Willamina board, council team up on water project
WILLAMINA — City Manager Kenna West and Public Works Director Jeff Brown met with the Willamina School Board at this month’s session to discuss the water project on which the two sides are ...
Sheridan manager, council talk water
SHERIDAN - City Manager Frank Sheridan led a city council discussion at this month's regular meeting related to a proposed project to replace water lines on portions of Southeast Schley and Grant ...
Willamina board, council team up on water project
WILLAMINA - City Manager Kenna West and Public Works Director Jeff Brown met with the Willamina School Board at this month's session to discuss the water project on which the two sides are working together. "We're ...
Willamina celebrates its Harvest Festival
WILLAMINA - The Harvest Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the West Valley Community Campus (former high school on Washington Street). Locally grown produce, handmade arts ...
Willamina hosts kids' event
WILLAMINA - "Bridging the Gap," an event that's designed to bring children and law enforcement professionals closer together, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the parking lot ...
Sheridan drug dealer avoids prison sentence
Michelle Spittles, instead of facing a 50-month prison sentence, walked out of the Yamhill County Courthouse a free woman last week. The 29-year-old former Sheridan resident now living in Willamina pleaded ...
City manager review process begins in Sheridan
SHERIDAN - The Sheridan City Council was briefed at this month's special meeting related to its evaluation of City Manager Frank Sheridan for fiscal year 2018-19/July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019. The city has ...
Grand Ronde Tribe finalizes Blue Heron Mill purchase
GRAND RONDE - The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has finalized its purchase of the former Blue Heron Mill site in Oregon City from Washington developer George Heidgerken. The 23-acre ...
Willamina school registration set
WILLAMINA - Registration for Willamina High School and Middle School students will take place Tuesday, Aug. 13, and Wednesday, Aug. 14. The schedule: Aug. 13, 3 p.m., eighth grade; 4 p.m., seventh grade; ...
California woman killed in Highway 22 crash
VALLEY JUNCTION - A Southern California woman was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 22 just west of the Valley Junction turnoff. The Oregon State Police identified ...
Tribe hosts Veterans Powwow
GRAND RONDE — The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will host the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow today, Saturday and Sunday on the Uyxat Powwow Grounds. They are located on Highway 22 ...
Grand Ronde man killed in single vehicle crash
NEWPORT - A Grand Ronde man was killed in a single-vehicle crash a few miles south of Newport on Highway 101 shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Oregon State Police identified the victim as John Runningbird, ...
Shenk cruises to Willamina board victory
WILLAMINA – Brenda Shenk unseated incumbent W. Lincoln Watson for Position 4 on the Willamina School Board in Tuesday’s special district election. Shenk received 365 votes, 70.8 percent, to ...
Standoff ends in Sheridan; suspect taken into custody
SHERIDAN - A Sheridan man was taken into custody about 12:15 this afternoon following the peaceful end to a seven-hour standoff in which he barricaded himself in his father's house. Kenneth Lee Sundrud, ...
Reach the Beach goes through Yamhill County Saturday
Three segments of the American Lung Association’s annual Reach the Beach “Cycle for Air” fundraising bike ride will start in Yamhill County Saturday morning. About 3,000 riders are expected ...
