Carlton to seek funding for public safety building

CARLTON — Carlton will ask voters to approve a $2.3 million bond issue in the May primary to fund a new public safety building allowing for more space, security and features. City manager Chad Olsen ...

Richard Mershon

Arrest made in Yamhill shooting

UPDATE: Monday, 4 p.m.: YAMHILL - Police have made an arrest in connection with Friday night's shooting in the area of Zippy's Pizza. Richard Robert Mershon, 67, of Yamhill, is charged with two counts ...

Oregon State Police submitted photos##A Carlton man, driving this car, was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash south of Monmouth on Highway 99W.

Crash kills Carlton man

MONMOUTH - William Harold Arthur, 79, of Carlton died Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash south of Monmouth on Highway 99W. The Oregon State Police released his name Friday evening. Troopers gave this ...

Y-C sets special session

YAMHILL — The Yamhill-Carlton School Board will hold a special executive session Monday, Nov. 27, to discuss possible property transactions. The 6 p.m. session is closed to the public, but the board ...

Carlton asking residents to return survey

CARLTON — Residents need to complete and return a survey about their satisfaction with city services by Nov. 30. City Manager Chad Olsen said this is Carlton’s second biennial citywide survey. ...

Photo courtesy Oregon State Police##A McMinnville man was killed Saturday night when the vehicle in which he was a passenger went off Highway 240 east of Yamhill.

Highway 240 crash kills McMinnville man

YAMHILL - A McMinnville man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night about nine miles east of Yamhill on Highway 240. He was identified as 21-year-old Ivan Omar Chacon-Ramirez. The Oregon ...

Yamhill council to meet

YAMHILL — City councilors will discuss the Yamhill-Carlton School District construction schedule when they meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers. The council also plans to take up a school ...

Rockne Roll/News-Register##
Yamhill-Carlton High School teacher Jordan Salavish, pictured in his classroom, was named Oregon Small Schools Teacher of the Year.

Y-C teacher wins state honor

YAMHILL — Jordan Slavish, a math and technology teacher at Yamhill-Carlton High School, has been named Oregon Small Schools Teacher of the Year for 2017-18. Principal Greg Neuman surprised Slavish ...

Y-C sets special session

YAMHILL — The Yamhill-Carlton School Board will hold a special session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to consider school construction contracts. It is considering a contract with the city on extension ...

Dan Belderrain photo/McMinnville Fire Department

Fire destroys large Carlton residence

CARLTON — Eleven residents were displaced Wednesday when a three-alarm fire destroyed a two-story, 4,100-square-foot home at 9600 N.W. Shelton Road, near Carlton. The blaze started in a bedroom, ...

News-Register file photo##
Carlton officers Tim Jordan, Chief KevinMartinez and Jake Blair deliver teddy bears to Carlton children during the Christmas season. The police work to build relationships with community members all year long, the chief said.

Ensuring needs are met in Carlton

CARLTON — Whether you need food, someone to talk to, help with transportation, utility bills or assistance with a criminal matter, services are readily available to residents of the Yamhill-Carlton ...

Street vacations on agenda

YAMHILL — The Yamhill City Council will consider a request to vacate two short sections of streets near Yamhill-Carlton High School when it meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11. The public session ...

Carlton plans forum on local resources

CARLTON — A public forum Thursday, Oct. 5, will look at local resources. It will start at 6:30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall, across from city hall. The session is part of the Carlton Police ...

Bonamici weighs in on public education

YAMHILL — First District Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici would really like to meet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Bonamici told participants in a Sept. 18 town hall audience in Yamhill that most ...

Rockne Roll/News-Register##Jessie Grace works on a deer head in his workshop outside Carlton on Wednesday. Grace and his father, Dan,  started Foothills Taxidermy together in 1998; Dan is now mostly retired from the business.

Preserved in a state of Grace

Taxidermist Jesse Grace masters the art of bringing dead animals back to some semblance of life

Web Design and Web Development by Buildable