Commissioners adopt winery conditions
Yamhill County Commissioners on Thursday adopted findings for a new winery on Eola Hills Road. The findings clarify the commissioners’ earlier vote to deny an appeal of the application, and spell ...
Suspicious package investigated in McMinnville
A suspicious package was found Thursday afternoon in the 1600 block of Southwest Goucher Street in McMinnville. Officers were dispatched to the area shortly before 5 p.m. A postal employee found ...
Dayton plans May 6 school bond, board candidate forum
DAYTON — A town hall meeting about the Dayton School District bond measure, which would update and repair district buildings, will be held Monday, May 6, in the Dayton fire hall. School board candidates ...
Air Show hopes to relocate to McMinnville airport
City officials outline requirements
Sheridan parks group lays out plans
SHERIDAN - Members from Friends of Sheridan Parks and Recreation updated the city council Monday night of upcoming events and plans to improve City Park. Liz Hodgins, Paul Pena and Kira Sandoval represented ...
Dayton seeks bond for repairing schools, adding safety measures
DAYTON - The Dayton School District will ask voters in May to approve an $11 millioin bond measure to make repairs and add safety measures to local schools. The measure would replace an earlier bond that ...
Bench will honor Crawford-Lain
WILLAMINA — Connie Crawford-Lain, pastor of the Willamina Free Methodist Church and a well-known public figure in the West Valley at the time of her November 2017 death, will have a bench dedicated ...
Commissioners to consider paratransit plan
Yamhill County commissioners on Thursday are scheduled to approve an updated transit plan for people with disabilities. Commissioners will meet in their capacity as the transit board of directors, at ...
Water task force focusing on irrigation, development
A water task force headed by County Commissioner Casey Kulla continues to focus on increasing the number of small water catchment ponds on farms, and on finding ways to monitor groundwater. Also discussed ...
Amity motorist sent to prison on negligent homicide plea
Admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before driving
Willamina public safety fee debated at hearing
WILLAMINA — City Manager Kenna West, after listening to about an hour of testimony last Tuesday night, recommended the city contract with the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office for two full-time ...
Neighbors object to part of Baker Creek Road development
Proposed subdivision along Baker Creek heads to planning commission By TOM HENDERSON Of the News-Register Builders want to complete a long-planned development between Baker Creek Road and Baker Creek, ...
Campers temporarily ordered off Marsh Lane
All of the people living in tents, cars and RVs along Northeast Marsh Lane were supposed to be gone yesterday — at least temporarily — so McMinnville Water & Light officials could install ...
Homeless man's body found near river
Pride Solomon Jones, 44, was found dead April 7 in a wooded area south and west of Southeast Brooks Street and Three Mile Lane, near the South Yamhill River. He most recently lived in a tent along Northeast ...
Wascher principal receives top state honor
LAFAYETTE — Kourtney Ferrua, in her sixth year as principal of Wascher Elementary School in Lafayette, on Friday was named Oregon Elementary School Principal of the Year. The Oregon Elementary Principals ...
