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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Veteran Dave Cutter with his therapy dog, Lucy. “She’s all love,” he said.

Stopping by: Everyone loves Lucy

Big, affectionate Landseer dog brings joy to veterans

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Leap Day frog finders are Mark Keen and Karla Peterson of McMinnville, who visited Hotel Oregon to find the frog on the day s scavenger hunt. Second floor poster advertised an Edgefield concerts including Jimmy Cliff and Indigo Girls. McMenamins celebrates St. Patrick s Day this weekend with stout, music and dancing.

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 ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Third Street, often called “McMinnville’s living room,” can use a general touch-up to make businesses more appealing to customers, according to a strategist who provided merchants with ideas for upgrades to lighting, paint, windows, awnings, and the overall look of the busy commercial street.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Noah Schwarer, left, Eva Johnson, Genevieve “Vivo” Greninger and Steven Cope work on their three-course meal under the pressure of a timeline. After 20 minutes of set-up time, they have one hour to cut vegetables uniformly, deep-fry potato croquettes, make sesame crackers, pan-sear duck breasts, steam flourless chocolate cakes and prepare numerous sauces.

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 ...

News-Register file photo##The Turkey Rama barbeque, last held in 2016, will return this summer as part of a scaled-back version of Turkey Rama, which organizers hope to fully revive in 2025.

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 ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Bloodworks Northwest phlebotomist David Slavens uses a cotton swab to demonstrate where the needle will go into Kirsten Wells’ arm. For many people, the pinch is the worst of it. Wells dropped in when she was driving by and saw the bus at the Embold Credit Union parking lot.

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 ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Strange and whimsical art (and dozens of 1980s-’90s concert posters) line the walls of McMenamin’s Hotel Oregon. This is an example of one visible while taking the stairs to the Rooftop Bar.

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 ...

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