago

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the Roald Dahl children’s classic, was checked out of the Columbus Elementary School library in the summer of 1972 — undoubtedly when the school ...

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