McMinnville firefighters respond to Purina plant
McMinnville Fire Department personnel responded about 6:40 a.m. Friday to a blaze in an elevated grain bin at the Land O'Lakes Purina Feed plant, 102 S.E. Booth Bend Road. No flames were seen when the ...
Head-on blocks 99W near Evans in Mac
A head-on collision blocked northbound Highway 99W near the Evans Street intersection in McMinnville early this afternoon. Traffic is flowing again following investigationof the 12:35 p.m. wreck. Callers ...
Jail hanging report being held for review
At the request of Yamhill County Sheriff Tim Svenson, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office has completed a review of the Oct. 12 arrest, booking, and lodging of suicide victim Debbie Samples of ...
Graphic: Complete results from local races
[Updated Wednesday 9:45 a.m.] Complete results from Yamhill County are here, while statewide election results are available here.
Polk Sheriff Garton defeats Yamhill sergeant
DALLAS — Mark Garton, appointed interim Polk County sheriff in October 2015, following the retirement of Bob Wolfe, swept to an easy victory over Yamhill County Sheriff's Sgt. Todd Whitlow ...
Boquist retains state Senate seat
[UPDATED AT 10:30 P.M.] Brian Boquist will represent District 12 seat in the Oregon Senate for a third term, after racing out to huge lead over his little-known Democratic rival, sheep rancher Ross Swartzendruber. With ...
Carlton mayor winning re-election
CARLTON — Carlton Mayor Kathie Oriet appeared to be handily winning re-election in Tuesday balloting. By 2 a.m.., Oriet was leading challenger Darrin Proebstel 472 to 359, or 56.80 percent ...
Incumbent Burr leads race for Willamina council
WILLAMINA — Incumbents Bob Burr and Rita Baller were joined by challenger Craig Johnson Jr. as the top contenders for a trio of seats on the Willamina City Council, based on final unofficial ...
Hill to be McMinnville's next mayor
[UPDATED AT 10:38 P.M.] After 11 years on the McMinnville City Council, Scott Hill is on his way to becoming the city's next mayor, swamping political newcomer Jared Miller 6,578 to 1,990 or 76.77 percent ...
Get those ballots in by 8 p.m. Tuesday
As of Thursday, about 36.3 percent of Yamhill County voters had already returned ballots for the Tuesday, Nov. 8, election, the county clerk's office said. The clerk's office plans to open from ...
City refinancing its PERS debt
The McMinnville City Council decided Tuesday to refinance its debt to the Public Employee Retirement System. PERS officials created the State and Local Government Rate Pool in 2001. They have calculated ...
Sheridan addresses bullying issue
SHERIDAN — More than 73 percent of Faulconer-Chapman School parents said in response to a survey that they believe bullying is a problem at the school. In a report to the school board, Superintendent ...
Newberg motorcyclist killed in crash
NEWBERG - A Newberg motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning in a crash north of Newberg on Highway 99W that backed up morning rush-hour traffic in both directions for several hours. Gary L. Routon, ...
Linfield to host candidate forum
Linfield College will host candidates for Oregon State Representative, District 24, in a non–partisan candidate forum at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The ...
Newberg man dies in Highway 99W crash
LAFAYETTE - A Newberg man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash about two miles north of Lafayette on Highway 99W near Stoller Road. The Oregon State Police gave this account: About 2 ...
