Commissioner takes initial step toward climate action plan
When Yamhill County Commissioner Casey Kulla announced he was forming a “climate solutions task force,” not everyone was pleased. One man, Craig Major, asked the commissioners not to spend ...
Dennis Richardson, Oregon secretary of state, dies following battle with cancer
SALEM — Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, the highest-ranking Republican in Oregon state government, has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 69.
Chegwyn Village plan OK'd by planning commission
McMinnville planning commissioners endorsed a request Feb. 21 by developer Alan Ruden to build a 28-lot subdivision near the northwest corner of Northwest McDonald and Northeast Peyton lanes. Commissioners’ ...
Sacred slice of tribal history returns home
Museum gives piece of Willamette Meteorite to Grand Ronde Tribes
Sheridan council hears about Wrigley winery
SHERIDAN — John Wrigley, co-owner with his wife, Jody, of J Wrigley Vineyards, sought support from the Sheridan City Council at this month’s regular meeting for their planned expansion of the ...
Planned 16-unit complex would replace Coachman Manor
City staff and officials have made it a goal to promote more, higher density housing options in downtown McMinnville. A planned 16-unit apartment complex on Northeast First Street across from the ...
Wine archive offers oral histories, videos
The Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College has started a podcast featuring oral histories that tell the wine industry’s stories. It’s one of three new projects covering various aspects ...
Water task force holds first meeting of the year
Water storage and better information about regional groundwater emerged as two key priorities of both farmers and city leaders on Tuesday at a county Water Task Force meeting, led by county Commissioner ...
Firewriters project receives grant
The Oregon Arts Commission has awarded a $3,500 grant to the Yamhill County Fire Writers Project, which recently hosted its first youth conference for high school student writers. The inaugural ...
Y-C students chronicle legacies of local vets
YAMHILL — About 10 minutes before the end of the school day, Yamhill-Carlton High School’s vice principal made an announcement over the intercom. Tiger wrestlers were about to leave for the ...
Alleged sex abuser returns from Idaho
Idaho resident and alleged local child sex abuser Jason Moore argued for his release from custody before Judge Ritz Batz Cobb in Yamhill County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. The 33-year-old from Sagle, ...
Planners hear testimony on Abbey Road B&B
A proposed expansion of a bed and breakfast at Abbey Road Farm may hinge on whether the original ban on renting a ranch house on the property was transferred to the new owners. The point was debated Thursday ...
Court orders men off Hendricks Road property
Concerned Carlton-area residents among dozens in attendance at trial
Linfield adds law, justice major
Linfield College has added Law, Rights, and Justice to its list of majors, giving students a choice of 55 major fields of study. The new major examines the relationship among law, rights and competing ...
Mac school board considers calendar proposals
McMinnville School Board members are considering two options for the 2019-20 calendar. Both have the same starting and ending dates, as well as the same winter and spring vacations. They differ in the ...
