Amity business owners directing their future
AMITY — It’s not quite business as usual along Amity’s Trade Street these days. Centered within small shops with typical small-town charm is something just a little out of the ordinary ...
Amity secures Travel Oregon business grant
AMITY — Travel Oregon has awarded more than $850,000 in grants to 12 projects through its Competitive Medium Grants Program, with Amity receiving $20,000 toward branding the business community. The ...
Melt Down fundraiser features grilled cheese for charity
If you think grilled cheese equals two slices of Wonder Bread and plastic-wrapped cheese more convenient than tasty, reconsider.
The 20 restaurants participating in the third-annual Melt Down Grilled Cheese Sandwich Challenge are featuring sourdough, focaccia and other hearty breads, along with cheeses ranging from Mrie to pepper jack to slices of mimolette, a nutty French cheese that, when whole, looks exactly like a cantaloupe.
Noble sets legislative agenda as session begins
The 2019 Oregon Legislature began Jan. 22 with Democrats outnumbering Republicans 38 to 22. “We don’t have a vote to stop anything,” said state Rep. Ron Noble, the Republican who represents ...
Linfield will cut some positions
Linfield College confirmed Monday morning it will “eliminate some faculty positions” next year in an effort to balance the budget, affected by enrollment declines over the past few years. President ...
FCI employees struggle to survive without paychecks
It’s been a grueling month for the Gautney family of McMinnville, and for other households of guards employed at the federal prison in Sheridan. On Monday, after a 35-day government shutdown, many ...
Amity launches city administrator search
AMITY - The search for a new Amity City Administrator will begin in earnest Wednesday night. The city council will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. at city hall to take public comment related to the ...
Proclamation language draws impassioned testimony
A packed audience showed up at Thursday’s county commissioners’ meeting to support a proclamation of inclusiveness proposed by County Commissioner Casey Kulla, and to vehemently object to a ...
Commissioners uphold winery approval
County commissioners Thursday unanimously upheld a decision by the Planning Commission to approve a new winery on Abbey Road, between Carlton and Lafayette. Applicants Daniel and Sandra Wilkens, who purchased ...
Most local grad rates higher than state average
At most Yamhill County high schools, a higher percentage of students graduated in 2018 compared with the state’s overall average. Three schools — Amity, Dayton and McMinnville — graduated ...
Mac High tops 90 percent graduation rate
'Team effort’ leads to success for students, principal says
Zone change paves way for new MVA offices
Councilor objects that residential aspect only ‘hypothetical’
Sex offender said he 'enjoyed control' he felt
Brett Dumbrow said he enjoyed the control he felt over his victim, Deputy District Attorney Alisa Ray told Judge Ladd Wiles at the defendant’s plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday morning in Yamhill ...
Along the Street: MEDP left without interim director
Former McMinnville Planning Director Doug Montgomery agreed to serve as the interim director of the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership following the departure of Jody Christensen last month, ...
