Motels used to shelter homeless at high risk
The Yamhill Community Action Partnership has received $85,000 from McMinnville, Newberg and the county to help it house homeless people at high medical risk from COVID-19 in area motel rooms. YCAP also ...
For the lucky ones, Payroll Protection Program throws a lifeline
The federal government’s highly touted $659 billion loan program to save small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic has led to uneven results in McMinnville and Yamhill County. A worried Main ...
Meggitt to lay off 118 in McMinnville
[Updated 5/5/20 10 a.m.] Meggitt-Oregon Inc., the aerospace parts maker with a factory in McMinnville, informed the city it plans to lay off 118 workers on May 18, citing a COVID-19 downturn in business. The ...
Oregon to do random testing for COVID-19 as it readies to reopen
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will launch an ambitious COVID-19 random testing program and increase contact tracing as it readies to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday, though a top state official said reopening will inevitably cost lives.
Businesses cope with COVID-19
Yamhill County’s food and hospitality industry is adapting to survive. As COVID-19 places the nation under strict social distancing guidelines, restaurants and hotels are weathering the ...
High school students adjust to distance learning
Schools may be closed, but education is open for business. Across Yamhill County, students are learning at home, overseen by parents as well as teachers, teaching assistants and administrators. Distance ...
YCAP offers food, energy assistance
The Yamhill Community Action Partnership’s office is closed, but YCAP is continuing to provide services online and by telephone. The agency also is still distributing food to pantries and meal sites ...
Letter to Readers: Time to plan an in-county vacation
Inserted into this issue is our annual Visitor Guide, which the News-Register has been producing since 2003. This year’s edition [click here to see e-edition] arrives a month later than usual. It ...
OR Governor apologizes for delays in unemployment claims
PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown apologized Sunday to people who have encountered problems trying to apply for unemployment during the coronavirus crisis. A record number of people have applied ...
Oregon gets doses of good news in battling coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is getting several shots of good news as it battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Albany Frozen foods plant stops production due to virus outbreak
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The National Frozen Foods plant in Albany, Oregon, has shut down production because of an outbreak of COVID-19 that has sickened 10 people, Linn County Public Health announced ...
Carlton Fun Days canceled
The Carlton Community Foundation announced Thursday that it is canceling Fun Days, the annual festival usually is held during the last weekend of June. The foundation is canceling this year’s parade, ...
Gardening Boom
With a statewide stay-home and a new home already fitted with existing raised beds, fruit bushes and drip irrigation, Andrea Brown of McMinnville is finding gardening a welcome new hobby. “I’ve ...
Virginia Garcia testing for COVID-19 at fairgrounds
The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has opened two drive-through COVID-19 testing sites, one at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds in McMinnville and the second at Hillsboro Stadium in Washington County. Testing ...
