Financial woes add to Yamhill Fire turmoil
The need to hire an electrician to inspect a set of dangling wires from the Yamhill fire hall attic was the cap to a contentious meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, in that building. The piece of physical, straightforward ...
Commissioners uphold The Ground's alcohol and food truck request
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners upheld staff’s recommendation to allow alcohol sales and two food trucks at The Ground wellness center in Carlton at an appeal hearing Thursday. Planning ...
Commissioners to hear appeal centered on road maintenance
The approval of food trucks at a Carlton-area fitness center is being appealed to the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners by a neighbor who says the county needs to be responsible for road upkeep if ...

OSP declines Yamhill FD request to conduct investigation
The Yamhill Fire Protection District board meets at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the fire hall on Olive Street. It faces the unusual situation of how to deal with investigation of a crime the board ...

YC reopens refurbished stadium
Yamhill Carlton Boosters and members of both communities gathered Wednesday to celebrate saving Laughlin Stadium, the grandstand at YC High School. “The love and generosity of the community” ...
Commissioners balk at approving contract for DEI leadership class
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners delayed voting on a $13,000 contract for leadership training classes for Health and Human Services management Thursday over concerns about a particular class and ...
Yamhill fire board seeks OSP inquiry into July break-in
Yamhill Fire Protection District board voted unanimously on Monday, Sept. 9 to ask Oregon State Police to conduct an investigation over what has been termed a break-in to the fire chief’s office ...
More schools open after Labor Day
Students in several Yamhill County school districts will see new programs, and in one case nearly completed new facilities, when they return to classes Tuesday, Sept. 3. Amity, Dayton, Sheridan and Yamhill ...
Yamhill Fire board postpones meeting
Yamhill Fire District board of directors met Tuesday as scheduled — for three minutes. About 50 people attended the meeting at the fire hall, moved to the ground-floor vehicle bays, but the district ...
Carlton man arrested for assault, slashing tires
Carlton police arrested a Forest Grove man on charges that he assaulted a woman and later slashed her vehicle’s tires. Christopher Michael Herr, 44, was arrested Sunday in the 500 block of North ...
Members of Yamhill Fire District board may face recall
At Tuesday’s Yamhill Fire District meeting, a citizen group led by Lauren Randolph of rural Yamhill will present a long list of violations of law and district policy against three members of the ...
Cities update one another on projects at annual dinner
Communities around Yamhill County are continuing to work on infrastructure projects and apply for grants to support more improvements. Representatives of each city described recent projects at the quarterly ...
Interim chief appointed to embattled fire district
Divisions within the volunteer ranks are being acknowledged by Joe Moore, newly appointed interim chief of the conflict-ridden Yamhill Fire Protection District. Moore, initially appointed as interim two ...
Gas station plan draws objections in Carlton
About 20 Carlton residents attended the city’s planning commission meeting Monday to address an issue that wasn’t on the agenda: the idea that a developer wants to build a gas station next ...
Music festival raises funds for Make-a-Wish
Carlton Music for Hope will feature four musicians and bands along with a storyteller on Saturday, Aug. 17. The free festival will take place in Ladd Park in downtown Carlton. Donations will be accepted ...