Walnut City Rollers holds Sept. 17 event

The community is invited to a free roller-skating event from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, at Yamhill County Fairgrounds. The skate, for all ages, is hosted by the non-profit Walnut City Rollers, ...

APT to be honored Sept. 14

McMinnville Economic Development Partnership, Mayor Remy Drabkin and the city of McMinnville, and Business Oregon will honor Applied Physics Technologies Thursday, Sept. 14. Business Oregon Director Sophorn ...

Alleged sex abuser back in custody

Accused child sex abuser Jacob Miller, back in custody as of Wednesday, Sept. 6, was arraigned on a Yamhill County Grand Jury indictment Thursday afternoon in circuit court. He was arrested in ...

News-Register file photo##Dick Wood at home in February 2020.

Aviation enthusiast dies at 103

Dick Wood, who grew up near the Wright Brothers and volunteered as a docent at the Evergreen Aviation Museum for 25 years, died Monday in McMinnville. He was 103. No services are planned. Wood, ...

Mac airport faces $15K bill for fire equipment

  The McMinnville Municipal Airport may be billed $15,000 to install fire extinguishers after a complaint was filed over the facility’s fire codes. A subsequent inspection by McMinnville ...

Mac school board meets Sept. 11

McMinnville school board members will discuss the start of the school year when they meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in the district office, 800 N.E. Lafayette Ave. Classes resumed in McMinnville ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Suited up to make sure she won’t bring specks of dust into Applied Physics Technologies’ new state-of-the-art clean room, employee Rebecca Hummel uses a vacuum chamber as she assembles high-tech devices.

An exact science: McMinnville manufacturer sells powerful electron emitters worldwide

If you use a high-powered electronic microscope or had an X-ray using high-tech medical equipment, you’ve probably benefited from the electron emitters manufactured in McMinnville. Applied ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Model builder Gary Brooks shows the miniature animal shelter building to Ronnie Vostinak, director of Homeward Bound Pets. Brooks built the HO-scale model from architectural plans for the new shelter, which HB Pets will build on Loop Road. Supporter Donn Callaham and his wife, Nancy Woodworth, inspired the project and Callaham added the scenery around the model.

Stopping By: Modeler constructs pint-sized pet shelter

While ground has not yet been broken for Homeward Bound Pets new animal shelter, the structure already can be seen and touched in the nonprofit’s office in the Mack Building, 117 N.E. Fifth ...

Brews, Bites & Bands: New festival set to take the stage

Plenty of beverages, plenty of food and plenty of entertainment are planned Friday through Sunday, Sept. 8 to 10, during McMinnville’s first Brews, Bites & Bands festival. The event ...

Champions Run honors heroes Sept. 9

The See Ya Later Foundation will host its annual Champions Run for Heroes Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Evergreen Aviation Museum campus. The 5K run and walk, 10K run and half-mile kids’ run will honor ...

Motorcyclist injured in suspected DUII crash

A McMinnville man with an extensive history of driving under the influence of intoxicants, who was on probation and operating a motorcycle with a suspended license, was injured Sept. 2 in a suspected ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Operator Chris Paola of Gale s Towing & Recovery checks a vehicle as he prepares to tow it from the scene Aug. 29 on Southwest Adams Street, one of two rollover accidents in the past week.

McMinnville police respond to rollover crashes

McMinnville Police and McMinnville Fire District personnel responded to a rollover motor vehicle crash at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, on Three Mile Lane and Northeast First Street. An unidentified 75-year-old ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Rapper Skyler Ray and singer Kala Mulcahy perform for a crowd gathered for Provoking Hope’s annual Recovery Fair, held Aug. 31 at Praise Assembly church, Third and Irvine streets.

At recovery fair, rapper and others say hope is possible

“I’ve had such a beautiful life since I got clean,” musician Skyler Ray told people gathered Thursday, Aug. 31, for the annual Provoking Hope Recovery Fair. The audience cheered ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Mayor Remy Drabkin uses her phone flashlight to illuminate Navigation Center blueprints for Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, as Heather Richards, McMinnville Community Development director, discusses plans for the Adams Street site.

‘This is their doorstep’: Housing director tours Navigation Center under construction

Oregon’s head of housing toured McMinnville projects with city leaders last week, visiting the construction sites of Stratus Village and the Navigation Center. Andrea Bell, Oregon Housing ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##State Rep. Lucetta Elmer, standing, greets McMinnville resident Linda O Hara  prior to Elmer s Aug. 23 town hall at Union Block Coffee.

State Rep. Elmer looks back, and ahead, in town hall

The freshman experience in Salem was “a whirlwind of an experience,” Lucetta Elmer told the 15 people present for her town hall talk Aug. 23. “I am thankful you gave me this opportunity. ...