Lafayette Mayor candidates
Hilary Malcomson Occupation: Community volunteer, homemaker Education: AAS Degree in Office Administration. Town of residence: Lafayette Length of time living in the jurisdiction to be served: ...
Cafayette offers coffee, more
The name of Lafayette’s new coffee, ice cream and treats shop can be pronounced at least two ways. Cafayette, like the name of the town but starting with a C. Or “Cafe … yet?”, ...
National Night Out events planned in several cities
Several National Night Out events are planned in Yamhill County on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Hosted by local police departments and the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, they are being held in conjunction ...
Two local cemeteries receive grants
Two Yamhill County cemeteries will benefit from improvement grants from the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. A project to repair markers and add interpretive signs at Goodrich/Warren Cemetery ...
Driver arrested after teen killed in rural crash
A Lafayette teenager was killed and a Carlton man was arrested as the result of a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning about seven miles west of Carlton on Northwest Panther Creek Road. Zakery ...
Lafayette woman’s outburst nets jail sentence
An intoxicated Lafayette woman who slugged a bartender, roughed up some Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office deputies and bit a nurse was sentenced last Tuesday to 55 days in jail by Judge John Collins. Jessica ...
Firefighters respond to Lafayette blaze
Crews responded about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to a full-involved house fire at 745 E. Seventh Street Extension in Lafayette. Occupants of the residence evacuated safely, according to Yamhill Communications ...
Final crosswalk will get its light in Lafayette
Major highway projects at the north and south ends of McMinnville, and in the town of Lafayette, resulted in repeated traffic delays in 2021. The News-Register’s summary of the major stories of 2021 ...
Focus stations lessen stress for Wascher students
For some students, writing a paper is stressful. For others, it’s a math test that brings on those feelings. And some just feel stressed generally. At Wascher Elementary School in Lafayette, staff ...
Unique properties go on the market in Lafayette
Want to buy a church? The Poling Memorial Church, an 1894 structure at Sixth and Market streets in Lafayette, is on the market. It has been used for more than 50 years as exhibit space by the ...
County Historical Society consolidates museums
With the Yamhill County Historical Society consolidating its exhibits and records in one location, the nonprofit organization’s museum buildings in Lafayette are up for sale. YCHS will sell ...
99W work in Lafayette approaches completion
The “dig out” is done in Lafayette, and both lanes are open on Highway 99W as Oregon Department of Transportation nears completion of the rebuild of the highway through the city. The final ...
Crash claims life of Vancouver man
A Vancouver, Washington, man died of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning south of Lafayette on Highway 99W in the area of Mineral Springs Road. The Oregon State Police gave this ...
