Weekend hopping with egg hunts
Easter egg hunts are planned Saturday — with a handful scheduled Sunday — in various venues around Yamhill County. Unless indicated, they are free. They include: McMinnville: The McMinnville ...
Drugs, rape top long list of charges against local man
A local man with an extensive criminal record is facing an array of felony charges related to separate cases, including selling fentanyl, dumping the dead body of a woman who overdosed on drugs, ...
Hampton donates $1M for tech center
Hampton Lumber has announced a $1 million donation to the Sheridan School District to assist in development of the Barbara Roberts Career Technical Education (CTE) Center. The planned 24,000 square-foot ...
Sheridan school receives array of musical devices
Children at Sheridan’s Faulconer-Chapman School are learning rhythms, dynamics and other musical skills using new instruments donated by the Snowman Foundation. The collection of instruments was ...
Easter egg hunts planned around county
Hippity-hop, the Easter Bunny is on its way to Yamhill County. It will visit numerous egg hunts, including the McMinnville Lions Club’s venerable event, mostly on Saturday, March 30. Additional ...
Former prison guard sentenced for smuggling
A McMinnville man was sentenced to federal prison Monday for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution in exchange for money. Nickolas Carlos Herrera, ...
Willamina chooses superintendent
Willamina School Board on Monday chose Mike Gass of Colorado as the next school superintendent. He will join the Willamina School District this summer to replace Carrie Zimbrick, who is retiring. Gass ...
Gebrayel plans to appeal verdict; sentencing set April 5
Sheridan resident George Gebrayel will appeal his convictions for attempted murder and solicitation of murder, according to his attorney. “Mr. Gebrayel intends to appeal his convictions and looks ...
Unable to find a doctor, clinic in Sheridan shuts
Adventist Health’s Sheridan clinic, the lone medical office in the town of Sheridan, will close for patient service on Friday, March 15. Patients were given one week’s notice of the closure, ...
Willamina interviews three superintendent candidates
Willamina School District Board of Directors is interviewing three candidates this week for the position of superintendent. The board is scheduled to make a decision by Monday, March 18 on the successor ...
Gebrayel guilty on all counts
[Story updated at 11:30 a.m. Friday] George Geybrayel of Sheridan was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder in the first degree and two counts of solicitation to commit murder Friday, concluding ...
Mac, Amity set to benefit from Elmer’s workforce housing bill
State Rep. Lucetta Elmer’s Housing Oregon’s Workforce bill passed the House of Representatives Tuesday with near unanimous support, 54-2. However, funding for projects in Sheridan, Carlton ...
Defense disputes plot claim in murder-for-hire trial
A jury heard secretly recorded conversations between the accused and an informant as the trial of a Sheridan man accused of murder for hire continued Wednesday. George Gebrayel, 80, is facing two counts ...
Willamina District names superintendent finalists
Two local educators are among the trio of finalists for the Willamina School District superintendent position. Willamina’s board of directors this week announced the finalists to interview on March ...
Willamina man arrested on sex abuse allegations
An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, March 6, for Michael Alexander Marler, 31, of Willamina, who was arrested last week on four charges of sodomy in the first degree. Marler is accused ...
