Sheridan examines mobile laundry/shower possibilities
Dealing with homeless issues was again the main topic of Sheridan city council’s Monday, Sept. 18, meeting, with Mayor Marianne Thomson leading a discussion to consider offering a mobile ...
Willamina encouraged by start of school year
Superintendent Carrie Zimbrick had encouraging news for the school board at the Monday, Sept. 11 meeting. She updated the board on the current middle school expansion project that includes the ...
Encompass Yamhill Valley poised to guide Sheridan homeless effort
City Manager Heidi Bell reminded the Sheridan City Council during its Tuesday, Sept. 5, work session that Encompass Yamhill Valley has been seeking an opportunity to serve the West Valley. She ...
Advocates recommend task force in West Valley
Encompass Yamhill Valley’s Howie Harkema and Carrie Martin last month recommended that Sheridan take the lead in creating a West Valley Task Force. Encompass is a nonprofit that operates countywide, ...
Sheridan wood treating cleanup continues
Contractors have been working on the cleanup of last month’s spill of diesel-containing wood preservative at the Stella-Jones wood-treating facility in Sheridan. Stella-Jones, located at 22125 S.W. ...
Crossing hazard smoothly resolved in Willamina
Jenna Berman has been in her Oregon Department of Transportation role for seven years. She said obtaining the funding used to make a temporary asphalt repair to Highway 18 as it traverses railroad ...
McMinnville man buys Coyote Joe's
Order up! On a weekday morning at Coyote Joe’s Restaurant in Willamina, breakfast menu selections make their way from the kitchen to dining room customers. Breakfast aroma fills the air ...
Diesel spill reported at Sheridan wood operation
The Stella-Jones facility in Sheridan, which produces treated wood poles for electrical utilities and telecommunication companies, has reported a spill of diesel-containing wood preservative. The Oregon ...
Overflow crowd turns out to hear about Sheridan's shelter plans
Residents packed the Sheridan City Council chambers Monday night for a discussion about the community’s homeless concerns. City Manager Heidi Bell, Mayor Marianne Thomson and councilors ...
Grand Ronde Tribe receives opioid prevention grant
Equitable access to resources is at the heart of opioid abuse prevention and treatment by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The Tribes aim to remove physical, social, cultural and systematic ...
Tribe hosts Contest Powwow this weekend
The Grand Ronde Contest Powwow will begin a weekend of tribal activities at 11 a.m. today with the Royalty Pageant at the Governance Center. The Royalty Court will be crowned at 5 p.m. today on the Uyxat ...
In Willamina, concerns intersect over dangerous railroad crossing
Willamina resident Tom Coblentz lives near downtown. He is wheelchair- bound and has been for about 10 years. His family settled in the West Valley community when he was a toddler, moved to Lincoln ...
Stopping By: From 'scared kid' to veteran parts pro
Dennis Wolfenbarger applied for a job at Davison Auto Parts in McMinnville right after he graduated from Sheridan High School. He was happy to be hired to start work Aug. 11, 1973. He had no idea, ...
Reality and Response: Filling a need in the West Valley
Judy Adams, Grand Sheramina Food Bank Manager, remembers well the car that pulled up in front of the agency on North Bridge Street in Sheridan. She won’t ever forget what happened next. The ...
Former Sheridan student drowns in Nestucca Bay
Tim Hart, social studies teacher at Faulconer-Chapman School in Sheridan, remembers Malakai “Mookie” Brewster as a “sweet kid,” a “great kid,” with a wonderful ...
