School district starts to look at trimming costs
McMinnville School Board on Monday set a timeline for evaluating Superintendent Debbie Brockett, a process that usually takes place in April. The board also approved her contact, which had already been ...
Sheriff’s budget better off than last year
The Sheriff’s Office budget is in better shape than last year, Sheriff Sam Elliott told commissioners on Thursday, and he doesn’t anticipate needing to request more money for jail or ...
School safe zones idea on agenda
School safe zones will be back in the spotlight Monday at a joint meeting of McMinnville City Council and the McMinnville School District Board of Directors. Council has discussed, at several meetings, ...
Council disagrees over park funding proposal
McMinnville city councilors agree adjustments are needed for development charges to provide funding for park improvements; however, there was disagreement over how much the fees should increase. The discussion ...
City wastewater, public works departments eye consolidation
McMinnville Public Works operations and Wastewater Services would like to combine their facilities; however, many logistical aspects remain unknown. Public Works Superintendent David Renshaw and ...
Barrel Roll: Coattails, Stickmen join beer scene
The newcomer in the Yamhill County beer scene is actually not all that new. The Etzel family has been making award-winning wines with its Coattails other labels for years. Now, “the brewer ...
Letter to Readers: Runaway paper bags and grocery store ‘gallantry’
We should all have at least one humorous and humbling public experience every month or so. On a recent Saturday I had two. They were 20 minutes apart. Both were funny for me, and they must have been ...
Urban strategist: Bring the color, lose the awnings
Downtown McMinnville businesses need paint, transparent windows, better lighting and fewer awnings, according to Urban Strategist Michele Reeves. As part of the Third Street improvement consultant ...
Pursuit of precision: Mac High culinary prepares for competition
McMinnville High School’s competitive culinary team is cooking up a storm this week in preparation for the ProStart contest on Monday. The cooking team and another team, focusing on restaurant design ...
Arrests & Citations: March 15, 2024
YAMHILL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Anthony Gray Aldeguer, 65, McMinnville, March 12, failure to appear, possession of a controlled substance/schedule II, second-degree abuse of corpse; booked into ...
Turkey Rama waiting in the wings
Turkey Rama is returning. A year after the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce announced it was ending the six-decades-old festival, the McMinnville City Club is hatching plans to bring the event back ...
Amid shortage, blood drives spring up
With blood donation needs running high throughout the region, plenty of late winter/early spring donation opportunities have come to Yamhill County. Bloodworks Northwest, from Beaverton, travels in a ...
Candidate filing deadline passes for May election
One final person has filed to run for county commissioner in the May primary this year, against incumbent Lindsay Berschauer and challenger David “Bubba” King. David Wall, who turned in a ...
Calendar of Quirk: Weird? Random? Obsolete? This week’s Quirk checks all the boxes
From overhead water bottles to rows of indoor umbrellas. Calendar of Quirk has it covered. March 11 Pair of water bottles tied together and looped over the power line on Southeast Ford, have remained ...