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Chamber launches health insurance program

The McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce is offering local businesses an option for employee insurance. Companies with at least one employee in addition to the owners can join the new McMinnville Area ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Rachel Godfrey, who started the Traveling Light Foundation in honor of her late son, Ronan, shows off the Sensory Room to Elizabeth Hinchcliff of Cruising McMinnville, left. The room is equipped with low lighting, comfortable seating and a canoe that hugs a child. All can be removed and replaced with other sensory equipment, as needed.

Sense of calm: New room gives students a comfortable place to reset

Students at Willamette Elementary can spend time in a “Sensory Room” to calm down or center themselves. The small room, equipped with special toys and items to help with the calming, is a ...

##Consultant Saumya Kini presented a series of conceptual illustrations showing how McMinnville Landing could be built out. “(The illustrations are) our best shot at showing the aspirations from the (project advisory committee) and community about what development should achieve to be consistent with community values,” she said. Here, The view from the north highlights a large landscape buffer from the highway and the multi-use path that will continue around the parcel. The landscape could potentially include grapevines similar to the nearby Evergreen campus to create a “cohesive experience of entering the city along that corridor,” Kini said.

‘Big box’ square footage capped in McMinnville Landing plan

Planned big box retail stores at McMinnville Landing will be capped at 150,000 square feet under design guidelines, city council and the planning commission agreed at a work session Wednesday. The decision ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##The city’s 1,153 fire hydrants are at the center of a debate between McMinnville Water & Light and McMinnville Fire District over charges for their use and maintenance.

MW&L seeks solution to hydrant question

The McMinnville Water & Light Commission discussed hydrants and who should pay for them at a work session Monday. The meeting followed complaints from McMinnville Fire District that it’s being ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Set designer Alexis Yelonek created a wooden creation that lets passersby “Choose-Your-Own-Scarecrow.” It is located in front of Serendipity Ice Cream.

Choose your own scarecrow

Whether you prefer your scarecrow to resemble a pumpkinhead, a ghost or another Halloween character, Alexis Yelonek’s entry in the downtown Scarecrows on a Lamp Post contest will fill the bill. Yelonek, ...

Rec bond town hall on Saturday

The community group supporting a $98.5 million bond measure to build a new rec center and update city facilities will hold its second informational town hall on the measure at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 ...

Mac School Board meets Tuesday

McMinnville School Board members will discuss district properties and programs when they meet for a work session Monday, Oct. 27. The public meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the district office, 800 ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##The McMinnville Garden Club’s entry in the Scarecrows on a Lamp Post contest makes use of flowers and other natural items. The witchy display at Third and Cowls streets and other scarecrows will be on display through October. Community members can vote for their favorite at downtownmcminnville.com/halloween.

Scarecrows line up on Third

Fifteen scarecrows are beckoning people to Third Street, rather than frightening birds away, this month. The scarecrows were created by nonprofit organizations, businesses and school groups. Themes range ...

Meeting planned to address rent burden

McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee on Wednesday set plans for an information and feedback session on rent issues in the city to address McMinnville’s “severely rent burdened” ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Protesters march southwest along Highway 99W in McMinnville on Saturday during the “No Kings” demonstration organized by Progressive Yamhill. It began with a gathering at Wortman Park and continued to the public library, where participants joined a larger crowd for a peaceful protest. Organizers estimated attendance between 1,000 and 1,500, calling it the largest demonstration they’ve held.

Gallery: No Kings protest and Kirk rememberance

Crowds demonstrate against Trump policies in Mac, Newberg. On the same day, small groups meets in Newberg before caravaning to Salem for "Boots Across Oregon." 

Table nearly set for McMinnville Landing

The city of McMinnville is wrapping up its “table setting” project for the planned McMinnville Landing on Highway 18, and city council will review final drafts during a joint work session Wednesday ...

Mac budget rolls over $3 million in projects

McMinnville City Council approved a supplemental budget last week that added $3.3 million to this year’s books; however, the vast majority comes from projects that were budgeted for but not completed ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Danny and Lee McCollins stand in the space that will become Berry Creek Garden’s retail location, the courtyard behind Mac Market in McMinnville. The couple will raise and sell native plants along with specimens that thrive with the right care, Lee said. They hope to open Berry Creek in March.

McMinnville residents plan garden business

Berry Creek Garden, which will grow plants through the fall and winter and open a retail shop in March, is holding a crowd fundraiser. “We’re looking for seed money,” said Lee McCollins, ...

Water & Light agrees to power contract through 2044

The McMinnville Water & Light Commission accepted a new contract offer from provider Bonneville Power Administration last week that will keep the lights on in the city through 2044. As a public ...

City opts against commercial UGB expansion

McMinnville City Council decided on Tuesday not to pursue an Urban Growth Boundary expansion solely for commercial needs, citing upcoming development and an already heavy workload for the planning ...

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