Mac High choirs to sing tonight
The McMinnville High School choirs will be staging a pair of concerts tonight. They are slated for 6:30 and 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Admission is free. Teacher Robin Pederson will direct both ...
Agencies connect on Chemeketa campus
Representatives of more than 40 different social agencies gathered at Chemeketa Community College’s McMinnville campus Friday to connect the homeless and other people in need with an array of services. ...
Handicapped dog needs special home
Cookie, a Staffordshire terrier mix, doesn’t realize she has a handicap. She’s happy and healthy, despite a birth defect that makes it hard for her to walk more than a few steps without toppling. She ...
Fourth-graders get glimpse of college
College is a place where you can learn things that will help you become what you want to be, said Quenburly Elias, a fourth-grader who visited the Linfield campus Thursday. “I thought it might be ...
County weighs e-cigarette ban
The Yamhill County commissioners are scheduled to begin consideration next week of a board order subjecting e-cigarettes to the same restrictions as conventional cigarettes, including a ban on use in county ...
Events to mark Memorial Day
Yamhill Valley residents will mark Memorial Day with numerous ceremonies and special events Monday. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. It was first celebrated in 1868 as a way of honoring ...
Car takes out utility pole
A McMinnville man who apparently fell asleep at the wheel crashed his car into a utility pole early Sunday on Southeast Davis Street, near its intersection with Aletha Way. Luis A. Osornio-Salinas, 20, ...
Henderson House unveils new kids play patio
The children convinced them, said Rachel Karl. Karl remembered how she and the other members of the McMinnville Chamber’s MAC Leadership Team were searching for a service project last fall. Members ...
MDA launches ambitious tourism campaign
McMinnville may have lost the cover story in Parade Magazine’s America’s Best Main Street contest to Collierville, Tennessee, but tourism advocates say just making the final round created a ...
Farmers Market Celebrates 15 Years
Yamhill County farmers say they’re ready with fresh produce for Thursday’s opening of the McMinnville Downtown Association’s Farmers Market. Actually, they were ready a few weeks ago, ...
Council learns about affordable housing
As the McMinnville City Council gathers additional information about the city’s homeless problem, it asked Elise Hui, director of Housing Authority of Yamhill County, to address the subject at its ...
Commission to make parking decision
The McMinnville Planning Commission will issue a final decision Thursday on the request for a reduction in the parking space requirement at an apartment complex proposed at 433 NE 17th St. It also plans ...
Call issued for model builders
CARLTON — Members of the community are being urged to build police cars and fire trucks to display at the annual National Night Out event, set for the Tuesday of Aug. 4. The Yamhill and Carlton ...
Willamina to graduate 40
WILLAMINA — Forty Willamina High School seniors will graduate at 1 p.m. Saturday at the West Valley Community Campus. Mariah Woodward is the class valedictorian. Alexander Ellis is the salutatorian. English ...
Pool offers swimming lessons
Registration is now underway at the McMinnville Aquatic Center for summer swimming lessons. Morning and evening lessons will start the week of June 15. The Learn to Swim Program offers a variety of instructional ...
